1. Jane Coffee, Elizabeth Elliot, Sheila Scutter and Tim Sawyer

2. Cohorts 85 first year Medical Radiation students 100 first year Physiotherapy students 240 first year students studying a common course in the School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences

3. Content of the Wiki Page to enter text and photos International student blog Threaded discussion pages Calendar of events Study group meeting Links to university on-line Orientation program Links to discipline specific information

4. Why did they use it? To get to know other students 79% (91) To tell other about me 35% (41) Study related matters 64% (74) Social activities 52% (60)

5. What features they used?

6. Other networking systems? Facebook 78% (184) My Space 8% (20) Other (Bebo, Yahoo, msn messenger, Friendster, hi5 twitter, Flickr, etc) < 1%

7. Suggestions Layout and links Regular updates More students using it Comparison with facebook Friends Academic vs social

8. Where to from here? To further develop the Wiki as a social networking site we could; link it to Facebook provide one First Year Social Wiki for HLS

9. Any other suggestions or questions?