During the course of this academic year, the members of the CTE's Using Technology to Enhance Teaching and Learning faculty learning community have been exploring the uses of social networking in a variety of educational contexts from advising, to recruitment, to course-based uses. In this podcast episode they discuss the use of Facebook in education. In the course of the discussion they examine opportunities, concerns and questions that have been part of their exploration and use of this ever popular social networking site.
This discussion begins to uncover the layered and nuanced issues related the educational use of social networking sites. Many questions remain about what might constitute appropriate and meaningful educational use of these spaces on the web. We hope this episode serves to invite you into the discussion.
As always, we are curious about your thoughts ideas and encourage you to leave comments. Hope you enjoy the show.
Show Notes
Thoughts on Facebook, by Tracy Mitrano.
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