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Facebook has quickly become the social network site of choice especially by the younger generation and has become an integral part of the “secretly” college experience. It is a network that connects everybody together simple by creating a profile. By connecting people together especially students with other students it ultimately creates a learning community, which may be a vital component in a students learning process.
Students are able to communicate with their peers from the same school or even other school in regards to assignments, group projects or even collaborative discussion on various contents of their curriculum, in an online forum. Students are already expertise to the use of facebook thus integrating into a classroom will be extremely easy. Facebook is built with different applications such as bulletin boards and notes, where in teachers can post discussion topics and students can discuss on the topic by posting their comments. Students will be able to speak more openly and freely without the fear of anyone laughing at their mistake or short comings when explaining.
Facebook also helps instructors connect with their students about assignments, upcoming events, useful links, and samples of work outside of the classroom. Instructor can create a group page for the class, wherein he can make updates on various educational links for his student to use. Students can practically find other classmates through this page, learn about their classmates, communicate with their classmates and professor, and post or discuss relevant class information. Instructors can also, can send announcement and set up and remind students about events on the group page.
Internet based learning modules actively engage students in a manner unique from the traditional class lecture. It is our assumption that the benefits of Facebook’s networking and social communication potential can benefit both the instructor and the student by tapping into a greater number of learning styles, providing an alternative to the traditional lecture format, creating an online classroom community, and increasing teacher-student and student-student interaction.
Students are able to communicate with their peers from the same school or even other school in regards to assignments, group projects or even collaborative discussion on various contents of their curriculum, in an online forum. Students are already expertise to the use of facebook thus integrating into a classroom will be extremely easy. Facebook is built with different applications such as bulletin boards and notes, where in teachers can post discussion topics and students can discuss on the topic by posting their comments. Students will be able to speak more openly and freely without the fear of anyone laughing at their mistake or short comings when explaining.
Facebook also helps instructors connect with their students about assignments, upcoming events, useful links, and samples of work outside of the classroom. Instructor can create a group page for the class, wherein he can make updates on various educational links for his student to use. Students can practically find other classmates through this page, learn about their classmates, communicate with their classmates and professor, and post or discuss relevant class information. Instructors can also, can send announcement and set up and remind students about events on the group page.
Internet based learning modules actively engage students in a manner unique from the traditional class lecture. It is our assumption that the benefits of Facebook’s networking and social communication potential can benefit both the instructor and the student by tapping into a greater number of learning styles, providing an alternative to the traditional lecture format, creating an online classroom community, and increasing teacher-student and student-student interaction.
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