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Facing reality in a Further Education context – Using Facebook to create learning communities without the cost of a hosted solution. Bridgend College. The FE Context. Constrained resources in an FE context FE delivery - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Facing reality in a Further Education context – Using
Facebook to create learning communities without the cost of a hosted solution
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Bridgend College
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The FE Context
Constrained resources in an FE context
FE delivery
How Facebook acted as a vehicle for achieving learning that was not possible otherwise.
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Memphis Trip Page
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Why Social Networking
Access 365 days a year
24/7
Free
Embedded in their experience
Available on mobile and desktop devices
Direct Interaction and group focus
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Social Intrusion
Managed by the tutor administrators, use of closed group
The groups are subject specific, not College based
No personal Facebook interaction – not friending students
Not in their direct interaction - its in group spaces
To date 100% of our students are facebook users
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Creative Industry Specific
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Better than face to face
Continuous learning outside the college
Enables follow-up discussion from class and Student led research.
Options for students who don’t interact as well in face to face contexts
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Student benefit
The students’ perception has been that the group has improved the range and flexibility of communication and provided an effective hub for communicating and learning between the staff and learners – evidence of support
“I found the group page a huge benefit, it enabled me to communicate with tutors and group members, it was a good source to contact members and share ideas”.
Danni Kennedy student 2012
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Risks and how to address them
Facebook group is part of induction week
Risks were avoided
To date all students have respected the groups
All tutors are group administrators
All students feel part of a unique, specialised environment