Using Facebook with WBL Learners

Do you Facebook?

Which of the following statements best describes you?a)I don’t use Facebookb)I use Facebook privately, but not in educationc)I’m setting out on the path of using Facebook in educationd)I use Facebook in education alreadye)Other

So ...Is using Facebook for Learning a good idea?

Just another tool?

My up-front position:It’s a tool – one of many – which can be used to support learning. It doesn’t replace existing tools, but rather supplements them. For so long as students are using it, I’ll try to work with it rather than against it. When it goes the way of the dinosaurs, we’ll all move on.

Why use it?

Over one billion users! It’s where most of the students are.

Why not use it?

Is your provider using Facebook for marketing already?

Social Media

Sharing stories using social media – even ones about social media.

Facebook Profile Home

The stuff you want to see – and your links to Groups, Pages and Apps

Unfollowing your ‘Friends’

Following, stalking, policing, guiding – what you don’t want to see.

Pages for Groups

When interesting stuff appears online, share it with groups of learners.

Snowdays!

You can work with learners who can’t be in class.

Using Facebook Chat

A way of keeping in touch with past students?

Chat directly to the IWB?

The argument against ...

It’s distracting

Spamming Anonymous posters

Cyber-bullying

All of these comments came from a group of learners aged 16-19

Town crier

Facebook games Need to respond

No connection

Social vs learning

Old and boring

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The argument for ...

Connect from anywhere

Download Docs Useful for sharing

Get interesting stuff

All of these comments came from a group of learners aged 16-19

Get it on phone Ask for help

Group forum

Chat facility

Connect when off

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Facebook and Legal Issues

http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/ManageContent/ViewDetail/ID/2115/

More on e-Safety

http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/infokits/e-safety/