Perspectives on the Integration of Facebook Into Higher Education

Lillian Buus

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Abstract

This paper introduces findings in my PhD research, entitled “Learning Potentials Integrating Social Media or Web 2.0 in a Problem-Based Learning Approach.” I have followed three teachers who have begun integrating Web 2.0 activities into their teaching. The main focus in this paper is one of these cases, where the teacher presents “unlimited supervision” using Facebook as a tool to support the initiated activity of online supervision unlimited. There have so far been two iterations in this case, and in this paper I will try to both illustrate how the case has progressed and give a view of my preliminary findings. I would like to discuss how social media like Facebook could be integrated into teaching approaches; this integration could be discussed in terms of whether or not it is beneficial for educational collaboration and sharing perspectives within a problem-based learning approach.

Translated title of the contributionPerspektiver på integrationen af Facebook i HE
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 8th International Conference on E-Learning
Number of pages7
VolumeVol 2
Place of PublicationISSUU.com
PublisherCape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa
Publication date2013
Pages437-443
ISBN (Print)978-1-909507-26-5
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-909507-28-9
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Event8th International Conference on e-Learning - Cape and Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa
Duration: 27 Jun 201328 Jun 2013
Conference number: 8th

Conference

Conference8th International Conference on e-Learning
Number8th
LocationCape and Peninsula University of Technology
Country/TerritorySouth Africa
CityCape Town
Period27/06/201328/06/2013

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