Facebook: A Versatile Platform for Blended Learning
Facebook is a popular networking tool among the young learners. This paper reports a practical usage of Facebook to engage learners in blended learning. The practical usage of Facebook in hosting online forums, sharing media files in vodcast, building collaborative content through Facebook Doc, a...
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| description | Facebook is a popular networking tool among the young learners. This paper reports a practical
usage of Facebook to engage learners in blended learning. The practical usage of Facebook in
hosting online forums, sharing media files in vodcast, building collaborative content through
Facebook Doc, and using Facebook as repository for articles and lecture notes has been described.
Recent survey on 55 students revealed that a strong majority of the students agreed that Facebook
has positive impact in their studies. Thus, the authors strongly recommend that Facebook can be
used as an alternative tool to engage learners online |
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| spelling | intimal-3932016-10-06T08:37:30Z http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/393/ Facebook: A Versatile Platform for Blended Learning Wong, Ling Shing Wan, Betty Voon Niu LB Theory and practice of education Facebook is a popular networking tool among the young learners. This paper reports a practical usage of Facebook to engage learners in blended learning. The practical usage of Facebook in hosting online forums, sharing media files in vodcast, building collaborative content through Facebook Doc, and using Facebook as repository for articles and lecture notes has been described. Recent survey on 55 students revealed that a strong majority of the students agreed that Facebook has positive impact in their studies. Thus, the authors strongly recommend that Facebook can be used as an alternative tool to engage learners online Asian Economic and Social Society 2013 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/393/1/Facebook%20A%20Versatile%20Platform%20for%20Blended%20Learning.pdf Wong, Ling Shing and Wan, Betty Voon Niu (2013) Facebook: A Versatile Platform for Blended Learning. International Journal of Asian Social Science, 3 (9). pp. 1913-1921. ISSN 2224-4441 http://www.aessweb.com/journals/5007 |
| spellingShingle | LB Theory and practice of education Wong, Ling Shing Wan, Betty Voon Niu Facebook: A Versatile Platform for Blended Learning |
| title | Facebook: A Versatile Platform for Blended Learning |
| title_full | Facebook: A Versatile Platform for Blended Learning |
| title_fullStr | Facebook: A Versatile Platform for Blended Learning |
| title_full_unstemmed | Facebook: A Versatile Platform for Blended Learning |
| title_short | Facebook: A Versatile Platform for Blended Learning |
| title_sort | facebook: a versatile platform for blended learning |
| topic | LB Theory and practice of education |
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