[Air-L] Examples of Successful Uses of Facebook in the Classroom?

[jeremy hunsinger]

I've used elgg, and one thing i'll say is that it really requires a population for it to really function well.  In classes of 12-15, it is sort of pointless and the cost/benefit of learning another interface vs the utility of the interface just didn't come to fruition, but in classes of 300, it could be quite good.   It is a different sort of tool though, not quite facebook, not quite ning, just different, very group oriented.

The best tool i've found so far has been mediawiki, at least for small classes of advanced students.  






Jeremy Hunsinger
Center for Digital Discourse and Culture
Virginia Tech


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