Title :
Integrating social networking sites in day-to-day learning scenarios: A Facebook based approach
Author :
Jansen, Marc ; Bollen, Lars ; Schafer, Michael
Author_Institution :
Computer Science Institute, University of Applied Sciences Ruhr West, Bottrop, Germany
Abstract :
In recent years, the number of users in social networking sites regularly increased. Especially younger people spend a tremendous time on social networking sites like Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, Google+ and many more. Since obviously this is the place on the World-Wide-Web where our students spent their spare time, we integrated social networking sites in our day-to-day learning scenarios. This is on the one hand to start working with our students where they feel comfortable, and on the other hand to allow to foster the communication among our students about the topic of the lectures.
Keywords :
IEEE Xplore; Portable document format; collaboration; integration; learning scenarios; social networks;
Conference_Titel :
Education and e-Learning Innovations (ICEELI), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sousse
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2226-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICEELI.2012.6360598