I am looking at Facebook as a useful asset to enable a learner to learn more effectively by publishing using this site.
The resource I am evaluating is Tony Karrer (2007) eLearning Technology: Facebook as a Learning Platform , E-learning Technology Blog.
On this blog there is an interesting discussion of the way that students have been using facebook for their own purposes although he does suggest that they are more concerned with making money than using the site for learning.
The blog post contains a useful outline of what Facebook actually is and how it works and continues to argue that because so many students are now already Facebook users it is not so much of a problem to get them started on using the site for learning as they are alreadyfamiliar with how to use it. he also maintains that it is easy to set up Facebook applications.
He finally discusses the use of Facebook as a learning platform but seems to base his argument on the ease of use rather than going into details of exactly how the environment would be useful for learning.
