Six Points for Six Posts: Evidence for Using Facebook to Facilitate Learning in the Mass Lecture

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Author(s): Nicholas David Bowman (West Virginia University, USA)
Copyright: 2014
Pages: 4
Source title: Cases on Communication Technology for Second Language Acquisition and Cultural Learning
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Joan E. Aitken (Park University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4482-3.ch004

Keywords: Computer-Assisted Language Learning / Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference

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The authors suggest using out-of-class communication opportunities activities to enhance learning in a large lecture course. Specifically, students are encouraged to use Facebook as a "persistent space" for classroom instruction, and evidence is provided to demonstrate cognitive and affective learning benefits of this activity.

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