Next Wednesday (14/4/2010), we will be conducting a workshop for faculty and students (only 25 participants) exploring how we could use Facebook for learning (or e-learning). For example, lecturers could use Facebook (Groups or Pages) to facilitate online discussions, sharing links and resources, conducting Q&A sessions, uploading field trip/project photos and videos, and much more. Using Facebook for e-learning, is not about replacing existing e-learning platforms at IMU (e.g. Moodle), but about empowering educators and students with more tools to engage, interact, share and learn.
But, before exploring the possibilities (discussed in the next post), it would be great to know (in general) how academic staff and students at IMU feel about using Facebook for e-learning. So, to get some idea, we have created two polls below asking the same question (check below), one for students to answer, and the other for academic staff to answer.
If you answer yes or no (only options), it would be great (if time permits) if you could also add your reflections and reasons for your opinion in the comments section below.
STUDENTS
Please answer this poll:But, before exploring the possibilities (discussed in the next post), it would be great to know (in general) how academic staff and students at IMU feel about using Facebook for e-learning. So, to get some idea, we have created two polls below asking the same question (check below), one for students to answer, and the other for academic staff to answer.
If you answer yes or no (only options), it would be great (if time permits) if you could also add your reflections and reasons for your opinion in the comments section below.
STUDENTS
ACADEMIC STAFF
Please answer this poll:
Hopefully, this poll and discussion (in the comments section) will provide some insights into how people at IMU feel about using Facebook for e-learning.
The next stage, would be to do a more scientific research regarding using Facebook for formal learning (at IMU). What do you think? Anyone interested :)
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10 comments:
Hi All,
Let's just try it out, and then have an opinion.
If you haven't tried, then it is difficult to have a real opinion. Since I haven't, I leave it to the rest to inspire me to make it work.
So, any inspirational ideas on using Facebook for learning?
Cheers!
Johnston
I think it is better to separate work and private life. I think the boundary is important and blurring it unhelpful.
Don't intend to dampen the enthusiasm but to be honest I think that e-learning is enough. As it is there are many imu-sites,some of which could be integrated into e-learning for simplicity i.e.one main portal for the dispersal of information/lecture notes/announcements/etc. For discussions/Q&A, someone could set up a forum in e-learning according to batch/major. I know e-learning is quite recent, but I'm fairly sure it can be done. also, small side issue but not every imu student/staff/lecturer has a facebook account..
As long as one can learn/gain from a tool, why discourage?
later a certain significant staff will say we go AirCon room study rather than go wards -.="
i'd love to learn at any opportunity.since most of the students use it,why not reach us through facebook?just post any good links and learning is just a click away from home.
Why are you all even here? Go to the ward and polish your clinical skill!!
CRAZY IDEA. Its gonna end up something lame like E-PBL or probably worse.
erm... I don't want to sound ridiculous... but e-PBL is already in practice in St. Georges, one of our PMS. They call it as Second Life programme.
I agree with the third comment. Too many places to look for something is not really practical. Might as well centralised everything at the e-learning portal. Things will be more organized and convenient to access then.
No thx
elearning system is enough
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