Face off online: Pedagogy and engagement in social network sites

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Research and Development in Higher Education Vol. 31: Engaging Communities

July, 2008, 389 pages
Published by
Mark Barrow & Kathryn Sutherland
ISBN
0 908557 73 6
Abstract 

The rapid uptake of social networking sites offers considerable opportunity for pedagogical practise in terms of engagement with students and distribution of learning environments, At the same time, it poses significant challenges in terms of equity and the ethics of social engagement with students. This paper uses Facebook as an example to canvass issues which call for systematic attention in the move to students as 'friends' online.

Keywords: Facebook, pedagogy, equity, social networking