Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia
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