The rise of Web 2.0 technologies is consistent with many societal trends, including the shift in education from one-way to two-way learning systems. Whether it’s with online courseware, an LMS-hosted course, or a traditional, face-to-face course, more and more educators
Greenfield believes government ministers’ work on internet regulation has not yet looked at the broad cultural and psychological effect of online friendships via Facebook, Bebo and Twitter. And despite anecdotal evidence and hype surrounding the integration of Web 2.0 technologies
However, there are certainly arguments against the inclusion of social networking sites in LMS and classroom learning systems. According to a recent article in the Guardian, Lady Greenfield, a leading neuroscientist and Oxford professor, says social networking sites risk “infantalizing
Facebook, we should remember, didn’t begin with image-obsessed, camera-toting teenagers. It began as a way for college students to network online. So it shouldn’t be surprising or if students and educators use it in its original context: as a way
The problem here, obviously, is not Facebook itself. After all, the learning system misconduct possible online (cheating, posting answers, working collaboratively on work meant to be completed individually) is also possible in libraries, dorms, cafés, etc. Facebook is merely just
The Facebook Study Groups application has gotten plenty of media attention in the past year, with 18 year-old freshman Chris Avenir being threatened with expulsion for creating an online learning system in the form of a Facebook Study Group. The
