Thursday, March 10
5:15-5:45 PM
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McGavock's A

Social Networking and Education: Using Facebook as an Edusocial Space

Full Paper ID: 33154
  1. Pamela Pollara
    Louisiana State University
  2. Jie Zhu
    Louisiana State University

Abstract: The acceptance of Facebook by school-aged users is evident, but the potential to using social networking sites for educational purposes is still being debated. This paper explores the use of Facebook within a high school science-mentoring program. Results indicate that the use of Facebook positively affected the relationships between mentors and mentees. In addition, students believed that they learned more by using Facebook and would like to use Facebook for other educational purposes.

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