An introduction to the potential of social networking sites in education

Sharon Griffith; Liwan Liyanage; I. Olney; G. Lefoe; Jessica Mantei

An introduction to the potential of social networking sites in education

Sharon Griffith, Liwan Liyanage, I. Olney, G. Lefoe, Jessica Mantei

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Abstract

This paper reviews Social Networking Sites (SNS) that have become available via the Internet in the light of usability for teaching and learning. Membership rules relating to entries for some popular sites, such as “Facebook” and “MySpace” are reviewed. Characteristics of these sites are reviewed and then compared to evaluate the trust and privacy issues of shared information available to any given social group. Trust and privacy plays a critical role when SNS are used for the purpose of teaching and learning. Thus, the negative and positive aspects of SNS are reviewed in detail. This knowledge will form the basis to assist with regulating SNS for teaching and learning.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Second Emerging Technologies Conference 2008, held at Wollongong, 18-20 July, 2008
Publisher	University of Wollongong
Number of pages	7
Publication status	Published - 2008
Event	Emerging Technologies Conference - Duration: 1 Jan 2008 → …

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Conference	Emerging Technologies Conference
Period	1/01/08 → …

Keywords

Internet in education
trust
online social networks
Facebook (electronic resource)
MySpace.com
privacy

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