Using Facebook as a teaching tool in higher education settings : examining potentials and possibilities

![CDATA[In line with other higher institutions, much teaching at University of Western Sydney (UWS) is conducted using a blended delivery model. Blended learning is the integration of classroom teaching with online or e-learning. The implementation of blended learning has been given greater attention during the last decade largely due to the combination of web-based technologies and traditional face to face teaching into the learning and teaching process of higher teaching institutions (Clark, 2001). The key advantage of a blended delivery model of teaching is its accessibility to students and therefore, the flexible nature should appeal to those students needing to juggle competing schedules (Arthur, Beecher, Elliott & Newman., 2006;Volery & Lord, 2000). However, academics within the School of Education at the University of Western Sydney find that it is a challenge to get students to participate and respond to the on-line component, unless it is a compulsory and assessable part of the unit. This study was used to trial another pedagogical tool in an attempt to get UWS students to participate in on-line activity.]]