An exploration of the potential educational value of Facebook

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Highlights:

• We find that Facebook has the education element of using motivation.

• Facebook is more convenience in sharing educational resources than BBS and e-learning.

• In immediacy of learning what teachers posted on the Web, Facebook is better than BBS and e-learning.

• In interactions with other users, Facebook is better than others.

• BBS is better than others in reviewing past articles on a certain topic.

摘要

•We find that Facebook has the education element of using motivation.•Facebook is more convenience in sharing educational resources than BBS and e-learning.•In immediacy of learning what teachers posted on the Web, Facebook is better than BBS and e-learning.•In interactions with other users, Facebook is better than others.•BBS is better than others in reviewing past articles on a certain topic.

论文关键词:Facebook,E-learning,Bulletin board system,Learning platform

论文评审过程:Available online 1 January 2014.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2013.12.007