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This document provides guidance on using Facebook for pedagogical and research purposes. It outlines how to set up a Facebook account and Facebook group for a class. It recommends using a closed or secret group to maintain connections with students privately. The document also provides tips on privacy settings and links to adjust them. The overall purpose is to demonstrate how educators can utilize Facebook to enhance their teaching and research while maintaining appropriate privacy.
- 1. Faceboook is the most well known social networking site, with nearly 1 billion users. The vast majority of students, and many staff, are already on Facebook, although many view it as their ‘personal space’. Pedagogical Uses Group page pre-course to ‘feel involved’ before course starts, and improve retention throughout. Many students will see this before e-mail. Research Uses Continue connections made at conferences Set up research action groups Setting Up an Account Go to http:// www.facebook.com/ Enter your first name, last name, email address (can only be used once), password. You need to provide your date of birth as under-13s are not permitted. Simply follow the step-by -step instructions. Check for options to ‘Skip this step’, which can be quite well hidden.
- 2. Setting up a Group Groups allow you to maintain connection without being ‘friends’. Go to: https:// www.facebook.com/groups and select ‘Create Group’: Secret: Only members see the group, who's in it and what members post. Closed: Anyone can see the group and who's in it. Only members see posts. Open (public): Anyone can see the group, who's in it and what members post. You can only invite friends through Facebook. To invite stu- dents, simply copy the web address and email them, encouraging them to join. Be clear on what the purpose of the group is, and the kind of contributions you expect. Privacy Settings Go to https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/ for an ex- planation of the current privacy settings. Go to http://j.mp/M8bP2f to change the privacy settings. Useful ad- vice on adjusting your privacy settings can be found here : http://j.mp/ONjXF0 These tips are to get you going with Facebook. There are plenty of other features. Get on and have a go! Dr Bex Lewis: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.