Rajib Kumar Roy presented on using social networking technology like Facebook to enhance learning in higher education. Some key points:
1) Technology enhanced learning (TEL) aims to maximize the student experience through educational technologies that promote communication, collaboration, and knowledge sharing.
2) An experimental study of a Facebook group for a class found that discussion and commenting were very popular activities, and activity peaked at certain busy times.
3) Based on student feedback, most felt Facebook could be a useful supplemental learning technology, though less than half thought it directly helped their learning. The presentation evaluated using social media to enhance education.
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