We have presented an approach and shared experiences in using Facebook for teaching and learning. It has been shown that many students quickly respond to teachers’ posts and they also shared useful information. We have also evaluated and analyzed the result of the survey. It was found out that most people agree that the advantages are convenience, easy to use, and instance interaction while most people view the only disadvantages is too open to public

1. Using Facebook as a
Supplementary Tool for
Teaching and Learning
Kanda Runapongsa Saikaew1*, Wit Krutkam1, Rina Pattaramonon2, Natthanon
Leelathakul3, Kornchawal Chaipah1 , Arnut Chaosakul1
1Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Khon Kaen University,
Thailand
2Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Thailand
3Faculty of Informatics, Burapha University, Thailand
Present for International Conference on eLearning Futures 2011, New Zealand

2. Agenda
• Educating the Net Generation
• The Need for Using Facebook
• How to Use Facebook for Teaching and Learning
• Results
• Conclusion
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3. Understanding the Net Generation [1]
• Social
o The Net Gen has developed a mechanism of
inclusiveness that does not necessarily involve personally
knowing someone admitted to their group
o Being a friend of a friend is acceptable”
• Teams
o The Net Gen often prefers to learn and work in teams.
o A peer-to-peer approach is common, as well, where
students help each other
o Net Geners find peers more credible than teachers when
it comes to determining what is worth paying attention to"
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4. The Net Generation and the Technology in Learning [1]
• "The Net Gen views the Internet as an access tool—
a medium for distribution of resources rather than a resource
with limitations"
• "Net Geners use technology extensively to network and
socialize. In their personal lives, buddy lists, virtual
communities, and social networks such as Flickr or Orkut
are heavily used"
• "They thrive on immediate gratification. The expectation of
immediacy holds true for access to friends, services, and
responses to questions.
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5. What is Facebook?
Home: Posts and Status Updates of Friends and Pages
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6. What is Facebook?
Our Profile: Posts and Status Updates of Each Individual
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7. Worldwide Facebook Usage Statistics [2]
• More than 800 million active users
• More than 250 million photos are uploaded per day
• More than 7 million apps and websites are integrated
with Facebook
• More than 70 languages available on the site
• More than 75% of users are outside of the United States
• Every month, more than 500 million people use an
app on Facebook or experience Facebook Platform
on Facebook
• More than 350 million active users currently access
Facebook through their mobile devices
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8. The Web is Shrinking while FB is Expanding [3]
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9. Thailand Facebook Usage Statistics [4]
• Statistics from Socialbakers.com
o Facebook penetration in Thailand is 19.40% compared to the country's
population and 73.67% in relation to number of Internet users
o The total number of FB users in Thailand is reaching 12 881 800 and
grew by more than 3,092,320 in the last 6 months
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10. User age distribution on Facebook in Thailand [4]
• The largest age group is currently 18 - 24 with total of 4 250 994 users (about 34%),
followed by the users in the age of 25 - 34 (about 29%)
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11. Agenda
• Educating the Net Generation
• The Need for Using Facebook
• How to Use Facebook for Teaching and Learning
• Results
• Conclusion
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12. How to Use Facebook for Teaching
• Creating Facebook Group with Type Closed/Secret
o Closed: Anyone can see the group and who's in it. Only
members see posts
o Secret: Only members see the group, who's in it, and
what members post.
• Writing Post
o Suitable for real time information
o Unsuitable for information to be kept and referenced
• Adding Photo/Video
o Suitable for visual information
• Asking Question
• Using Facebook Docs
o Suitable for a document with a single editor
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13. Facebook Group for Teaching
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14. Information and Interface of Activities
• Important information described above the group name
• Users can choose to perform a given activity
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15. A Post
• In the post, we can add a link of another web resource
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16. A Photo
• Best for describing what viewers/readers need to perceive
visually
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17. Photos Uploaded by Students
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18. A Question/Poll
• Best for asking opinions or getting the most favorited choice
for the majority of people in the group
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19. A Facebook Doc Status
• After finishing saving a document edited, the status has
been posted in the group
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20. A Facebook Doc Interface
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21. Submitted Links for Assignments
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22. Experiences using Facebook for Teaching
• Have used Facebook group for formal courses
o 188230 Advanced Computer Programming
o 188371 XML and Web Services
o 188372 Wireless Devices Programming
o 188746 Programming for Android
• Have used Facebook group for advising students
o Groups of senior projects and co-op projects
o Groups of graduate students
o Groups of students who are interested in
software competitions
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23. Agenda
• Educating the Net Generation
• The Need for Using Facebook
• How to Use Facebook for Teaching and Learning
• Results
• Conclusion
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24. Survey Result
• In order to survey the opinions and receive interesting
comments, we have created the online survey page
which is available at http://bit.ly/fbsurveyform
• The targets of this survey are teachers and learners who
have some experience in using Facebook as a
supplementary tool for teaching and learning
• The survey has about 175 respondents
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25. Classified Respondents as Learners and Teachers
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26. How Respondents use FB in Teaching and Learning
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27. Other Social Media Tools Used for Teaching and Learning
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28. Advantages of Using FB for Teaching and Learning
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29. Advantages of FB: Convenience, Easy to Use,
and Instant Interaction
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30. Disadvantages of Using FB for Teaching & Learning
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31. Disadvantages of FB: Too Open to Public
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32. Conclusion
• Have presented an approach and shared
experiences in using Facebook for teaching and
learning
• It has been shown that many students quickly
respond to teachers’ posts and they also shared
useful information
• The advantages of using Facebook for teaching
and learning are convenience, easy to use, and
instance interaction
• The only disadvantage is too open to public
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33. References
• [1] Diana G. Oblinger and James L. Oblinger, Editors,
"Educating the Net Generation", http://net.educause.edu/ir/
library/pdf/pub7101.pdf
• [2] https://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics
• [3]
http://allthingsd.com/20110623/the-web-is-shrinking-now-
what/?mod=googlenews
• [4] SocialBakers, "Thailand Facebook Statistics" ,
http://www.socialbakers.com/facebook-statistics/thailand
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34. Thank You
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• http://gear.kku.ac.th/~krunapon
• IT blog
• http://gotoknow.org/blog/krunapon
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