Adopt Facebook usage guidelines to encourage social media adoption in higher education teaching¶

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Evidence · 4 claims (3 for, 1 mixed) · 1 study (1 review), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 4 claims rest on one study

Description¶

The review proposes Facebook usage guidelines that educators can adopt to encourage social media adoption in their teaching. The guidelines are offered as a practical output of the review, intended to help educators use Facebook as an educational instrument while managing the limitations the review identifies. As the review states, "Facebook usage guidelines that can be adopted by educators to encourage social media adoption are proposed."

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Educators willing to adopt social media in their learning and teaching practice

Constraints¶

• The review notes that future empirical research is warranted on social media usage in higher education

Target Learners¶

• Higher education students

Target Learning Goals¶

• Interaction, engagement and learning supported through social media use

Claims¶

• Facebook usage in higher education carries potential problems ranging from educators' dominance to privacy concerns [~W]
• Facebook use in higher education is associated with improved performance, convenience of learning and higher engagement [+W]
• Facebook use in higher education is associated with increased teacher-student and student-student interaction [+W]
• Facebook is used in myriad ways as an educational instrument for learning and teaching in higher education [+W]

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Key Sources¶

• Chugh, R., Ruhi, U. (2018). Social media in higher education: A literature review of Facebook. Educ Inf Technol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-017-9621-2