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dc.contributor.authorMagogwe, Joel
dc.contributor.authorNtereke, Beauty
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-18T07:20:12Z
dc.date.available2016-04-18T07:20:12Z
dc.date.issued2013-06-27
dc.identifier.citationMagogwe, J.M. & Ntereke, B. (2013) Using Facebook to teach Communication and Academic Literacy Skills: perceptions of University students in Botswana, In 8th International Conerence of e-learning, CapeTown, South Afrcia, 8p.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2049-8890
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10311/1428
dc.description.abstractSocial media such as Facebook and twitter are now widely used by students to communicate with friends across the world. These social networking technologies have now infiltrated into education. However, there are different perceptions regarding whether Facebook should be used for teaching and learning purposes. To further explore this issue, this study investigated perceptions of students (n=209) learning communication and academic literacy skills at the University of Botswana. Data was collected using a paper questionnaire adapted from (Roblyer, 2010), and interviews conducted on six of these students. Findings show that 87.1 % (n=182) of these students used Facebook. 96.2 % of these (n=200) used Facebook daily. They mainly used Facebook for socialisation and other purposes such as networking, seeking information, entertainment, communication, and shopping. However, 63.2 % (n=406) of the 642 responses show that students agreed that Facebook should be used in education to teach communication and academic literacy Skills. These findings support previous recommendations that Facebook should be used in education because it facilitates communication, and it is accessible and cheaper to use.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAcademic Conferences and Publishing international Limited; www.academic-conferences.orgen_US
dc.subjectFacebooken_US
dc.subjecttechnologyen_US
dc.subjectcommunicationen_US
dc.subjectacademic literacy skillsen_US
dc.subjectonline learningen_US
dc.subjectsocial networkingen_US
dc.titleUsing Facebook to teach Communication and Academic Literacy Skills: perceptions of University students in Botswanaen_US
dc.typePublished Articleen_US
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dc.linkhttp://toc.proceedings.com/18567webtoc.pdfen_US


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