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Using Facebook to Engage Learners in a Large Introductory Course
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Dougherty, Kevin, and Brita Andercheck. 2014. “Using Facebook to Engage Learners in a Large Introductory Course”. TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology, April. Washington DC: American Sociological Association. https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/using-facebook-to-engage-learners-in-a-large.

Abstract

Classes of hundreds pose special challenges for teaching and learning. Notable among these challenges is the tendency for students to feel like anonymous spectators rather than active, collaborative participants. To combat this tendency, we used the popular social networking site Facebook to cultivate a sense of community among 200-plus students in an...

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Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Large

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