Do students really want professors to see their inner Facebook lives?
That’s the question: should teachers/professors be Facebook friends with their students? The other day, a debate on this topic was on the CBC culture and entertainment radio program Q, and I’ve been thinking a lot about it ever since. The “yes, let’s all be Facebook friends” side boiled down to this: to be better at reaching students: Those of us in the “instructional fields” need to be where our students are. Given that everyone and their dog is on Facebook (the statistics say this and the stats are confirmed every time I ask in a lecture who is on Facebook and virtually every hand goes up), at least one place we’re guaranteed to find our students is on Facebook.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Hulme Life - Should professors and students be Facebook friends?
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