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Using Facebook to Build a Community of Learners

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: Course, Learning engagement/activities, WIL, Connected learning, Personalisation, Accessibility, Facebook, Online communication, Social media

Using Facebook to Build a Community of Learners

Cindy O’Malley, Pauline Porcaro and Denise Jackson
December 2015
Abstract/Snapshot: 

To improve communication with students and workplace supervisors and to facilitate a community of learners for students engaged in WIL.

Feedback from both students and clients has been very positive, and a number of students have also been employed by companies involved in the course as a client.