Publications

Publication details [#51920]

Bosch, T. E. 2009. Using online social networking for teaching and learning: Facebook use at the University of Cape Town. Communicatio: South African Journal for Communication Theory and Research 35 (2) : 185–200.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

internet | learning | social network | teacher | university

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This study confirms the potential benefits of Facebook use for teaching and learning at the University of Cape Town, especially for the construction of educational micro-communities. Still some challenges, such as ICT- competence and uneven access, remain extant.