It seems that EduCause has been on the ball with Facebook and they have one of their “Seven Things” documents available (thanks to Bill for the entire list).
The crux of the document – points 4-7 basically come out to be:
- Creates identity and sense of belonging to a community
- Has addictive qualities (it’s Crackbook for a reason) and can expose more than one would like should a third party choose to
- It might end up being the nucleus of networking for current and future interest and professional groups
- Encourages information literacy, in addition to being able to create content and share it, Facebook offers an opportunity to learn about identify management online as well.
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