Integrating Social Networking Site into Teaching and Learning

Abstract

Social networking site (SNS) which is a typical application of Web 2.0 technology has been popular and widespread across multiple age groups in various educational institutions. This study attempted to adopt one of the most popular SNS - Facebook - to implement the WIRE model, a teaching and learning strategy aims to close the cognitive gap of classroom lessons between students and teachers before class, and links up learning experiences from inside to outside of classroom. A quasi-experiment has been performed to study the learning effect according to the achievement, motivation, and interaction. The results were positive and also revealed some issues for future research.