Facebook for Class Use Turns New Page; Faculty Debate Focuses On Role of Online Site

New Haven Register › September 15, 2009

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The faculty at Quinnipiac University debated Thursday whether they should use Facebook as a class tool. The session, a setting for typically quiet academic banter, heated up into a full-blown debate as professors grappled with the 3-year-old social phenomenon that has consumed students' attention and now is enmeshing faculty.

They want to know: Is it safe to socialize? Is it right? Can it be harnessed? What is their role?

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Facebook for Class Use Turns New Page; Faculty Debate Focuses On Role of Online Site

Timothy Dansdill, an associate English professor, started a weekly coffeehouse recently by posting a notice on his profile at Facebook, a social networking site that has lured college students into spen...

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