I've used facebook for a course, organizing pretty much everything through the site. This was at a time when the group functionality was not as fleshed out, and I wanted to be able to use RSS feeds into it, so I created fake "people" for the course that could be friended by students. (cf. http://www.flickr.com/photos/halavais/1300239816/ ) While it was sort-of fine for students who already lived much of their lives on Facebook, it was difficult for those who had no interest in the site. I encouraged them to create fake personae for the site, but even with that, I am concerned enough by the privacy implications of requiring (or encouraging) students to use the site that I have abandoned it. And once you go through the pain have having students create "alts" for the site, it becomes a lot less about the course content and a lot more about negotiating issues of privacy on the platform. - Alex -- -- // // This email is // [x] assumed public and may be blogged / forwarded. // [ ] assumed to be private, please ask before redistributing. // // Alexander C. Halavais, ciberflâneur // http://alex.halavais.net //