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POSSIBLE EDUCATIONAL USE OF FACEBOOK IN HIGHER ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

Nataša Petrović, Dalibor Petrović, Veljko Jeremić, Nemanja Milenković, Marko Ćirović
University of Belgrade, Serbia

Today Facebook is considered as one of the most popular platforms for online social networking among youth, and - as many researchers show - university students. Also, the impact of Web 2.0 and social networking tools on education has been much elaborated on. Educators need to consider how to meet the needs of their students by utilizing Web 2.0 and other social networking tools. Social networking sites such as Facebook (and MySpace) have been subject to much recent debate within the educational community. Facebook has quickly become the social network site of choice by college students and an integral part of the “behind the scenes” college experience (Selwyn, 2007). Thus, it is essential to integrate social networking tools with the education. The key aspect of this paper will be focused on research of achievement levels of higher environmental education by educational use of Facebook among students of the Faculty of Organizational Science, University of Belgrade, Serbia. An analysis of the results was carried out using the SPSS software package.
 

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