Green, Janet

Wyllie, Aileen

Jackson, Debra

2014

In this paper, we consider the potential and implications of using social networking sites such as Facebook® in nurse education. The concept of social networking and the use of Facebook will be explored, as will the theoretical constructs specific to the use of online technology and Web 2.0 tools. Theories around Communities of Inquiry (Garrison, Anderson, & Archer, 2000), Communities of Practice (Wenger, 1998), Activity Theory (Daniels, Cole, & Wertsch, 2007) and Actor-Network theory (Latour, 1997) will be briefly explored, as will the work of Vygotsky (1978), as applies to the social aspects of learning. Boundary issues, such as if and how faculty and students should or could be connected via social networking sites will also be explored.

Contemporary Nurse, 47(1-2), p. 180-189

1839-3535

1037-6178

https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/17135

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Social networking for nurse education: Possibilities, perils and pitfalls

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