Social networking services are platforms to build relationships among people who, share interests, activities, backgrounds or real-life connections.^[1]

Pros

• Provides a social presence and opportunity for engagement based on the Community of Inquiry learning model.

Cons

• According to Pew Research, only Facebook is used by a majority of adult learners. Other social networking services have less than 25% penetration among this audience.^[2]
• Many adult learners are uncomfortable mixing their work, personal, and educational social networks.

Examples

See Also

• Wikipedia: Social networking service
• Wikipedia: Social bookmarking

References