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Table 2.

Potential applications of Facebook for educational purposes.

• Teachers can create a list of students and manage groups using custom topics related to courses

• Information can be shared through links, photos or multimedia content related to specific subjects

• Surveys can be created and deployed on Facebook to gather feedback about the educational experience

• Facebook messenger enables direct communication between students and teachers

• Group announcements can be published on tests, exams or face to face meetings

• Facebook posts can include links to other services (like Google docs)

• Facebook may be used as a complement to an eLearning platform and may engage learners not yet enrolled in a course