Abstract

ALENCAR, Gersica Agripino; MOURA, Murilo Rebouças  and  BITENCOURT, Ricardo Barbosa. Facebook como plataforma de ensino/aprendizagem: o que dizem os professores e alunos do IFSertão- PE. Educ. Form. Tecnol. [online]. 2013, vol.06, n.01, pp.86-93. ISSN 1646-933X.

Social media are present in the daily life of people of different ages; therefore, it is important to discuss the inclusion of these in the development of educational activities, enabling interaction beyond the classroom between students and teachers. In this article we present the results of a content analysis and also the results of a qualitative approach to quantitative held between teachers and students of Instituto Federal do Sertão Pernambucano - Campus Petrolina about the use of social networks, that aimed to report and discuss the use of Facebook as a platform for teaching and learning. We conclude that social media, in the opinion of students and teachers, can be an ally in the development of pedagogical activity.

Keywords : Educational Platform; Facebook; Online Social Networks.

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