Facebook as a Tool: Exploring the Use of Facebook in Teaching and Learning

In this paper, we explore the use of Facebook as an alternative to learning management system for tertiary teaching and learning purposes in a Malaysian university context. Three embedded approaches for Facebook were implemented, namely for mixing information and learning resources, mixing expertise and mixing context of learning. Each of embedded approaches was analyzed through two ways: within and cross-case analysis. The results from cross-case analysis indicate that Facebook has the potential of mixing affordances of technical, social and pedagogical for teaching and learning, and thus can deliver positive tool for teaching and learning but can also be a negative tool if it is not appropriately utilize.