Utilização do Facebook no processo de ensino e aprendizagem: possibilidades e práticas pedagógicas

Abstract

This study involves a survey of the possibilities of using Facebook as support in the teaching and learning of training in the classroom higher education and pedagogical practices involved in this process. The question that directed this work covers how Facebook can be used as a teaching strategy. The objectives of this research to identify teachers who already use virtual social networks; make a comparative study between the Moodle platform and social network Facebook; and observe the possibilities of using this in the classroom, as a complementary alternative to the learning environment. To achieve these objectives, questionnaires were applied with objective and subjective questions with 45 teachers from Federal University of Alagoas - Campus Maceió; of which 21 use the social network Facebook in their teaching practices. This is a qualitative research through case study and conducting structured interviews. Initially, it will be discussed the theoretical basis for this study and the concept of social networking and its use for teaching based on Coll and Monereo texts (2010), Recuero (2009/2016) among others. Soon after the methodological basis of the research and the analysis and interpretation of data will be presented, they founded a qualitative approach. The results of this study indicate that the use of Facebook can bring great benefits to learning, but also signal the need for continued training of teachers on social networks in education in order to encourage the use of the tool as a means of creating a culture technological and encourage collaborative learning.