Using Facebook to Engage Microbiology Students Outside of Class Time
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INTRODUCTION Online social networking services such as Facebook (www.facebook.com) have continued to increase in popularity , likely due to the accessibility of mobile internet on smart phones and tablets. Between 2010 and 2011 alone, the number of mobile Internet subscribers increased by 45% (7). Among consumers aged 16 and over in the UK and US, it is estimated that 95% own mobile devices (8). Studies show that the most popular social media service for college students is Facebook, with somewhere between 67 and 99 percent using it (1, 6). Indeed, Facebook is listed as one of the most downloaded free apps (applications) of all time for the Apple iPhone device (Apple iTunes Store, " Top 25 most downloaded Free iPhone apps of All Time, " posted in May 2013). At the time of writing this article (January 2014), Facebook also tops the list of most popular free apps in the Google Play marketplace for Android users (https://play.
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دوره 15 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014