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Facebook, Friends, and Online Schooling | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

Facebook, Friends, and Online Schooling | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

Facebook, Friends, and Online Schooling

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QUESTION: What does Facebook and maintaining important relationships have to do with online instruction?

ANSWER: Facebook promises something it cannot deliver just as many promoters promise that online instruction will transform schooling as we know it. Both are over-hyped social media.

Consider that Facebook promises to transcend the limitations of face-to-face contact that have confined us to a