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5.  Rationale  Ways to Use Facebook in Education  The Advantages of Using Facebook in Education  The Difficulties that Hinder the Use of Facebook  Recent Studies in Using Facebook in Education  Using Facebook in Education in the Omani Colleges

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9. Ways to Use Facebook in Education  Profile page  Creating a group page for the class  Replacing or duplicating web course functions on Facebook

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13. The Advantages of Using Facebook in Education For Students Positive attitude towards learning Multiple social interactions Create their own learning path Improve their self-confidence Get involved in the learning tasks

15. The Advantages of Using Facebook in Education For Teachers Practice a differential pedagogy Engage in the students’ culture Integrate formative evaluation Accept students as interaction partners

16. Join Facebook and share technology

17. The Difficulties that Hinder the Use of Facebook Connectivity and viruses Time consuming Too much information Accuracy of information

19. Recent Studies in Using Facebook in Education How college students felt about faculty use of Facebook The relationship between the frequency of Facebook use, participation in Facebook activities, and students’ engagement Why students use Facebook

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21. Using Facebook in Education in the Omani Colleges A framework for using Facebook in a course The course is Advanced Teaching Methods in Teaching English How ???

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