Facebook Networked Learning BAD

My disagreement with Facebook are the following posts I have encountered


Facebook as a formal instructional environment

-- this one was from Mendeley ...

which is some association/business that helps researchers .......

The best free way to manage your research
Organize, share, discover

I also disagree with using Google`s YouTube for business, research, or other professional reasons. 

 

Facebook and Youtube are no place for formal activites -- because your material is owned by them -- which seems to be opposite to all of the anti-piracy bills and actions that are happening currently in 2012 (Popular file-sharing website Megaupload shut down - Yahoo! News )

 

Companies will say Facebook, Youtube, etc are good places for your personal interactions -- because they are easy and cheap for them to setup, explain, and use.

 

Research, personal and especially Health data belong on proper research systems with research controls in place.

Baran, B. (n.d.). Facebook as a formal instructional environment. In 

      British Journal of Educational Technology (2010)(volume: 41, issue: 6, 

      publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd, pages: e146-e149) 

      [Research Paper - Abstract only]. Retrieved February 1, 2012, 

      from  Mendeley Ltd website © 2012:

        http://www.mendeley.com/research/facebook-as-a-formal-instructional-environment/