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International Workshop on Learning Technology for Education in Cloud

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An Implementation of Online Learning and Course Management System Based on Facebook

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In recent years, social networking websites play a very important role as the interactive platform between users as well as lecturers and learners. Thus, it would be a good idea if a learning management system can be built based on those social networking websites, such as Facebook. In this paper, we therefore proposed to construct an online learning and course management system, which can transform traditional learning management system functions to enable better interactions between lecturers and learners. Furthermore, the system has been implemented and the functions will be shown in the paper. We also concluded this paper with some future directions and suggestions about e-learning, learning management systems and social networking website.

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  1. Department of Information Management, National University of Kaohsiung, No. 700, Kaohsiung University Road, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

    I-Hsien Ting, Wei-Jie Wu & Hao-Ting Kao

  2. Syosset High School, 70 South Woods Road, Syosset, NY, 11791, USA

    David Wang

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  1. Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

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  2. Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Valparaiso, Chile

    Dario Liberona

  3. University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia

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Ting, IH., Wu, WJ., Kao, HT., Wang, D. (2015). An Implementation of Online Learning and Course Management System Based on Facebook. In: Uden, L., Liberona, D., Welzer, T. (eds) Learning Technology for Education in Cloud. LTEC 2015. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 533. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22629-3_17

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