I'm sure there could be some seriousness to the network. You certainly can create groups that truly are driven by a purpose and I belong to a couple. I've also come up with the idea that it could possibly be used for online class work by having students connect with one another and using it as an "offline" discussion area for class/group work. When that element of interaction is missing from an online many facilitators try to find a way to compensate for that with discussion boards within the learning platform. I have always found these to be very dry and I lose interest in my fellow classmates quickly. A Facebook network may be a way to get the class to interact more continuously in a fun manner outside of the elearning platform.
I'm open to any other ideas and suggestions for utilizing this particular social network tool.
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My latest thought is that organizations could use FB as a marketing tool for their eLearning programs. Spread the noise. Share a link (to a password protected site if it's corporate-specific). I'm not seeing examples of content -- and think that most organizations would probably not want to post their content out there.
Oh that's a good idea. I forgot about the shear advertising power of FB. I get invitations to various group activities, social outtings, theatre dates. FB in an organization network could be a wonderful ad platform.
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