Casey and Evans (2011) studied 900 public high school students between the age of 13 and 16 with the use of an online social network site Ning as a learning environment for one semester. The study showed the use of a social network site resulted in: great range of opportunities for students to form own groups; students to be explorers, designers, and publishers; greater support of peers, self-reflection, and both peer- and self-assessment; students draw upon relevant, integrated knowledge; use of skills that many had honed outside of the classroom; flexibility to read and write comments, ask questions, and seek clarification; student enjoyment of creating new profiles, avatars, and friend requests; teaching and learning occurring informally and formally; shared examples of student work aided others; increased creativity and use of multimedia; more opportunities to make decisions; increased student control of learning; generating new knowledge; improved critiquing abilities; increased interaction with peers at a personal level; teaching to peers or younger students; increased connectedness; and added depth and excitement to the learning process. An advantage of social networks sites as RPT is that teachers can easily incorporate and share multimedia through them, thereby providing a rich content experience that accommodates
Casey and Evans (2011) studied 900 public high school students between the age of 13 and 16 with the use of an online social network site Ning as a learning environment for one semester. The study showed the use of a social network site resulted in: great range of opportunities for students to form own groups; students to be explorers, designers, and publishers; greater support of peers, self-reflection, and both peer- and self-assessment; students draw upon relevant, integrated knowledge; use of skills that many had honed outside of the classroom; flexibility to read and write comments, ask questions, and seek clarification; student enjoyment of creating new profiles, avatars, and friend requests; teaching and learning occurring informally and formally; shared examples of student work aided others; increased creativity and use of multimedia; more opportunities to make decisions; increased student control of learning; generating new knowledge; improved critiquing abilities; increased interaction with peers at a personal level; teaching to peers or younger students; increased connectedness; and added depth and excitement to the learning process. An advantage of social networks sites as RPT is that teachers can easily incorporate and share multimedia through them, thereby providing a rich content experience that accommodates