Abstract:

This paper describes the impressions students had using Facebook as a Learning Management System (LMS) to learn Organic Chemistry in English Language. Using digital and social media for educational purposes has become a hot topic in debate and research lately, since they are very present in the students’ lives. At the beginning of this paper, a research on academical studies that already used Facebook as an LMS was made, showing different learning and teaching strategies using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). After that, this study was dedicated to design teaching and learning strategies using as basis the literature review’s knowledge. A proposal of digital classes developed through Facebook to teach Organic Chemistry in English Language to Portuguese native speakers was conceived and applied in a Subsequent Technical Chemistry Course, in Brazil. The participants then evaluated Facebook’s contribution answering questionnaires with open-ended and closed-ended questions, that also allowed to identify the technological profile of these participants. Their answers made Facebook’s viability as an LMS very clear, considering that 92,3% of the students evaluated positively the activities developed.

Acknowledgement:
This work is financially supported by Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rio Grande do Sul – IFRS.

Keywords:

Facebook, Education, Social Media.