Welsh college launches Facebook e-learning course - Virtual College (UK)

A college in north Wales has claimed to have developed the world's first ever online learning course, to be delivered via Facebook. The Coleg Harlech Workers' Educational Association has launched a new online photography course, providing an overview of photographic techniques and compositional rules while encouraging students to post their own work on the social networking site, Western Mail reports. Developed by IT and innovation consultant Chris Headleand, lecture in creative technologies at the college, the course will go ahead following the success of its pilot scheme. According to Mr Headleand, all feedback has been positive, with students claiming that they felt more comfortable communicating with each other over Facebook. http://www.virtual-college.co.uk/news/Welsh-college-launches-Facebook-elearning-course-newsitems-801453256.aspx