Facebook como herramienta de comunicación en procesos educativos

This article is conducted under the framework of the research Project “Uses and Applications of Facebook at the University of Cuenca”. We are very interested in determining whether Facebook has created learning scenarios to compliment the formal schooling processes or, on the other hand, it is a communication tool in the educative dynamics. The methodology consists in a survey applied to 375 students and 287 teachers at the Universidad de Cuenca, some focus groups and some in-depth interviews to teachers from different departments. This article analyzes this social network as a tool that mediates between teachers and students. It also addresses the need to establish more open processes in order to understand how the students communicate, learn and coexist at college, as it is a scenario where teacher-student and student-teacher interactions occur. It is also deemed as a space to start dialogues intended to gain shared insights.