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1. Do Facebook groups enhance students’ knowledge base?
 Lessons can be interesting and motivating due to the fact that Facebook enables students to access real information from different sources.
 2. Do Facebook groups increase students’ motivation for learning and their active participation in the learning process? 
Facebook allows students to be connected using laptops or mobile phones. Therefore, using Facebook groups, they can access a learning environment inside and outside the classroom, thus motivating self development.
 3. Do Facebook groups encourage student-student interactions? 
In my personal experience both learning and teaching, I have found that Facebook groups can be a wonderful way to share information and ideas, fostering collaborative work. 
4. Do Facebook groups encourage social and cognitive interactions? According to research carried out at Ariel University of Samaria, participating in a collaborative Facebook group can be said to have significantly contributed to the students’ success and satisfaction, and the Facebook group can certainly serve as an additional tool to supplement traditional frontal instruction. Therefore, the research’s recommendation is to integrate Facebook groups into academic courses to facilitate the transition of academic material beyond academic walls, expand study hours, strengthen the connection between students, and create a comfortable learning atmosphere Students can help each other clarify a subject or discover new knowledge, correct each other’s errors, and offer comments 
5. Do Facebook groups encourage active learning by students? Participation in a Facebook group allows students to examine the material at home and bring additional knowledge beyond the hours of frontal study.
 In order to promote constructive and collaborative work I would create a Facebook group with a 

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