Les voix de la distance

Abstract

This paper, inspired by Geneviève Jacquinot’s theory of provocation, discusses the questions arising from the creation of a Facebook page by students of a Quebec distance-teaching university. It deals especially with the appropriation of Facebook by the students and its influence on their empowerment, as well as the problems shared by them. On this occasion, it also questions the research on abandon in distance-teaching and the challenge of innovation in a distance-teaching university.

Keywords

• Facebook
• distance
• provocation
• empowerment
• abandon
• research.