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Sven A. Miller

Moodle vs. Facebook: Does using Facebook for Discussions in an Online Course Enhance Pe... - 5 views

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  • Sven A. Miller on 27 Nov 10
     
    In this study, we investigated the effect of using the social network site Facebook for discussions in an online course. Data were collected from concurrent offerings of an introductory educational psychology course, one using Facebook discussion boards and the other Moodle forums. We measured student perceptions of social presence and the frequency and length of their discussion interactions. Evaluation of this data indicated that there were no differences in our measures. We discuss why the potential benefits of Facebook for online teaching may not have emerged in this study and provide suggestions for further research in this area.
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  • Sven A. Miller on 27 Nov 10
     
    Through an experiment we are performing in Prof. Caire's class, we tried to find a comparative study of MOODLE vs. Facebook in an academic context; and this is the only article we found, that treats this specific issue…
  • Lucas Eaton on 29 Nov 10
     
    While using Facebook for coursework and school discussions seems odd to us at the moment and is a point of debate, I think as it becomes more and more a part of our culture, using it in education will be unavoidable. I think it's possible that within a few years Facebook will be such an integral part of everyone's life that it will eventually be natural and logical to use it for school. Kids won't know a world without facebook! Now it's still new and fresh and we don't quite know how to handle it, but over time it may become a simple digital manifestation of the totality of our lives.
  • anola brace on 23 Dec 10
     
    Very interesting article. After getting used with very traditional methods, it´s a little bit difficult to use these tools and to adapt with them. Especially when we use them in a different context that is not education one. In the beginning of Master class I remember that was hard to get use with moodle or other tools that we learnt. I agree with Lucas that in the nearly future will be so normal to use them. But my concern (we have already discuss in one of our presentation) is that not all the children/ students have the chance/ possibility to use these tools and we will create a huge gap in the education.
  • Diana Alves on 11 Jan 11
     
    I agree with Lucas. It is still kind of difficult to deal with it, but it will become natural. However it does not sound odd to me. Not at all. It is simply a question of time. The same happened with the Email taking over the traditional "sending letters ritual". It is the natural course of technology! :) As far as I am concerned it can work out pretty well. We have the example of moodle within our master and I also have already the experience with facebook for school discussions (within my german course). One of my friends, who is TOTALLY addicted to facebook, was telling us the other day that she spends so much time on facebook that she gets now the feeling that she is "outdated" when it comes to news. And we told her to join/add one newspaper (or so), which has a facebook page. Like this she would get the information anyway. It is a good point also valid for education. Why not to "combine business with pleasure"? It is not only usefull, but it can also be a motivator for the students.
  • Sarah Moser on 02 Feb 12
     
    one year later... :) it is interesting to see how facebook and its use actually changed during this year. For our Media class with Charles Max we made a little research on whether the students from the Master program use the Socializing Forum of the Moodle platform or not and why. While one year ago the Moodle platform was the main space where students shared and discussed ideas about academic topics and issues, this year it turned out that the students prefer to communicate and discuss things through facebook rather than on Moodle. Facebook seems to become an easy and handy way to communicate and exchange ideas not only on a personal level but also for academic reasons.
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