Get out of MySpace!

Jones, Norah; Blackey, Haydn; Fitzgibbon, Karen; Chew, Esyin

doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2009.07.008

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“…However, the majority of existing research has focused on adult, higher education (e.g., Deng & Tavares, 2013;Hew, 2011;Jones, Blackey, Fitzgibbon, & Chew, 2010;Junco & Cotton, 2012;Kirschner & Karpinski, 2010;Manca & Ranieri, 2016;Wang, Woo, Quek, Yang, & Liu, 2012), on researcher-initiated interventions (e.g., Puhl, Tsovaltzi, & Weinberger, 2015;Wang et al, 2012), or on the potential of such tools (e.g., DeGroot, Young, & VanSlette, 2015;Labus, Despotović-Zrakić, Radenković, Bogdanović, & Radenković, 2015;Roblyer, McDaniel, Webb, Herman & Witty, 2010;Teclehaimanot & Hickman, 2011). Few studies have investigated the actual, spontaneous use and uptake of these tools by teachers and students in secondary schools.…”

Section: Teacher-student Social Network Technologies Interactionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“WhatsApp, Teacher?” - Student Perspectives on Teacher-Student WhatsApp Interactions in Secondary Schools

Rosenberg

Asterhan

2018

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Aim/Purpose: In this paper, we analyze the phenomenon of “classroom WhatsApp groups”, in which a teacher and students from a particular classroom interact with one another, while specifically focusing on the student perspective of these interactions. Background: The instant messaging application WhatsApp enables quick, interactive multimedia communication in closed groups, as well as one-on-one interactions between selected group members. Yet, very little is known about the extent, nature, and purposes of these practices, the limitations and affordances, the type of discourse and conflicts that develop in these spaces, and the extent to which it affects teacher-student interactions outside of WhatsApp (e.g., the social climate in class, the teacher’s status, teacher-student and student-student relations), especially from the students’ perspective. Methodology: Our methodology combines questionnaires, personal interviews, and focus groups with Israeli secondary school students (N = 88). Contribution: The present study adds to the expanding body of empirical research on social media use in educational settings by specifically focusing on a heretofore underexposed aspect, namely, secondary school student-teacher communication in the popular instant messaging application WhatsApp. We report on findings from the student perspective and discuss the advantages and limitations of this form of communication sphere, and on the social functions of the different classroom WhatsApp groups in secondary school students’ everyday life. Findings: The combined findings reveal that classroom WhatsApp groups have become a central channel of communication for school-related topics. It is used primarily for organizational purposes (sending and receiving updates and managing learning activities), as well as a means for teachers to enforce discipline. Students mentioned many advantages of WhatsApp communication, such as easy access, the ability to create communities, the ability to safeguard personal privacy, and the communication format (written, mediated, personal, or group). However, they also recognized limitations (i.e., communication overload) and challenged teacher ability to monitor and affect student interactions in social media, even when they are present in these WhatsApp classroom groups. Finally, we report on the role of parallel, sans-teacher WhatsApp groups, which are characterized as back stage discourse arenas that accompany the front stage offline classroom activities and the “official” classroom WhatsApp group. Recommendations for Practitioners: The combined findings of this study indicate how WhatsApp-based, joint teacher-student groups can serve a variety of educational purposes, namely, organizational, instructional, and educational-disciplinary. In addition, and in spite of teachers concerns, students are aware of the challenges inherent to the use of WhatsApp for communication with their teachers. Some of the main characteristics that prevent teachers from using other ubiquitous digital communication media, such as Facebook or Twitter, are not relevant when it comes to WhatsApp. Both teachers and students view WhatsApp as a favored channel of communication because of the low exposure to personal information and minimal invasion of privacy. Future Research: The qualitative methodology of this paper limits the ability to generalize the current findings to other contexts and population groups. Future research should preferably explore the generalizability of our findings to larger sections of teenage populations. It should also explore similarities and differences with other age groups. Finally, the present study was set in a particular country (Israel). Local norms of cellphone use and of appropriate teacher-student interaction, as well as locally developed media domestication patterns, may differ from country to country and/or from one cultural group to another. Future research should then include and compare the current findings with data from different countries and cultures in order to complete the picture.

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Section: Teacher-student Social Network Technologies Interactionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“WhatsApp, Teacher?” - Student Perspectives on Teacher-Student WhatsApp Interactions in Secondary Schools

Rosenberg

Asterhan

2018

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“…They found that students preferred to keep their social life separate from their academic life. Jones et al put forward a notion that in order to combine social media with education, there is a need to find the appropriate demarcation [16]. In a similar vein; Cloete, de Villiers & Roodt [17] reported that students had concerns about "the amount of personal information displayed on the site.".…”

Section: B Privacy Issues With the Academic Use Of Facebookmentioning

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“…They fear that disclosure of their profile may have a negative effect on the tutor's impression of them. Jones et al [16] carried out a study at four separate universities to explore student perception of using social media to aid their studies. They found that students preferred to keep their social life separate from their academic life.…”

Section: B Privacy Issues With the Academic Use Of Facebookmentioning

confidence: 99%

Heuristic Evaluation of the use of Blackboard & Facebook Groups in Computing Higher Education

Carmichael¹,

MacEachen²

2017

IJMECS

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Abstract-The features of social media sites make them potentially effective as a learning platform for student communication and collaboration in higher education. Moreover it has become apparent that student Facebook users have been repurposing its features to fit their academic requirements. This study aims to determine if Facebook Groups and the Blackboard Learning Management System (LMS) can enhance the learner experience, and if so, in what way. The study made use of a heuristic evaluation with an educationally relevant criteria set [1]. The results, amongst other things, indicate that Facebook Groups are more useful for peer-to-peer communication than Blackboard, probably due to the notification system in Facebook. Analysis indicated that in some instances the strengths and weaknesses of Blackboard and Facebook were complementary and therefore could, arguably, improve the overall student experience.

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“…Jones et al stated that social networking websites are tools that can be used by teachers and students to facilitate education [13]. It makes sense to examine the relationship between Facebook use and student engagement for two general reasons: 1) Today's students use Facebook at high rates, as illustrated by the statistics presented in the introduction and 2) Facebook intends to be an engaging platform going so far as to measure their success in terms of user engagement [14], [15].…”

Section: Students' Engagement and Facebookmentioning

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A Study about Effects of Facebook on Conceptual Learning Mathematics

Daraei¹

2015

IJFCC

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Get out of MySpace!

Cited by 175 publications

References 4 publications

“WhatsApp, Teacher?” - Student Perspectives on Teacher-Student WhatsApp Interactions in Secondary Schools

“WhatsApp, Teacher?” - Student Perspectives on Teacher-Student WhatsApp Interactions in Secondary Schools

Heuristic Evaluation of the use of Blackboard & Facebook Groups in Computing Higher Education

A Study about Effects of Facebook on Conceptual Learning Mathematics

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