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Direct linkÇetinkaya, Levent; Sütçü, Selim Soner – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2018
The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of Facebook and WhatsApp on success in English vocabulary instruction and the learners' opinions about the implementation process. In the study, mixed method model, which combines both quantitative and qualitative data, was used. The success of the students in Facebook, WhatsApp, and control…
Descriptors: Social Media, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Software, Vocabulary Development
Barrot, Jessie S. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2018
The increasing popularity of Facebook has prompted scholars and educators to explore its potentials as a learning environment for various fields of education. Along this line, several reviews of literature have been written about the educational use of Facebook; however, none of them have focused on a specific field of interest such as language…
Descriptors: Social Media, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Luik, Piret; Lepp, Marina – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2021
Background: The coronavirus pandemic has affected education worldwide. Estonian schools moved to distance learning on March 16. Objectives: This paper outlines the stages of unexpected and temporary changes affecting different stakeholders based on activity and content of the messages in the Facebook group 'Homeschooling with technology'. Also the…
Descriptors: Distance Education, COVID-19, Pandemics, Social Media
Manca, S.; Ranieri, M. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2013
Despite its continuing popularity as the social network site par excellence, the educational value of Facebook has not been fully determined, and results from the mainstream educational paradigms are contradictory, with some scholars emphasizing its pedagogical affordances (e.g., widening context of learning, mixing information and learning…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration
Manca, Stefania; Raffaghelli, Juliana Elisa – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2023
Background: Holocaust memory and learning processes have become increasingly mediatised as a result of rapid technological advances. There is, however, little information available regarding how people learn about this topic informally through social media. Objectives: This paper explores how adult learners develop their learning ecologies by…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Social Media, Learning
Labus, A.; Despotovic-Zrakic, M.; Radenkovic, B.; Bogdanovic, Z.; Radenkovic, M. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2015
This paper reports on the investigation of the possibilities of enhancing the formal e-learning process by harnessing the potential of informal game-based learning on social networks. The goal of the research is to improve the outcomes of the formal learning process through the design and implementation of an educational game on a social network…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Learning Processes, Social Networks, Educational Games
Drouin, M. A. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2011
In this study, I examined reported frequency of text messaging, use of textese and literacy skills (reading accuracy, spelling and reading fluency) in a sample of American college students. Participants reported using text messaging, social networking sites and textese more often than was reported in previous (2009) research, and their frequency…
Descriptors: College Students, Spelling, Reading Fluency, Literacy
Friesen, N.; Lowe, S. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2012
Facebook and other social media have been hailed as delivering the promise of new, socially engaged educational experiences for students in undergraduate, self-directed, and other educational sectors. A theoretical and historical analysis of these media in the light of earlier media transformations, however, helps to situate and qualify this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Electronic Learning, Television
