ERIC Number: EJ1330206
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Mar
Pages: 26
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ISSN: ISSN-0735-6331
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Student Engagement in the Facebook Learning Environment: A Person-Centred Study
Hoi, Vo Ngoc; Hang, Ho Le
Journal of Educational Computing Research, v60 n1 p170-195 Mar 2022
Facebook has been used not only as a popular social network service among college students but also as a platform for promoting learning and teaching effectiveness in different subject areas. While previous studies have demonstrated the utility of Facebook for enhancing student engagement, little is known about whether there are different profiles of students with different engagement patterns in the Facebook learning environment. Adopting a person-centred approach, we aim to fill this gap in the current study by identifying unobserved sub-populations of students with respect to their engagement patterns in the Facebook as a supplemental learning platform. Latent profile analysis revealed three engagement profiles, a "minimally engaged," a "moderately engaged," and a "highly engaged" profile. Results also suggested that academic disciplines and teacher involvement in the Facebook learning activities were significant predictors of student membership in the three engagement profiles. Our findings offer implications for the design and delivery of Facebook learning activities that cater to different groups of learners with different learning needs.
Descriptors: Social Media, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Predictor Variables, Learner Engagement, Intellectual Disciplines, Teacher Participation, Undergraduate Students, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Vietnam
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