ERIC Number: EJ1120548
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
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Students' Educational Use of Facebook Groups
Dalsgaard, Christian
Educational Media International, v53 n4 p261-273 2016
The aim of the article is to explore educational use of student-managed Facebook groups in upper secondary education (in Denmark). Much research on educational potentials of Facebook has studied groups managed by teachers. However, there is a lack of in-depth research on Facebook groups managed by students and without participation from teachers. As this study shows, students' use of student-managed groups differs from their use of teacher-managed tools such as learning management systems (LMSs). The article presents an empirical study based partly on a content analysis of 3139 posts and 15,018 replies within five Facebook groups, and partly on a questionnaire answered by 1463 students and 148 teachers. The results of the study show that whereas LMSs were seen by students primarily as institutional systems of the teacher, Facebook groups have an educational potential to be used by students for peer-to-peer learning.
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Social Media, Mass Media Use, Secondary School Students, Teamwork, Group Dynamics, Content Analysis, Questionnaires, Student Leadership, Peer Groups, Web 2.0 Technologies, Database Management Systems, Transcripts (Written Records), Computer Mediated Communication, Mass Media Role, Group Activities, Learning Strategies, Units of Study, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Denmark
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