Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: Though the social media Facebook was not originally an educational technology, its innovative use in teaching and learning may be the only e-learning experience students and teachers in resource-poor areas may have.Such use also has the potential to solve the globally highlighted problem that Facebook distracts students.Amidst peculiar challenges (poor technology skills, low-speed and unstable Internet connection and treacherous power supply) fifteen lecturers and their 2,019 students-motivated through participatory learning and actionagreed, learned, implemented, observed and evaluated their academic use of Facebook in four semesters.Data collected through questionnaire and periodic face-to-face and online interviews showed, among others, 56% of students understood course topics more; 92% collaborated more than they did elsewhere; 72% participated more in class discussions;.70% spent for course activities on Facebook 80% of the time they used to spend on Facebook.Impact on students' grades needs an investigation.
Source: DergiPark (Istanbul University)
Author: Chris Prince Udochukwu Njoku
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2985556858