scholarly journals Enhancing Students' Motivation using Facebook and SMS with Google Spreadsheets Support: A Comparative Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Chantorn Chaiprasurt
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Objective Assessment ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Social Ability ◽  
Group Sharing

To the widespread use of wireless technologies, increased portable mobile devices and communication contributes to stimulate and encourage group sharing among instructors and students in the learning environments. Apt applications to boost old   face-to-face teaching were examined, which are SMS, Facebook and Google Spreadsheets. A research was used to actual analyze the influence on their interests. It took place over a period of 14 weeks, and the sample consisted of 42 students   in Information Technology for Social Network class. Three groups were involved, control (only supported by Google Spreadsheets), the first group (supported by Google Spreadsheets and SMS), and the second group (supported by Google Spreadsheets and Facebook). The effect of the applications, the results of subjective (attention, relevance, confidence, satisfaction and social ability) and objective assessment (engagement and academic performance) were compared among the three groups,  and by  using Google Spreadsheets  with SMS, and with Facebook were effective in improving their motivation. Notable difference in overall was, students preferred Google spreadsheets with SMS, where it enhanced their motivation when merge into learning.

Herding Cats

2010 ◽  
pp. 284-300
Author(s):  
Donald N. Philip
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Knowledge Building ◽  
Traditional Classroom ◽  
Process Data ◽  
Communications Networks ◽  
Face To Face

Teachers using online learning environments have found that traditional classroom control techniques do not work when applied online. Instead, other approaches need to be used. This chapter introduces the concept of knowledge-building as an approach that is effective in online learning, and the concept of protocological control as a means of controlling the communications networks that evolve during the learning process. Data from a study involving students in a gr. 5/6 hybrid (online and face-to-face) class are used to illustrate how the teacher controls the learning process when the students all work independently of each other. The use of social network analysis as a tool for visualizing the communications networks that form is demonstrated.

scholarly journals Evaluating The Use of Information Technology in Computer Networks Lectures in The Era of Covid-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 757-763
Author(s):  
Elfizar Elfizar
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Student Achievement ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Computer Networks ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Lecture Material ◽  
Computer Science Faculty ◽  
Academic Year

The Covid-19 pandemic makes massive use of information technology (IT) in various fields. This study aims to evaluate the use of IT in Computer Networks lectures at the Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Riau in the era of Covid-19 Pandemic. This causal comparative study uses data from the results of student achievement in the Even Semester Academic Year 2019/2020. There are two lecture models given to students namely synchronous and asynchronous models. The use of the model is based on the type of lecture material provided. Furthermore, the results of student achievement obtained at the end of the semester are compared with the results of student achievement in the previous year that used physical face-to-face lectures. The results of this study indicate that there was an increase of 7.17% in the student achievement during the use of IT in lectures during the Covid-19 Pandemic with the effective synchronous lectures duration from 60 to 100 minutes.  

Informal Communication in Virtual Learning Environments

2011 ◽  
pp. 1164-1168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Werner Beuschel ◽  
Birgit Gaiser ◽  
Susanne Draheim
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Virtual Learning Environments ◽  
Informal Communication ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Computer Mediated

Learning environments increasingly become more diverse by the use of information technology. Thereby, the share of face-to-face situations between students as well as between students and mentors becomes smaller, while the share of encounters in virtual space is growing larger. Thus, computer mediated communication (CMC) is growing in importance in all learning environments. Since standard learning environments involve both formal and informal communication, it seems reasonable to claim that without informal communication students and faculty would have difficulties in sustaining the learning processes. Beyond the ever-growing exchange of formal content, the opportunity of informal communication appears increasingly essential for the successful pursuit of online studies.

Using Ambient Social Reminders to Stay in Touch with Friends

2010 ◽  
pp. 2164-2171
Author(s):  
Ross Shannon ◽  
Eugene Kenny ◽  
Aaron Quigley
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Instant Messaging ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Healthy State ◽  
Circle Of Friends

Social interactions among a group of friends will typically have a certain recurring rhythm. Most people interact with their own circle of friends at a range of different rates, and through a range of different modalities (by email, phone, instant messaging, face-to-face meetings and so on). When these naturally recurring interactions are maintained effectively, people feel at ease with the quality and stability of their social network. Conversely, when a person has not interacted with one of their friends for a longer time interval than they usually do, a situation can be identified in that relationship which may require action to resolve. Here we discuss the opportunities we see in using ambient information technology to effectively support a user’s social connectedness. We present a social network visualisation which provides a user with occasional recommendations of which of their friends they should contact soon to keep their social network in a healthy state.

Informal Communication in Virtual Learning Environments

2011 ◽  
pp. 1076-1081
Author(s):  
Werner Beuschel ◽  
Birgit Gaiser ◽  
Susanne Draheim
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Virtual Learning ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Virtual Learning Environments ◽  
Informal Communication ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Computer Mediated

Learning environments increasingly become more diverse by the use of information technology. Thereby, the share of face-to-face situations between students as well as between students and mentors becomes smaller, while the share of encounters in virtual space is growing larger. Thus, computer mediated communication (CMC) is growing in importance in all learning environments.

scholarly journals Using Ambient Social Reminders to Stay in Touch with Friends

2011 ◽  
pp. 157-164
Author(s):  
Ross Shannon ◽  
Eugene Kenny ◽  
Aaron Quigley
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Instant Messaging ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Healthy State ◽  
Circle Of Friends

Social interactions among a group of friends will typically have a certain recurring rhythm. Most people interact with their own circle of friends at a range of different rates, and through a range of different modalities (by email, phone, instant messaging, face-to-face meetings and so on). When these naturally recurring interactions are maintained effectively, people feel at ease with the quality and stability of their social network. Conversely, when a person has not interacted with one of their friends for a longer time interval than they usually do, a situation can be identified in that relationship which may require action to resolve. Here we discuss the opportunities we see in using ambient information technology to effectively support a user’s social connectedness. We present a social network visualisation which provides a user with occasional recommendations of which of their friends they should contact soon to keep their social network in a healthy state.

scholarly journals Breaching Learners’ Social Distancing through Social Media during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (21) ◽  
pp. 11012
Author(s):  
Muhammad Zaheer Asghar ◽  
Ayesha Iqbal ◽  
Pirita Seitamaa-Hakkarainen ◽  
Elena Barbera
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Science Teacher Education ◽  
Group Development ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Media Usage

Higher education has been shifted toward blended learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. An increase in social media usage intensity and reduced face-to-face interaction due to the COVID-19 pandemic urged instructional communication researchers to revisit the dynamics of learners’ group development in terms of their socialization and academic performance during the COVID-19 crisis. This research aimed to determine the mediating role of social media sociability between face-to-face socialization and academic performance of higher education students in blended learning environments during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was also the aim of the study to determine the moderating effect of social media usage intensity on social media sociability. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with the students (n = 340) enrolled in science teacher education departments of universities in Pakistan. Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was used for multivariate analysis. Results revealed that face-to-face socialization gave an essential start to develop a learning group. However, when face-to-face socialization was reduced due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was mediated by social media usage in blended learning environments to increase their socialization and academic performance during the crisis. The findings of the study are useful for higher education institutions to adopt social media strategies for students’ socialization during the crisis.

scholarly journals A study of communication ties among team members in work environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3A) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bushra Obeidat ◽  
◽  
Bsmah Bany Muhammad ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Spatial Analysis ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Social Hierarchy ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Spatial Variables ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Same Gender

Many organizations are rethinking and redesigning their work environments by moving out from traditional offices to shared team spaces that promote teamwork and collaboration. This study explores communication ties in co-working spaces through a comparative study on Jordanian workplaces and their US counterparts. The study employed spatial analysis and a social network survey to empirically examine the effects of spatial variables (distance and covisibility) and team members’ communication characteristics (communication- based on gender and role) on the frequency of employees’ face-to-face and electronic-based communications. Correlations and variance analyses indicated that the frequency of communication between two team members declines with the increase of distance between their work locations and increases with the increase of local visual accessibility between them. In a culture characterized by an obvious social hierarchy like Jordan, the frequency of communication among team members with the same role and the same gender was higher than the frequency of communication among team members with different roles or gender.

Connector

2011 ◽  
pp. 414-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro Almeida ◽  
Jorge Ferraz Abreu ◽  
Margarida Almeida ◽  
Maria Antunes ◽  
Lidia Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Communication ◽  
Multimedia Content ◽  
Preliminary Evaluation ◽  
Communication Services ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Future Developments ◽  
Common Interests

The widespread and availability of increasingly powerful mobile devices is contributing for the incorporation of new services and features on our daily communications and social relationships. In this context, geolocation of users and points of interest in mobile devices may contribute, in a natural way, to support either the mediation of remote conversations as the promotion of face-to-face meetings between users, leveraging social networks. The CONNECTOR system is based on geolocation data (people, content and activities), enabling users to create and develop their personal relations with other members of the CONNECTOR social network. Users, maps, sharing features and multimedia content are actors in this social network allowing CONNECTOR to address the promotion of geolocated social networks driven by physical proximity and common interests among users. This chapter discusses the work undertaken for the conceptualization and development of the CONNECTOR system. Preliminary evaluation results along with usage contexts are also presented. The chapter concludes with a discussion about future developments in geolocation and personalization in mobile communication services.

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