Blogs and e-Portfolios: can they support reflection, evidencing and dialogue in teacher training?

A blog with explicit support for structured skills/competencies and community publishing was integrated within an e-Portfolio and evaluated with three successive cohorts of PGCE secondary students at Newcastle University in order to support reflections on practice, weekly lesson evaluations, and to evidence Teaching Quality Standards (TQS).The technologies were initially piloted with a single subject (English with Drama) in 2007/8, with roll out to all thirteen PGCE programmes in 2008/9 (156 students and seven tutors). Focus groups and questionnaires were used to investigate students' perceptions of using the blog to support both reflection and evidencing, to identify factors relating to engagement, and to explore informal use of external social networking with course-mates. Tutors' views were also captured.Students accessed the portfolio an average of sixty three times each (the range being from 4 to 254) and uploaded a total of 1,785 files over a ten month period in 2008/9. Students made an average of 27 blog entries each (36% published to a community). Analysis of questionnaire data (37% response rate) indicated that students liked the approach of linking one item of evidence to multiple TQS and feeling 'in touch' whilst on placement. Students (89%) used external social networking sites (47% of students used them for course-related purposes). The main barrier to engagement with the e-Portfolio was the perceived lack of time on a busy course.This study informs debate on the level of structure required in e-Portfolios/blogs for vocational subjects and factors relating to engagement and concurrent use of formal/institutional and informal social networking sites.

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Social Advertisements and Recall

Encyclopedia of Organizational Knowledge, Administration, and Technology - Advances in Logistics, Operations, and Management Science ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-3473-1.ch152 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 2197-2207

Author(s):

Anish Yousaf ◽

Roktim Sarmah

Keyword(s):

Social Networking ◽

Social Networking Sites ◽

Exploratory Study ◽

Response Rate ◽

Study Data ◽

State Governments ◽

Policy Makers ◽

High Recall ◽

Pulse Polio ◽

Structured Questionnaire

Researches in the context of social advertisement are carried out in European nations with few exceptions from India where various social advertisement campaigns are run by central as well as state governments. Current study is an attempt towards measuring recall of popular social advertisement campaigns in India and to explore the reasons for the same using an exploratory study. Data was collected using a structured questionnaire. A total of 400 respondents participate in the study with a response rate of 86%. Findings revealed that Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan was the most recalled social advertisement campaign followed by Pulse Polio Abhiyan and Cancer advertisement campaign. Result revealed that social advertisements promoted using celebrity(ies) and politicians have more impact and high recall. It was also found that social advertisements using television and social networking sites as media tools are widely accepted among youths. Findings of the study will be helpful for policy makers who can use the findings to promote various social advertisement campaigns.

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Role and users’ approach to social networking sites (SNSs): a study of universities of North India

The Electronic Library ◽

10.1108/el-12-2012-0165 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 33 (1) ◽

pp. 19-34 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

K P Singh ◽

Malkeet Singh Gill

Keyword(s):

Social Networking ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Social Networking Sites ◽

Design Methodology ◽

Response Rate ◽

Personal Information ◽

North India ◽

Content Type ◽

Postgraduate Students ◽

Authentic Data

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate and assess the awareness and extent of the use of social networking sites (SNSs) by the students and research scholars of universities of North India. Design/methodology/approach – The study is a questionnaire-based survey on the usage of SNSs among the students and research scholars of the universities of North India. The data of the study were collected through questionnaires, which were personally distributed to the identified population, i.e. undergraduate students, postgraduate students and research scholars, by the authors. The survey was based on a sample of 610 questionnaires; of which, 486 questionnaires were received, having a response rate of 79.67 per cent. Findings – The study showed that all the respondents were found to be aware of and making use of such applications in their academic affairs. It was revealed from the study that Facebook is the most popular SNS by all categories of respondents. To determine the purpose of SNSs, it emerged that SNSs are mostly used for entertainment and communication. The study also found that the majority of respondents were aware about the security aspects of SNSs. It signifies that excessive time consumption and fear of misusing personal information were the major hurdles in the way of accessing SNSs. Research limitations/implications – The study covers the students and research scholars of select universities of North India. It also signifies the use of SNSs in their research and academic environment. Originality/value – The paper provides reliable and authentic data. The study is worth, justifiable and enlightens the salient findings on the topic, which will be very useful for researchers in this area.

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Perceptions of Pediatric Residents Regarding Counseling About Use of Social Networking Sites

Clinical Pediatrics ◽

10.1177/0009922818772806 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 57 (11) ◽

pp. 1275-1280 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Sumeet L. Banker ◽

Ada M. Fenick ◽

Li Qin ◽

Jaideep S. Talwalkar

Keyword(s):

Social Networking ◽

Social Networking Sites ◽

Response Rate ◽

Media Use ◽

Professional Organizations ◽

Pediatric Residents ◽

Academic Center ◽

Practical Guidance ◽

Electronic Questionnaires

Increasing use of social networking sites (SNS) among youth prompted professional organizations to urge pediatricians to promote healthy media use. Electronic questionnaires were distributed to 76 pediatric residents at one academic center measuring attitudes, practices, and familiarity with SNS. Of 43 respondents (response rate = 57%), most reported personal SNS use (98%) and familiarity with SNS used by youth (72%), and 88% agreed that pediatricians should provide counseling on SNS use. Only 5% felt they had adequate training on SNS use in children, and just 26% felt comfortable advising families. Residents were less likely to discuss SNS use than general media use (19% vs 56%, P = .007). Media counseling was correlated with SNS counseling ( r = .38, P = .01). Pediatric residents recognize the importance of guiding families on SNS use, yet do not routinely provide counseling despite high levels of personal SNS use and familiarity. Focused training is necessary for pediatricians to prioritize practical guidance.

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A study on the Impact of Social Networking Sites among Higher Secondary Students

International Journal of Social Sciences and Management ◽

10.3126/ijssm.v2i4.13681 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2 (4) ◽

pp. 339-342

Author(s):

M. Arjun ◽

B. Juna

Keyword(s):

Social Networking ◽

Secondary Students ◽

Social Networking Sites ◽

Target Population ◽

Total Sample ◽

Negative Influence ◽

Media Usage ◽

Descriptive Research ◽

Study Habit ◽

The Impact

The Influence of Social Net Working Sites (SNS) is being so widely discussed around the world and range of studies conducted with the usage of SNS among higher secondary students is negligible in India. The purpose of the study was to determine the Influence of Social Networking Sites on the study habit of higher secondary students. The researcher is followed descriptive research design for this study. A semi structured research questionnaire was designed to determine the factors of social networking sites that have influenced on higher secondary students. Objectives were to study about socio demographic profile of the children and understand the positive and negative influence of SNS with respect to study habits, identify the study habit among the respondents. The investigator used random sampling method and the total sample size was 40 students. The target population of this study was defined as the students belonging to the higher secondary students in Mammalashery govt. higher secondary school Piravom, Ernakulam. Findings of the study indicated that SNS had been greatly influenced among adolescents. The extend usage of media, usage pattern of SNS, the level of and study habit have been dealt scientifically in this paper. The study was also undertaken to determine how much time students actively use social media and if there has been an increase or decrease in usage over time and its impact on their study and academics.Int. J. Soc. Sci. Manage. Vol-2, issue-4: 339-342

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Involvement in Social Networking Sites and Academic Performance of Secondary Students in Kabankalan, Philippines

Philippine Innovative Education Journal ◽

10.36292/piej.v1i1.27 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

Author(s):

BRANDON Z. BRAVO

Keyword(s):

Academic Performance ◽

Social Networking ◽

Secondary Students ◽

Social Networking Sites ◽

Female Students ◽

Monthly Income ◽

School Year ◽

Correlational Design ◽

The Relationship ◽

Cluster 2

This study aims to determine the relationship between the involvement in social networking and the academic performance of 235 fourth-year students in Cluster 2, Division of Kabankalan, Negros Occidental, school year 2013- 2014. An adapted survey questionnaire was used to gather the data. The study utilizes the descriptive correlational design, t-test, and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). Findings show that the fourth-year students were dominated by the eldest, female students who belonged to families with low parents’ monthly income. Cellphones were the leading access to Facebook for more than three hours. The fourth-year students were moderately involved in social networking sites. While students’ sex influences their social networking sites involvement, sibling order and parents’ monthly income do not. The fourth-year students have low level of academic performance. Sibling order, sex, and family monthly income do not affect the academic performance

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PREDICTING SOCIAL NETWORK ADDICTION USING VARIANT SIGMOID TRANSFER FEED-FORWARD NEURAL NETWORKS (FNN-SNA)

Journal of Natural Sciences Engineering and Technology ◽

10.51406/jnset.v19i1.2110 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

pp. 131-148

Author(s):

F. E. AYO ◽

O. FOLORUNSO ◽

A. ABAYOMI-ALLI ◽

A. C. OLUBIYI

Keyword(s):

Neural Networks ◽

Social Networking ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Social Networking Sites ◽

Response Rate ◽

Personal Traits ◽

Feed Forward ◽

Feed Forward Neural Networks ◽

Analytical Tools ◽

Structured Questionnaire

Researchers have reflected on personal traits that may predict Social Networking Sites (SNS) addiction. However, most of the researchers involved in the findings of personality traits predictor for social networking addiction either postulate or based their conclusions on analytical tools. Moreso, a review of the literature reveals that the prediction of social networking addiction using classifiers have not been well researched. We examined the prediction of SNS addiction from a well-structured questionnaire consisting of sixteen (16) personality traits. The questionnaire was administered on the google form with a response rate of 95% out of the 102-sample size. Additionally, a three (3) variant sigmoid transfer feed- forward neural networks was developed for the prediction of SNS addiction. Result indicated that pertinence (β = 0.251, p 0.01) was the most powerful predictor of social networking addiction in general and less obscurity addiction (β = 0.244, p 0.01). Experimental results also showed that the developed classifier correctly predict SNS addiction with 98% accuracy compared to similar classifiers.

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