By

Delphine Bheny

@iLabAfrica

THE WAY TO GO :DESIGN FOR SOCIAL MEDIA-BASED LEARNING

A Case of Strathmore University

CONTENT

• Introduction• Research Objectives• Methodology Used• Findings• Conclusions

Introduction

Social Media:Create, Modify and Distribute content ...through the use of devices such as mobile phones, tablets, etc....using platforms such as blogs, social sites and wikis among others.

Social Media Myth

“...the introduction of social media in the classroom would be a distraction to students and that social media being an informal platform, could not be applied to teaching and learning”

SOCIAL MEDIA BENEFITS

• Provide learner generated content

• Students actively participate in the construction of their experience rather than passively absorbing content

• Offer clarifications on non-complex class issues

• Collaborative in nature

• Exciting to young people, therefore a motivation

Research Objectives

• What devices students own or have access to

• Whether they use social media for learning

• What kind of learning materials they share on social media

• How much time they spend on social media

Research Approach

Desktop ResearchTarget and Sample PopulationQuestionnaire, Focus groupsData Analysis

DEVICES

TYPES OF MOBILE PHONES

WILLING TO BUY A SMART PHONE?

GROUP CHATS

WHO IS IN THE DISCUSSION?

ACTIVITIES ON SOCIAL MEDIA

LEARNING MATERIAL SHARED ON SOCIAL MEDIA

• Assignments solutions/Frustrations

• Group work

• Exams information

• Educative articles/journals/books/blog

• Football, Recipes, Politics, Humor/jokes

• Photos/funny photos of classmates

• Comments on enjoyed lectures

• Past papers for exams

• School calendar events

• Schedules/alterations

• An alternative forum to e-Learning

TIME SPENT ON SOCIAL SITES

KEY CONSIDERATIONS

• Devices

• Adoption

• Training

• Moderators

• LMSs vs. Social platforms

Conclusions and Recommendations

• Students are using social media in learning

• Students are using social media more than e-learning system

• Some lecturers have embraced SN to reach their students

• There is need to design for Social media, or redesign the e-learning system in a more collaborative or engaging manner

• Establish a way to compare traffic on e-learning system and traffic on social platforms created by lecturers/University.

Conclusions Recommendation

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