the use of facebook and skype to facilitate online crits

The use of

facebook & skype to facilitate online crits

Department of Architectural Technology Faculty of Informatics & Design Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Jolanda Morkel

STUDIO

the place where architectural design learning happens

The studio is a social environment that is characterised by communication, critique and collaboration.

(Gross, 1997)

creativity

criticality

contemplation

collaboration

citizenship

studioRose, E. A., Higgins, M., Dixon, J. and Kabzamaloza, E. 2007

learning is the relationships between people

Smith, M. K. 2003. Communities of practice, the encyclopedia of informal education www.infed.org/biblio/communities_of_practice.htm. Accessed 10 July 2011

self-reflectiveACTION

peer to peerINTERACTION

student-tutor REACTION

MODE of knowledge construction

range of conversations: offline and online

facebook

asynchronous

peer to peer [horizontal] interaction_collaboration

Interviewer: And has it [facebook] also helped in your interaction with fellow students?

STUDENT D2: Yes it has. No, yes definitely. It definitely has. STUDENT G1: “I think a large part of it (is) ... interactivity... you can upload a project or like post an idea and then people in our class could in this like electronic environment give feedback on it. “STUDENT A2: For me it feels like we are still in a class and we are interacting, ja.STUDENT B2: It’s just a digital way. Digital classroom.

student-tutor [vertical] reaction_apprenticeship

Do you feel it [facebook] enhances the interactions with your lecturer?

STUDENTS: Yes.STUDENT G: Definitely.STUDENT C2: Yeah quick feedback that’s what I like, that’s where it comes in.STUDENT A2: It’s just like an open discussion, they are open to...STUDENT C2: It’s like they [the lecturers] stand with us. STUDENT C2: And I think this is actually like making us gain confidence in our work, because actually you know where you are heading to and what is required from you.

what is the communication about?

Utterances categories compared to Gabriel and Maher’s (1999) findings on synchronous communication – facebook results shown in red:

design communication 42% 67%social communication 29% 7%communication control 24% 17%communication technology 5% 9%

facebook goes synchronous

facebook...•enhances learner engagement, students’ domain

•asynchronous and synchronous

•supports existing relationships

• facilitates interaction, dialogue

•supports collaboration & apprenticeship

•social media, not an LMS

• important role in multimodal learning approach

skype

share images and text

conversation: prompt response

conceptualising/ argumentation

small group interaction

skype...•synchronous, closed to the individual/ group

•used with iDroo etc.

•one on one or small group

• facilitates interaction, dialogue

•supports collaboration & apprenticeship

•helps build confidence

• important role in multimodal learning approach

T H A N K Y O U

please contact me at

morkelj@cput.ac.za