the use of facebook and skype to facilitate online crits
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Jolanda Morkels presentation at the first CPUT Teaching with Technology DayTRANSCRIPT
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
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
