عنوان المقالة:الابتكار التربوي للفيسبوك: دراسة حالة في التعليم العالي في فلسطين Pedagogical innovation within Facebook: A case study in tertiary education in Palestine
The proliferation of Facebook use among students
and teachers has created a new learning culture by
providing innovative ways for teachers to enable learners to
engage actively in different learning activities. This paper
investigates the potential use of the Facebook social network
site to support faculty in implementing a social constructivist
approach to facilitate student-centred learning. To alleviate
problems arising from poor student engagement in
large classes, 240 students from An-Najah National University,
Palestine, enrolled in four sections of an undergraduate
Educational Technology course, were encouraged to participate
in a number of formative activities through Facebook.
A mixed-methods case study approach was followed. The
quantitative data from a questionnaire were analyzed and
triangulated alongside the qualitative analysis of the content
analysis of postings on the Facebook group page and classroom
observation. The results show that the technological
affordances of Facebook have a very valuable role in facilitating
a constructive approach by faculty members. A majority
of students showed a positive attitude to learning via
Facebook, being provided with more opportunities to engage
personally, communicate and work collaboratively,
helping them to construct their own learning and develop
21st century skills for life and learning through social interaction.
The key to the successful implementation of social
networking is initiating institutional change to facilitate the
dissemination of the new pedagogical culture.
Publication Date
1/1/2014
Publisher
International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning ( iJET),
Volume No
9
Issue No
8
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v9i8.3805
Pages
25-31
Keywords
Facebook, Digital native learners, Social constructivist approach, Social interaction, Student-centred learning
ختام يوسف حسن شريم | Khitam Yousuf Hasan Shraim | 3891