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Instructional Guidance In Microblogging-Supported Learning: Insights From A Multiple Case Study, Tian Luo
Instructional Guidance In Microblogging-Supported Learning: Insights From A Multiple Case Study, Tian Luo
STEMPS Faculty Publications
Microblogging tools such as Twitter show potential to enrich classroom experience and benefit student learning. Research shows that instructional guidance is particularly necessary in computer-assisted learning environments, but no research has been done to study the effects of instructional guidance in microblogging-based learning. Using a multiple-case study design, the researcher examined student learning in terms of the amount of participation, ability to focus on task, and depth of thinking in guided, semi-guided, and unguided modes. The findings suggest that in guided environments, students achieved higher levels of learning, especially with respect to focusing on task and depth of thinking. Variations …
Tweeting And Blogging: Moving Towards Education 2.0, Tian Luo, Teresa Franklin
Tweeting And Blogging: Moving Towards Education 2.0, Tian Luo, Teresa Franklin
STEMPS Faculty Publications
This paper reports on an exploratory study that employed Twitter and blogs as instructional Web 2.0 tools to support student learning in an undergraduate-level class. Case study methodology entailing a usage survey, an exit survey, and 12 in-depth semi-structured interviews was sought to examine patterns and characteristics of students' usage of social media and to elicit their perceptions on how the incorporation of Twitter and blogs facilitated their learning. Findings demonstrate that as advanced users of social media, the students highly embraced the incorporation of Twitter and blogs in the class. Not only were the students motivated to utilize social …