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Blackboard and Facebook are designed for different purposes, but how well do they compare in terms of supporting learning, and what can we learn about connectivism?TRANSCRIPT
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Systems Engineering
11 April 2023
Facebook & BlackboardComparison of learner perspectives
Joined-up learning – connectivism – The Eighth Annual Durham Blackboard Users Conference
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Introduction• The team:
Patrick Parslow, Shirley Williams, Michael Evans, Karsten Øster Lundqvist, Edwin Porter-Daniels, Robert Ashton
• Contact details:
• Domain : All surveys conducted at University of Reading
Joined-up learning – connectivism – The Eighth Annual Durham Blackboard Users Conference
Summary
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Joined-up learning – connectivism – The Eighth Annual Durham Blackboard Users Conference
Headlines
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Joined-up learning – connectivism – The Eighth Annual Durham Blackboard Users Conference
Methods
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Joined-up learning – connectivism – The Eighth Annual Durham Blackboard Users Conference
Results• “What do you think would make a good
eLearning environment?”
– “Something that doesn't detract from a physical learning environment.”
– “An education into how to use and what e-learning is attempting to achieve”
– “Fun and easy to use”
– “accurate information”
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Joined-up learning – connectivism – The Eighth Annual Durham Blackboard Users Conference
Results
• “What do you think would make a good eLearning environment?”
– “E-mail”
– “An easily accessible website, for students doing the same course(s), not necessarily from the same institution.”
– “I think blackboard is ideal really.”
– “nothing, teaching is best done in the classroom, face to face. eLearning is silly.”
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Joined-up learning – connectivism – The Eighth Annual Durham Blackboard Users Conference
Results
• More from the comments and interviews:– eLearning environment needs to be widely used to be
useful
– Consistency between modules and interfaces
– More discussion groups
– Privacy, within group and sometimes excluding lecturer
– Trust is an issue
– Separation of academia and social matters
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Joined-up learning – connectivism – The Eighth Annual Durham Blackboard Users Conference
‘Community’ models - facebook
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Joined-up learning – connectivism – The Eighth Annual Durham Blackboard Users Conference
‘Community’ models - Blackboard
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Joined-up learning – connectivism – The Eighth Annual Durham Blackboard Users Conference
Results – connecting to people
• Students 5 times more likely to find peers on Facebook than on UoR Blackboard– Marked gender difference found in prototype survey not
supported by results of full survey so far
• Strongest correlations with departments (for FB)– Chemistry and Human & Environmental Science– -ve correlation with Health & Social care, and Biological
Science• Appears unrelated to gender• May be related to active social groups in
departments
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Joined-up learning – connectivism – The Eighth Annual Durham Blackboard Users Conference
Why is connecting important?
• Connectivism– Rapidly changing knowledge landscape– Short half-life of information– Important to have a network of information sources
• Collaboration– Many heads are better than one– Synergy– Inter-disciplinary cross fertilization
• Constructivism– Learn better if creating things others will see/use
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Joined-up learning – connectivism – The Eighth Annual Durham Blackboard Users Conference
Supports constructivism…and connectivism
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Joined-up learning – connectivism – The Eighth Annual Durham Blackboard Users Conference
Blackboard – linear read:learn?
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Joined-up learning – connectivism – The Eighth Annual Durham Blackboard Users Conference
Blackboard – posting not helping?
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Joined-up learning – connectivism – The Eighth Annual Durham Blackboard Users Conference
Do the same people learn on Facebook as Blackboard?
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Joined-up learning – connectivism – The Eighth Annual Durham Blackboard Users Conference
Intentional use for learning
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Joined-up learning – connectivism – The Eighth Annual Durham Blackboard Users Conference
Intentional learning use
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Joined-up learning – connectivism – The Eighth Annual Durham Blackboard Users Conference
Conclusions
• Learners will learn through social networking– Even in the absence of course materials
• There may be a eLearner role– Those who learn both through the VLE and other tools
• Intentional use of tools improves outcomes– At least in terms of frequency
• Something about UoR use of Blackboard seems to inhibit– 1 in 6 intending to learn by using it never do
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Joined-up learning – connectivism – The Eighth Annual Durham Blackboard Users Conference
Thank you
Any Questions?
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