Whilst Facebook was not initially intended or created for education purposes it has the ability to generate potentials for social learning. According to Pappas (2014), in a learning environment a lecturer or facilitator can create a closed or secret group in Facebook to share course material, pose questions, create a poll to seek feedback and ultimately promote collaboration amongst members.
This is also true in the case of the research carried out as part of this project, a closed Facebook group was created and used to share articles, Ted Talks and course material and sought feedback and comments from the participants in an attempt at promoting and encouraging collaboration.
Facebook has a number of advantages in terms of social learning in that it is accessible for everyone, therefore,
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According to Wegner and Trayner (2015) 3 characteristics are crucial to real communities of practice:
1. The Domain
2. The Community
3. The Practice
The Domain – A community of practice is not a just a network or club of individuals but one which has a shared interest amongst its members. There is a shared competence which distinguishes the members of the domain from others. Members value each others abilities and learn from each other, there is also mutual engagement and respect.
The Community – Members of the domain share with each other, engage in joint initiatives and help each other. Through the domain members build relationships that allow for learning from each other. Therefore, to be a community of practice members must interact with and learn from each other.
The Practice - the community must include practitioners, they should be expert in their field and be able to share stories, skills, best practices and develop a shared repertoire of resources and
A community is comprised of a group of goal oriented individuals with similar beliefs and expectations. Currently the term is used interchangeably with society, the town one lives in and even religion. A less shallow interpretation suggests that community embodies a lifestyle unique to its members. Similarities within the group establish bonds along with ideals, values, and strength in numbers unknown to an individual. Ideals and values ultimately impose the culture that the constituents abide by. By becoming part of a community, socialization...
As put by Jen Waak in regarding the human need for community, “By surrounding yourself with others working toward a similar goal, you’ll get...yourself a bit further than you would have done on your own,” (Waak). By being able to see and participate in these different communities centered around different objectives, the goal becomes easier to achieve and bonds the group into something more through trying to reach it. This new unit is called a discourse community and is defined by John Swales as containing six specific characteristics: having a common goal, showing intercommunication and using lexis, having participation within the group, being defined by genres of texts, and having members with areas of expertise for the community. When looking
Of Swales criteria, conceptualization of discourse community gives the reader the best idea of what discourse community is. A main point Swales wants to get across to the reader is that discourse community is a group of people who want to make the effort to get the job done and be better. They typically have similar qualities and share common interests and they come together because they have one common goal. In the text it states that “ In some instances , but not in many, the goals may be
Facebook is a great place to communicate in many ways with other people. One way you can communicate is by finding answers to any questions you might have. For example, if there is question I have about a class assignment, I simply can login to Facebook and send my friend a private message asking him what I need help with. It is a fast, easy, and simple. Many students use Facebook, so it’s a great communication tool to use to get quick help from your friend. Sometimes you might have forgotten what page number a homework assignment was on. If you don’t have a student’s cell phone number, with Facebook, you can easily contact someone in your class and find out more details about the assignment. You can also communicate with other people through Facebook groups. Facebook groups can be created about any topic. The groups often have a message or purpose that the creator is trying to get across. Users are able to join these groups and share their ideas with each other. Facebook events are another way users can communicate. For example, someone might be planning a birthday party at their house and would like to spread the news to as many friends as possible in a quick and organized way. Facebook event invitations allow users to provide all the details about the event, like time and location, and this can be sent to multiple users at one
Community is like a Venn diagram. It is all about relations between a finite group of people or things. People have their own circles and, sometimes, these circles overlap one another. These interceptions are interests, common attitudes and goals that we share together. These interceptions bond us together as a community, as a Venn diagram. A good community needs good communication where people speak and listen to each other openly and honestly. It needs ti...
“The community is the expert”. Generally, the people within a certain environment know and understand what needs to be done to best create a sense of belonging.
In this day and age, many individuals simply cannot go without some sort of socialization. Specifically speaking, most participate in online social networking sites. The most popular and used one is commonly known as Facebook. Facebook was created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg. By 2007, Facebook had over 21 million users, adding up to 1.6 billion page views every single day. The typical user spends over twenty minutes per day on Facebook and two thirds of the users log in every day at least once. It is not questionable as to why many people have a Facebook account. Facebook is generally efficient, easy for socialization, and not difficult to manage. Most organizations are affiliated with Facebook, as “almost 22,000 organizations had Facebook directories,” as of November 2006. A year after that in 2007, Facebook was named the seventh most popular website (Ellison 1). However, with anything well known, many oppose to using Facebook and hold criticism against the popular network. There are many flaws in the website and the relationships it starts online. Facebook is risking dangerous activities, ignoring privacy laws, and demeaning healthy socialization.
Communication plays an important role and becomes an essential part in our daily lives. Today we have taken communication to new level as social media and social networking. They have had a tremendous impacts on the word, on our culture and in business as well. Social media websites are some of the most popular on the internet, such as Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, etc. They are the places where people can interact with others easily and expose themselves to strangers. Our generation and the younger ones have more opportunities to grow up with the new development of technology that will shape the way they live of communicating and sharing ideas. The social media causes some problems that lead to less social interaction and negatively affect students academic, but it also brings benefit to people that creates new social connections to bring people from all over the world to be closer.
community, the beauty and strength of it should be revealed and raised on it with every coming
...). A better learning community results in great learning experience and ultimately an encouraging atmosphere.
Social media is a internet-based tools that promote collaboration and information sharing. Social media can be used in academic settings to promote student engagement and facilitate better student learning. The students can use the social media to find any information because can save time and faster to access information. The students also can improve their knowledge and language level when using the social media in students daily routine. Social media can promote community development through collaboration and information sharing. When use the social media it can provide opportunities for individual expression as well as interactions with other users. Current research has indicated that using social media as an educational tool can lead to increased student engagement. Social media can give more experience in daily life and give more knowledge
A Community can be defined as a group of people who don’t just live in the same area, but also share the same interests, experiences and often concerns about the area in which they live. Often when individuals have lived on a street or in an area for a while they become familiar with each other and the issues surrounding them. Children often attend the same schools and grow up together, again sharing similar experiences. In some instances adults may work together, and quite commonly all community members will share the same doctors, dentists, hospitals, health visitors and other public services and facilities.
Nowadays technology plays an important role in the department of information. Most users in the Facebook are students .They use Facebook for different reasons to achieve different goals .The Facebook is considered as one of important social networking in Oman .It is used by many students in buc and outbuc. The effect of using Facebook technology in alburaimi University College has not been explored. Accordingly, this paper highlights the use of Facebook groups in teaching writing patterns. Facebook is giving people the ability to share and communicate openly. It provides the users to know the meaning of communication and interacting with others and making new friends from different countries. The Facebook chosen because it is the most popular online social
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It is not just an avenue for socializing; kids and adolescents can be creative, interact, and learn (Chau, 2010). Social networking provides an alternative way to get students interested in learning through a new and previously unconventional medium (Rosen, 2011).... ... middle of paper ... ...