The purpose of this study was to investigate students&rsquo / social networking sites (SNSs)
involvement, students&rsquo / involvement of Facebook as course management system
(CMS) in face-to-face course, students&rsquo / acceptance of Facebook, students&rsquo / motivations, students&rsquo / achievements, and their relationships. The study, used
Facebook as CMS, was conducted in a private university with 42 participants in two
different freshman courses. Maximum variation sampling was employed in selecting
12 students for interview. Mixed method was employed as part of an action-research
approach. Both quantitative and qualitative data collection methods were utilized to
thoroughly analyze Facebook use as CMS. Quantitative data were collected through
three questionnaires about Facebook acceptance, motivation to the course and
involvement of Facebook and course Facebook page. The qualitative data were
collected through both individual interviews and discussion posts of course Facebook
page. The quantitative data analysis consisted of descriptive statistics, and correlation
analyses. Coding schemes were used to both find the depth-of-discussion posts and
convert qualitative data into quantitative data.
The results stated that students&rsquo / SNSs involvement, students&rsquo / acceptance of
Facebook, students&rsquo / motivations, students&rsquo / achievements and their relationships were
different according to the taken course. Possible reasons of the differences of
utilization and engagement in the course activities were clarified in the study. Results
support that students and instructors could benefit from Facebook usage in learning
and teaching. Most of the participants believed the value of having CMSs in all
courses. Moreover, they preferred Facebook as CMS to communicate easily, to
increase their active participation and interactions in their courses.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614122/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 February 2012 |
| Creators | Albayrak, Duygu |
| Contributors | Yildirim, Zahide |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Ph.D. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | Access forbidden for 1 year |
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