Social Media-Enhanced Phones for Productive Learning of South African Postgraduate Students

被引:9
作者
Rambe, Patient [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Free State, Dept Comp Sci & Informat, Bloemfontein, South Africa
关键词
Facebook-Enabled Phones; Social Convergence; Social Learning; Social Media; Third Space;
D O I
10.4018/jmbl.2012040104
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
Despite growing interest in knowledge sharing processes in informal spaces, there is a paucity of research on technology-mediated learning in these spaces. Yet the surge in student use of Social Media-enabled phones presents tremendous opportunities for augmenting learning in privileged, authoritative spaces. This study investigated the potential of Facebook-enabled mobiles to leverage learning in informal learning environments. Third Space Theory illuminated understanding of how students draw on potentially contradictory, multiple "funds of knowledge" in their meaning making and discourses. Twenty six students were interviewed to explore how they exchanged learning resources and collaborated on academic matters. Findings suggest that student appropriation of Facebook-enhanced phones enhances social learning, hones digital literacies, and affords the co-production of knowledge in learning communities. Paradoxically, these educational gains are undermined by the disruptive nature of Social Media and student ambivalence about the blurring of academic (professional) and social divides that creates complex, 'collapsed contexts.'
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页码:49 / 66
页数:18
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