A study on the academic uses of facebook in Vocational Education

2013 IEEE 63rd Annual Conference International Council for Education Media (ICEM) Pub Date : 2013-10-01 DOI:10.1109/CICEM.2013.6820203

Loo Hanley, Timothy Ong Chee Aik, Raymond Wee Keat Kheng, Lim See Yew

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Social Network Sites such as Facebook is popular among students who have been accessing Facebook during lesson time with the rampant availability of Smartphones. It is a challenge to draw the students' attention away from the usage of Facebook and instead of finding ways to prevent them using Facebook and affecting their learning; educators should explore ways to blend teaching and learning through the Facebook platform and this study explored ways to do that through a trial. Data was collected from 2009 to 2012 by tracking the students' usage on Facebook and conducting a survey from two different batches of students attending a 2-year technical certificate programme in a Vocational and Technical Education Institution. The results suggested that Facebook is an effective tool in reaching out to students especially for the assimilation of new students into the new school environment. It also enhanced the students' learning as the students were able to collaborate, share information, ask questions and discuss.

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facebook在职业教育中的学术应用研究

随着智能手机的普及，Facebook等社交网站在学生中很受欢迎，他们经常在上课时间访问Facebook。如何把学生的注意力从Facebook的使用上转移开，而不是找到防止他们使用Facebook影响学习的方法，这是一个挑战;教育工作者应该探索通过Facebook平台将教与学结合起来的方法，这项研究通过试验探索了这样做的方法。数据收集于2009年至2012年，通过跟踪学生在Facebook上的使用情况，并对两批在职业技术教育机构参加两年制技术证书课程的学生进行调查。结果表明，Facebook是接触学生的有效工具，特别是对于新学生融入新的学校环境。它还提高了学生的学习，因为学生能够协作，共享信息，提出问题和讨论。

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