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Facilitating a Hybrid College-level Course Using Microblogging: A Case Study

Luo, Tian
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1406886525

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2014, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ohio University, Instructional Technology (Education).
Social media has become an increasingly growing phenomenon that arouses mounting interest as well as heated discussion concerning its varied definitions and practices for academic use. Recently, a common type of social media, microblogging tools such as Twitter, has garnered researchers and educators' mounting attention due to its prevailing usage among the younger generation. This study seeks to both examine student learning in the Twitter-supported learning environments and to understand the potential factors affecting student perceptions and participation. The researcher incorporated three major Twitter-based instructional activities into a hybrid course, namely, Exploring Hashtags, Discussion Topics, and Live Chats. Twitter was employed as a backchannel to enhance classroom interaction during lectures and student presentations in face-to-face settings. The participants were 24 college-level Teacher Education program students enrolled in a technology course at a large Midwestern University. Major data sources included student posts on Twitter, end-of-the course survey, and in-depth semi-structured interviews. The findings of the study suggest that Twitter, serving as an instructional technology platform to facilitate student learning, was able to engage student in reflective and meaningful knowledge creation. Student participation was active and relevant, especially in guided environments. Student perception on different activities was overall positive with slight variations in the Live Chat activity. The four dimensions of factors in the TAM model laid out an appropriate framework, which denoted the critical factors that potentially affect students' perception and participation. Students' prior knowledge and experience with Twitter stands out to be the most prominent factor influencing their perception and participation in these tweeting activities.
David Moore (Committee Chair)
290 p.
Educational Technology
social media; twitter; microblogging

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  • Luo, T. (2014). Facilitating a Hybrid College-level Course Using Microblogging: A Case Study [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1406886525

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Luo, Tian. Facilitating a Hybrid College-level Course Using Microblogging: A Case Study. 2014. Ohio University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1406886525.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Luo, Tian. "Facilitating a Hybrid College-level Course Using Microblogging: A Case Study." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1406886525

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