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Social Media to Promote Content Learning, Motivation, and Collaboration in Teaching Research

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Aurelio P. Vilbar
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Aurelio P. Vilbar
Available Online February 2018.
DOI
10.2991/ice-17.2018.146How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Social media in teaching; Facebook as elearning system; teaching research methods
Abstract

Despite the importance of offering Research courses in the curriculum, there is a dearth of research on how to teach Research methods or courses. This study presents the attitudes and perceptions of the students towards using Facebook (FB) Group in teaching Research. It was conducted for one semester to 75 secondary students at the University of the Philippines High School Cebu, Cebu City, Philippines. Employing descriptive research, this study used the Student Attitudes and Perceptions of Using FB Survey by Pollara & Zhu (2011) which was validated through focus group discussion. Findings show that students “Somewhat agree” that using FB Group in teaching Research developed their content learning, motivation to learn and collaborative skills to achieve research tasks. The instant messaging promotes collaborative learning and direct interaction among co-students and teachers. Despite the distractions in the FB Group environment and the lack of internet connection among the students’ homes, the respondents still suggested to continue using FB Groups as an alternative elearning system. They further suggested that teachers must monitor their students’ behaviors when using FB during class hours. This study further suggested on conducting a correlation on the impact of using FB Groups on the students’ academic performance.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the First Indonesian Communication Forum of Teacher Training and Education Faculty Leaders International Conference on Education 2017 (ICE 2017)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
February 2018
ISBN
10.2991/ice-17.2018.146
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/ice-17.2018.146How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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