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Using Social Tools As a New Instructional
Approach
Jayneen Kehaulani Souza
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Making a Change in your Course: Determining Effectiveness
Making a Change in your Course: Determining Effectiveness
Have you ever asked yourself, "How effective is a certain strategy I'm using, and how would I know?"
Making a Change in your Course: Determining Effectiveness
Have you ever asked yourself, "How effective is a certain strategy I'm using, and how would I know?"
NoYes
Communicate
Action
Effectively
Research
"How can I effectively communicate the scholarly effort that goes into my instructional decisions?"
Do you learn better, understand, and retain information when ideas, words, and concepts are associated with images?
YesNo
Social Mindtools?
Quick Question
• Do you know what social mindtools are?
Yes No
Foster Collaboration?
Create and Manage
Documents
Assignment and
Templates
Resources for
Educators
Action Research Project
• Action Research Project
• Purpose statement: To evaluate the effectiveness of using a
visual learning Web 2.0 tool, Webspiration Classroom to foster
collaboration among ninth and tenth grade geometry students
Action Research Project
• Action Research Project
• Purpose statement: To evaluate the effectiveness of using a
visual learning Web 2.0 tool, Webspiration Classroom to foster
collaboration among ninth and tenth grade geometry students
Action Research Project
• Action Research Project
• Purpose statement: To evaluate the effectiveness of using a
visual learning Web 2.0 tool, Webspiration Classroom to foster
collaboration among ninth and tenth grade geometry students
Guiding Questions
1. What are the student’s attitudes towards Webspiration as a likeable tool?
Guiding Questions
1. What are the student’s attitudes towards Webspiration as a likeable tool?
Likeability
Guiding Questions
1. What are the student’s attitudes towards Webspiration as a likeable tool?
2. What are the student’s attitudes towards using Webspiration as an effective Web
2.0 tool to foster collaboration?
Likeability
Usability
Guiding Questions
1. What are the student’s attitudes towards Webspiration as a likeable tool?
2. What are the student’s attitudes towards using Webspiration as an effective Web
2.0 tool to foster collaboration?
3. Will the students’ perceive Webspiration as a tool they would continue to use in
other content areas?
Likeability
Usability
Desire to repeat
Collaborative Groups
Real Life Applications
Explore via the Internet
Multi-media Presentation
Foster Collaboration?
Results
Likeability
Usability
Desire to repeat
Likeability
• peer interaction
• Group contribution, share, show
• Peer review
• Synchronous chatting
• Online electronic environment
• access anytime anywhere
• No synchronous group editing
“I like that you can have a group. I don't like that it’s hard to use because you can't go on all at once”
“I like how we can all collaborate our ideas together wherever we are as long as we have access”
“You can take control of everything. You can make a diagram so its easier to see and look at. Also you can add pictures and words”
Likeability
Likeability
Open Ended Questions
• Whole Group Discussion• Backchanneling Microblogging
Student 2
Designer of Knowledge
Student 1
Student Evidence
Usability
Usability
• Technology Challenges
• Useful learning Tool
• Chat & Comment Features
Usability
• Technology Challenges
• Useful learning Tool
• Chat & Comment Features
I like that you can chat with other people and add comments, like in Google Docs.
Usability
• Technology Challenges
• Useful learning Tool
• Chat & Comment Features
I like that you can chat with other people and add comments, like in Google Docs.
It was okay, I like how when I put things down my thoughts came out more organized and my notes were a little easier to follow
Usability
• Technology Challenges
• Useful learning Tool
• Chat & Comment Features
The reason why it's so confusing is because there are so many steps that you have to go through. And when working in a group you can't work together
I like that you can chat with other people and add comments, like in Google Docs.
It was okay, I like how when I put things down my thoughts came out more organized and my notes were a little easier to follow
Usability
• Technology Challenges
• Useful learning Tool
• Chat & Comment Features
The reason why it's so confusing is because there are so many steps that you have to go through. And when working in a group you can't work together
I like that you can chat with other people and add comments, like in Google Docs.
It was okay, I like how when I put things down my thoughts came out more organized and my notes were a little easier to follow
You couldnʻtreally communicate your ideas that well because only one person can work at a time and other people can only comment or chat.
Desire to Repeat
How could Webspiration be used for other school subjects?
Desire to Repeat
How could Webspiration be used for other school subjects?
I think that Webspirationis a very good tool to use in an English class. To plan an essay, do a rough draft, and to do an outline.
Desire to Repeat
How could Webspiration be used for other school subjects?
I think that Webspirationis a very good tool to use in an English class. To plan an essay, do a rough draft, and to do an outline. It could be used for
many subjects if you are a visual learner and need to communicate ideas to partners in a way that is easy for you to manage and is easily processed
Desire to Repeat
How could Webspiration be used for other school subjects?I like that you can chat with other people and add comments, like in Google Docs.
I think that Webspirationis a very good tool to use in an English class. To plan an essay, do a rough draft, and to do an outline. It could be used for
many subjects if you are a visual learner and need to communicate ideas to partners in a way that is easy for you to manage and is easily processed
Desire to Repeat
How could Webspiration be used for other school subjects?I like that you can chat with other people and add comments, like in Google Docs.
I think that Webspirationis a very good tool to use in an English class. To plan an essay, do a rough draft, and to do an outline. It could be used for
many subjects if you are a visual learner and need to communicate ideas to partners in a way that is easy for you to manage and is easily processed
I think it could be used in any other class to help with group projects. I also think that it could help with outlining and brainstorming for speeches or essays.
Attitudinal Survey Results
Attitudinal Survey Results
Attitudinal Survey Results
52% Difficult and complicated to use because multiple people weren’t able to edit at the same time.
Attitudinal Survey Results
52% Difficult and complicated to use because multiple people weren’t able to edit at the same time.
58% Ideas and information were organized “all on one thing” and “all in one place”
Foster Collaboration?
• Measuring tool
• Webspriation ineffective in fostering
collaboration
• Instantaneous real-time group editing
• More time in class.
• Modalities
• Independent, organize, meaningful context
Conclusion
• Validation of Study – Proven Learning Method
• Recommendation: Inspiration - Mindtools
• 100% of the participants found it ineffective in fostering
collaboration due to the limitations in real-time group editing.
• More class time
• Ease of Usability
• Build Online Community
• A need for Social Mindtools
