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Using Facebook, Google Docs, and Moodle for Teaching

Kanda Runapongsa Saikaew, Wit Krutkam, Arnut Chaosakul Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Khon Kaen University, Thailand

Present for CIT , February 13rd, 2012, CIT 2012, Chiang Mai, Thailand!

Agenda

•  Educating the Net Generation and The Need for Using Facebook ,Google Docs, and Moodle

•  How to Use Facebook for Teaching and Learning •  How to Use Google Docs for Teaching and Learning •  How to Use Moodle for Teaching and Learning •  Results •  Conclusion

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Understanding the Net Generation [1]

•  Social + e-learning = we-learning o  The Net Gen has developed a mechanism of inclusiveness

that does not necessarily involve personally knowing someone admitted to their group

o  Being a friend of a friend is acceptable o  Sharing topic of common interstest o  The Net Gen often prefers to learn and work in teams. o  A peer-to-peer approach is common, as well, where

students help each other o  Net Geners find peers more credible than teachers when it

comes to determining what is worth paying attention to

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The Net Generation and the Technology in Learning [1]

•  The Net Gen views the Internet as an access tool—a medium for distribution of resources rather than a resource with limitations

•  Net Geners use technology extensively to network and socialize. In their personal lives, buddy lists, virtual communities, and social networks such as Facebook , Twitter, Flickr or Orkut are heavily used

•  They thrive on immediate gratification. The expectation of immediacy holds true for access to friends, services, and responses to questions.

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What is Facebook? Home: Posts and Status Updates of Friends and Pages

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What is Facebook?

Our Profile: Posts and Status Updates of Each Individual

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Worldwide Facebook Usage Statistics [2] •  More than 800 million active users •  More than 250 million photos are uploaded per day •  More than 7 million apps and websites are integrated with Facebook •  More than 70 languages available on the site •  More than 75% of users are outside of the United States •  Every month, more than 500 million people use an app on Facebook or experience Facebook Platform on Facebook •  More than 350 million active users currently access

Facebook through their mobile devices

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The Web is Shrinking while FB is Expanding [3]

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Thailand Facebook Usage Statistics [4] •  Statistics from Socialbakers.com

o  Facebook penetration in Thailand is 19.99% compared to the country's population and 75.92% in relation to number of Internet users

o  The total number of FB users in Thailand is reaching 13 275 580 and grew by more than 2,370,840 in the last 6 months

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User age distribution on Facebook in Thailand [4]

•  The largest age group is currently 18 - 24 with total of 4 250 994 users (about 34%), followed by the users in the age of 25 - 34 (about 29%)

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Agenda

•  Educating the Net Generation The Need for Using Facebook ,Google Docs, and Moodle


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How to Use Facebook for Teaching •  Creating Facebook Group with Type Closed/Secret

o  Closed: Anyone can see the group and who's in it. Only members see posts

o  Secret: Only members see the group, who's in it, and what members post.

•  Writing Post o  Suitable for real time information o  Unsuitable for information to be kept and referenced

•  Adding Photo/Video o  Suitable for visual information

•  Asking Question •  Using Facebook Docs

o  Suitable for a document with a single editor o  Unsuitable for a document with multiple editors

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Facebook Group for Teaching

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Information and Interface of Activities

•  Important information described above the group name •  Users can choose to perform a given activity

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A Post

•  In the post, we can add a link of another web resource

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A Photo

•  Best for describing what viewers/readers need to perceive visually

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Photos Uploaded by Students

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A Question/Poll •  Best for asking opinions or getting the most favorited

choice for the majority of people in the group

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A Facebook Doc Status

•  After finishing saving a document edited, the status has been posted in the group

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A Facebook Doc Interface

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Submitted Links for Assignments

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Experiences using Facebook for Teaching •  Have used Facebook group for formal courses

o  188230 Advanced Computer Programming o  188371 XML and Web Services o  188372 Wireless Devices Programming o  188746 Programming for Android

•  Have used Facebook group for advising students o  Groups of senior projects and co-op projects o  Groups of graduate students o  Groups of students who are interested in software

competitions

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Agenda

•  Educating the Net Generation and The Need for Using Facebook ,Google Docs, and Moodle


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What is Google Docs?!

Google Docs is a free, Web-based office suite and data storage service offered by Google. !

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Collaborative Documents!

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Agenda

•  Educating the Net Generation The Need for Using Facebook


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Moodle is best for formal repository system!

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Facebook Wall and Moodle Webboard!

Survey Result

•  In order to survey the opinions and receive interesting comments, we have created the online survey page which is available at http://bit.ly/sSUvsN

•  The targets of this survey are teachers and learners who have some experience in using Facebook as a supplementary tool for teaching and learning

•  The survey has about 175 respondents

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How Respondents use FB in Teaching and Learning

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Other Social Media Tools Used for Teaching and Learning

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Advantages of Using Facbook for Teaching and Learning

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Advantages of FB: Convenience, Easy to Use, and Instant Interaction

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Disadvantages of Using FB for Teaching & Learning

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Disadvantages of FB: Too Open to Public

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Advantages of Using Google for Teaching and Learning

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Advantages of Google Docs: Collaborative, Quick access, Easily share documents

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Disadvantages of Using Google Docs for Teaching & Learning

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Disadvantages of Google docs: Must be connected to the Internet

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Conclusion •  Have presented an approach and shared experiences in

using Facebook, Google Docs and Moodle for teaching and learning

•  It has been shown that many students quickly respond to teachers’ posts and they also shared useful information

•  The advantages of using Facebook for teaching and learning are convenience, easy to use, and instance interaction

•  The only disadvantage is too open to public •  The advantages of using Google Docs for teaching and

learning are Collaborative, Quick access, Easlily share documents

•  The disadvantage of using Google Docs is Must be connected to the Internet

•  Moodle is best for formal Repository System.

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References

•  [1] Diana G. Oblinger and James L. Oblinger, Editors, "Educating the Net Generation", http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/pub7101.pdf

•  [2] https://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics •  [3]

http://allthingsd.com/20110623/the-web-is-shrinking-now-what/?mod=googlenews

•  [4] SocialBakers, "Thailand Facebook Statistics" , http://www.socialbakers.com/facebook-statistics/thailand

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