TY - JOUR
T1 - From Moodle to Facebook
T2 - Exploring students' motivation and experiences in online communities
AU - DENG, Liping
AU - Tavares, Nicole Judith
N1 - Funding Information:
This study is supported by the start-up grant of Hong Kong Baptist University . We would like to thank Ms. Zhen Niu Low for her assistance with data analysis. We also want to thank the anonymous reviewers of the paper for their insightful and constructive comments.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The present paper documents a qualitative study that examines the motivating and inhibiting factors that influenced students' engagement in online discussions via Moodle and Facebook. The data was collected through individual interviews with 14 pre-service teachers. Using the Activity Theory as a lens, the study reveals a set of factors concerning the technical tools, subjective perceptions, goals of online discussion, social presence within a community, rules for participation, and roles of the participants that affect their online engagement patterns. The findings of the study inform educators and software designers of how online discussions can be better promoted among students, and how a web-based environment more conducive to learning can be created.
AB - The present paper documents a qualitative study that examines the motivating and inhibiting factors that influenced students' engagement in online discussions via Moodle and Facebook. The data was collected through individual interviews with 14 pre-service teachers. Using the Activity Theory as a lens, the study reveals a set of factors concerning the technical tools, subjective perceptions, goals of online discussion, social presence within a community, rules for participation, and roles of the participants that affect their online engagement patterns. The findings of the study inform educators and software designers of how online discussions can be better promoted among students, and how a web-based environment more conducive to learning can be created.
KW - Computer-mediated communication
KW - Improving classroom teaching
KW - Learning communities
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84878543750&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.compedu.2013.04.028
DO - 10.1016/j.compedu.2013.04.028
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84878543750
SN - 0360-1315
VL - 68
SP - 167
EP - 176
JO - Computers and Education
JF - Computers and Education
ER -