Facebook as an Academic Learning Platform: A Case Study in Mathematics

P. Pellizzari
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The paper discusses the impact of the use of Facebook as a supporting learning platform for a course in Mathematics at the undergraduate level. After the examination of some critical issues of Facebook in a learning framework, we analyze data on the usage the page (total reach and number of engaged users) and the results of a survey taken by 217 students. Their appreciation for Facebook in such a context is stark and improvements of qualitative aspects of academic performance are perceived. Studying a subset of data tagged with ID information, we also investigate the quantitative performance (i.e., grades) in connection with the level of Facebook activity and usefulness. We find some evidence of positive correlation of grades and several variables. This is at odds with other studies, where active users experienced poorer performance when the use of Facebook is not related to academic work.
Facebook作为学术学习平台:数学案例研究
本文讨论了在本科阶段使用Facebook作为辅助学习平台的数学课程的影响。在学习框架中检查了Facebook的一些关键问题之后,我们分析了页面的使用数据(总访问量和参与用户数量)以及217名学生的调查结果。在这样的背景下,他们对Facebook的欣赏是显而易见的,并且可以感觉到学业成绩在定性方面的提高。研究带有ID信息标记的数据子集,我们还调查了与Facebook活动和有用性水平相关的定量表现(即分数)。我们发现了成绩与几个变量正相关的证据。这与其他研究结果不一致,即当Facebook的使用与学术工作无关时,活跃用户的表现较差。
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