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Abstract
Although e-Portfolio is acknowledged as one of the powerful pedagogical practices that enhance learning in higher education (HE), not much is known about the types of social media (SM) utilized as e-Portfolios and the benefits for students. This literature analysis, using directed content analysis, aims to explore the above vacuum. The research questions in this study are: (1) In what ways do the SM as e-Portfolios benefit students in HE? (2) To what extent are the benefits of SM as e-Portfolios comparable to those of conventional e-Portfolios? and (3) What are the drawbacks that practitioners and researchers need to be concerned with? Findings indicate that blogs are the most popular SM used as e-Portfolios to support learning, followed by social networking sites and collaborative projects. The study yields 13 advantages and 12 drawbacks when SM is manipulated as e-Portfolios. These findings conclude that the use of SM as e-Portfolios has a great potential in supporting students' learning and development by providing an environment for them to learn meaningfully from their experiences and engage in critical reflections and dialogues that allow them to gain new knowledge and valuable insights and thus, improve their skills. A pedagogical framework for the planning and implementation of SM as e-Portfolios is suggested based on the findings and aims of the papers that were reviewed.
Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12528-022-09344-z.
尽管电子作品集被公认为是促进高等教育(HE)学习的强大教学实践之一,但人们对用作电子作品集的社交媒体(SM)类型及其对学生的益处却知之甚少。本文献分析采用定向内容分析法,旨在探索上述真空地带。本研究的问题如下(1) 作为电子作品集的社交媒体在哪些方面使高校学生受益?(2) SM 作为电子作品集的好处在多大程度上可与传统电子作品集相媲美? (3) 实践者和研究者需要关注哪些缺点?研究结果表明,博客是最常用的支持学习的电子学习工具,其次是社交网站和协作项目。研究得出了将 SM 用作电子作品集的 13 个优点和 12 个缺点。这些研究结果得出结论,使用 SM 作为电子作品集在支持学生的学习和发展方面有着巨大的潜力,它为学生提供了一个环境,让他们从自己的经历中进行有意义的学习,并参与批判性的反思和对话,从而获得新的知识和有价值的见解,进而提高自己的技能。根据所审查论文的研究结果和目的,提出了规划和实施 SM 作为电子作品集的教学框架:在线版本包含补充材料,可查阅 10.1007/s12528-022-09344-z。
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Journal of Computing in Higher Education (JCHE) contributes to our understanding of the design, development, and implementation of instructional processes and technologies in higher education. JCHE publishes original research, literature reviews, implementation and evaluation studies, and theoretical, conceptual, and policy papers that provide perspectives on instructional technology’s role in improving access, affordability, and outcomes of postsecondary education. Priority is given to well-documented original papers that demonstrate a strong grounding in learning theory and/or rigorous educational research design.