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Improving the language classroom with Facebook on mobile phones

This paper relates an action research conducted in a French language course where Facebook on mobile phones were used instead of the university’s dedicated learning management system (LMS). The problems encountered when using the LMS were manifold: students were not able to initiate forum discussion...

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Main Authors: Gabarre, Serge, Gabarre, Cécile, Din, Rosseni, Mei, Fung Yong
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2013
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41177/1/41177.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41177/
http://iafor.org/archives/offprints/ectc2013-offprints/ECTC2013_0121.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.411772015-10-28T06:46:51Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41177/ Improving the language classroom with Facebook on mobile phones Gabarre, Serge Gabarre, Cécile Din, Rosseni Mei, Fung Yong This paper relates an action research conducted in a French language course where Facebook on mobile phones were used instead of the university’s dedicated learning management system (LMS). The problems encountered when using the LMS were manifold: students were not able to initiate forum discussions, post multimedia documents and generally lacked the motivation to use the target language in the online environment. A study of the literature revealed that similar problems were resolved through the incorporation of social networking sites in the classroom. Furthermore, past studies have highlighted the pedagogical advantages of mobile learning with anywhere and anytime learning. Therefore, it was anticipated that combining Facebook with mobile phones could provide a solution through the affordances provided by both technologies. A two-cycle action research was conducted over the course of one semester with one cohort of students. Every student was provided with a smartphone and a permanent access to mobile Internet. All activities which were previously conducted on the LMS were transferred to Facebook. At the end of each cycle, semi-guided individual interviews were conducted with ten students to evaluate the new pedagogical setup. Data was subsequently coded and analysed with the ATLAS.ti software. Findings revealed the positive impact of using Facebook and mobile phones to promote motivation and participation. Although this research advocates using alternatives to the more classic LMS, several issues such as lack of privacy and cyber-quarrels were encountered. This paper offers solutions to facilitate the transition to a novel form of LMS empowering the students. 2013 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41177/1/41177.pdf Gabarre, Serge and Gabarre, Cécile and Din, Rosseni and Mei, Fung Yong (2013) Improving the language classroom with Facebook on mobile phones. In: The Inaugural European Conference on Technology in the Classroom 2013, 12-14 July 2013, Brighton, United Kingdom. (pp. 75-85). http://iafor.org/archives/offprints/ectc2013-offprints/ECTC2013_0121.pdf
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description This paper relates an action research conducted in a French language course where Facebook on mobile phones were used instead of the university’s dedicated learning management system (LMS). The problems encountered when using the LMS were manifold: students were not able to initiate forum discussions, post multimedia documents and generally lacked the motivation to use the target language in the online environment. A study of the literature revealed that similar problems were resolved through the incorporation of social networking sites in the classroom. Furthermore, past studies have highlighted the pedagogical advantages of mobile learning with anywhere and anytime learning. Therefore, it was anticipated that combining Facebook with mobile phones could provide a solution through the affordances provided by both technologies. A two-cycle action research was conducted over the course of one semester with one cohort of students. Every student was provided with a smartphone and a permanent access to mobile Internet. All activities which were previously conducted on the LMS were transferred to Facebook. At the end of each cycle, semi-guided individual interviews were conducted with ten students to evaluate the new pedagogical setup. Data was subsequently coded and analysed with the ATLAS.ti software. Findings revealed the positive impact of using Facebook and mobile phones to promote motivation and participation. Although this research advocates using alternatives to the more classic LMS, several issues such as lack of privacy and cyber-quarrels were encountered. This paper offers solutions to facilitate the transition to a novel form of LMS empowering the students.
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author Gabarre, Serge
Gabarre, Cécile
Din, Rosseni
Mei, Fung Yong
spellingShingle Gabarre, Serge
Gabarre, Cécile
Din, Rosseni
Mei, Fung Yong
Improving the language classroom with Facebook on mobile phones
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Gabarre, Cécile
Din, Rosseni
Mei, Fung Yong
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title Improving the language classroom with Facebook on mobile phones
title_short Improving the language classroom with Facebook on mobile phones
title_full Improving the language classroom with Facebook on mobile phones
title_fullStr Improving the language classroom with Facebook on mobile phones
title_full_unstemmed Improving the language classroom with Facebook on mobile phones
title_sort improving the language classroom with facebook on mobile phones
publishDate 2013
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41177/1/41177.pdf
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