Using mobile facebook as an LMS: exploring impeding factors

The present article describes exploratory research conducted in two French language courses to identify the impeding factors of using a social networking site (SNS) on smartphones. Following the replacement of the faculty‟s learning management system (LMS) by a unified platform, there were difficult...

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Main Authors:	Gabarre, Serge, Gabarre, Cecile, Rosseni Din, Parilah Mohd Shah, Aida Abdul Karim
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spelling	ukm-65962016-12-14T06:41:38Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6596/ Using mobile facebook as an LMS: exploring impeding factors Gabarre, Serge Gabarre, Cecile Rosseni Din, Parilah Mohd Shah, Aida Abdul Karim, The present article describes exploratory research conducted in two French language courses to identify the impeding factors of using a social networking site (SNS) on smartphones. Following the replacement of the faculty‟s learning management system (LMS) by a unified platform, there were difficulties in conducting the same class activities that the researchers and students had grown accustomed to. Students were no longer able to initiate discussions in the target language in online forums nor were they able to use their mobile devices to access and share resources directly from the classroom. Current literature emphasises (1) the benefits of learning on SNS and (2) the advantages of mobile learning, which suggests these technologies as possible solutions to the issue discussed in the present study. The opportunities afforded by these technologies were first explored with a survey and deeper knowledge was gained with group interviews. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the survey data while computer aided qualitative analysis software was used to categorise the themes which emerged from the interviews. Smartphone ownership and SNS membership were not identified as impeding factors to adopt these tools for learning. However, several impeding factors were identified with each technology. Inhibiting issues with SNS were: the lack of privacy, the dichotomy in the notion of friendship, and paradoxically the lack of stimulus to communicate. The constraints from the mobile phones stemmed from their intrusive nature and their inability to perform the same tasks as laptops. These findings are assessed and discussed in light of other research before an SNS and smartphone system is implemented to supersede or replace the LMS. Penerbit UKM 2013-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6596/1/4242-9775-1-SM.pdf Gabarre, Serge and Gabarre, Cecile and Rosseni Din, and Parilah Mohd Shah, and Aida Abdul Karim, (2013) Using mobile facebook as an LMS: exploring impeding factors. GEMA: Online Journal of Language Studies, 13 (3). pp. 99-115. ISSN 1675-8021 http://ejournal.ukm.my/gema
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description	The present article describes exploratory research conducted in two French language courses to identify the impeding factors of using a social networking site (SNS) on smartphones. Following the replacement of the faculty‟s learning management system (LMS) by a unified platform, there were difficulties in conducting the same class activities that the researchers and students had grown accustomed to. Students were no longer able to initiate discussions in the target language in online forums nor were they able to use their mobile devices to access and share resources directly from the classroom. Current literature emphasises (1) the benefits of learning on SNS and (2) the advantages of mobile learning, which suggests these technologies as possible solutions to the issue discussed in the present study. The opportunities afforded by these technologies were first explored with a survey and deeper knowledge was gained with group interviews. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the survey data while computer aided qualitative analysis software was used to categorise the themes which emerged from the interviews. Smartphone ownership and SNS membership were not identified as impeding factors to adopt these tools for learning. However, several impeding factors were identified with each technology. Inhibiting issues with SNS were: the lack of privacy, the dichotomy in the notion of friendship, and paradoxically the lack of stimulus to communicate. The constraints from the mobile phones stemmed from their intrusive nature and their inability to perform the same tasks as laptops. These findings are assessed and discussed in light of other research before an SNS and smartphone system is implemented to supersede or replace the LMS.
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author	Gabarre, Serge Gabarre, Cecile Rosseni Din, Parilah Mohd Shah, Aida Abdul Karim,
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author_facet	Gabarre, Serge Gabarre, Cecile Rosseni Din, Parilah Mohd Shah, Aida Abdul Karim,
author_sort	Gabarre, Serge
title	Using mobile facebook as an LMS: exploring impeding factors
title_short	Using mobile facebook as an LMS: exploring impeding factors
title_full	Using mobile facebook as an LMS: exploring impeding factors
title_fullStr	Using mobile facebook as an LMS: exploring impeding factors
title_full_unstemmed	Using mobile facebook as an LMS: exploring impeding factors
title_sort	using mobile facebook as an lms: exploring impeding factors
publisher	Penerbit UKM
publishDate	2013
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