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Title:	Self-directed vocabulary learning in facebook: From the perspective of social presence
Authors:	Chao, Yu-Chuan Joni Wu, Greg Chung Hsien Lee, Hsing Chin
Contributors:	英國語文學系
Keywords:	Facebook;Self-directed learning;Social presence
Date:	2014
Issue Date:	2017-08-17 15:02:13 (UTC+8)
Abstract:	This work-in-progress study, part of a granted research project that aims to assist university students of English as a foreign language (EFL) to use Facebook for self-directed vocabulary learning (SDVL), is to explore (1) to what extent Facebook motivates learners` participation and (2) to what extent Facebook motivates learners` engagement in the online learning community so as to achieve learners` satisfaction. As the key factor of using Facebook for self-directed learning is what its social presence affords, the research design reported in this paper is a replication of the Kim`s study (2011) that developed an instrument to measure social presence in distance higher education: The research project is conducted in an English department in a Taiwanese university. Approximate 180 first-year students are recruited. After the three-week SDVL experiences in Facebook, they respond to the social presence scale of four measures - mutual attention and support, affective connectedness, sense of community and open communication. In addition, the participants` postings are examined for cross-reference data to capture learning behaviors. For post-intervention evaluation, the modified learning satisfaction scale (Arbaugh, 2000) and the perceived learning achievement (Eom, Wen, Ashill, 2006) are used. Results from the study`s investigation will shed lights on why Facebook can assist language learning. The pedagogical implication is that social presence supports selfdirected learning in such a social networking community.
Relation:	Work-In-Progress Poster - Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2014,58-60 22nd International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2014; Nara; Japan; 30 November 2014 到 4 December 2014; 代碼 110501
Data Type:	conference
Appears in Collections:	[Department of English] Proceedings

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