Exploring the Roles of Social Participation in Mobile Social Media Learning: A Social Network Analysis

Social media is increasingly becoming an essential platform for social connectivity in our daily lives. The availability of mobile technology has further fueled its importance – making it a ubiquitous tool for social interaction. An emerging mode of learning is the mobile social media learning where...

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Autores principales:	Helmi Norman, Norazah Nordin, Rosseni Din, Mohamad Ally, Huseyin Dogan
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Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2015
Materias:	Roles in social participation mobile learning participation ladder of participation and mastering mobile social media learning community of practice social network analysis Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f11a8c249b63448d80f6d1a7d0a4e70e2021-12-02T17:16:06ZExploring the Roles of Social Participation in Mobile Social Media Learning: A Social Network Analysis10.19173/irrodl.v16i4.21241492-3831https://doaj.org/article/f11a8c249b63448d80f6d1a7d0a4e70e2015-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/2124https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831Social media is increasingly becoming an essential platform for social connectivity in our daily lives. The availability of mobile technology has further fueled its importance – making it a ubiquitous tool for social interaction. An emerging mode of learning is the mobile social media learning where social media is used in the mobile learning mode. However, limited studies have been conducted to investigate roles of social participation in this field. Thus, the study investigates roles of social participation in mobile social media learning using the “ladder of participation and mastering”. Participants were students taking an educational technology course in a local university. The study was conducted in a four-month period. Data was collected from discussions while learning among the students using one of the mobile social media platforms, Facebook groups. The data was analyzed using a social network analysis tool, NodeXL. Data was analyzed based on egocentric networks, betweeness centrality, and closeness centrality. The findings revealed that there are four roles of social participation in mobile social media, which are: (i) lurkers; (ii) gradually mastering members/passive members; (iii) recognized members; and (iv) coaches. The findings also indicated that over the course of four months, learners can inter-change roles of social participation – becoming more central or less central in learning discussions. As a result, a roles of social participation scale for mobile social media learning is proposed. Future research could be conducted in other fields to investigate whether mobile social media could be used to promote learning. Helmi NormanNorazah NordinRosseni DinMohamad AllyHuseyin DoganAthabasca University PressarticleRoles in social participationmobile learning participationladder of participation and masteringmobile social media learningcommunity of practicesocial network analysisSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 16, Iss 4 (2015)
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topic	Roles in social participation mobile learning participation ladder of participation and mastering mobile social media learning community of practice social network analysis Special aspects of education LC8-6691
spellingShingle	Roles in social participation mobile learning participation ladder of participation and mastering mobile social media learning community of practice social network analysis Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Helmi Norman Norazah Nordin Rosseni Din Mohamad Ally Huseyin Dogan Exploring the Roles of Social Participation in Mobile Social Media Learning: A Social Network Analysis
description	Social media is increasingly becoming an essential platform for social connectivity in our daily lives. The availability of mobile technology has further fueled its importance – making it a ubiquitous tool for social interaction. An emerging mode of learning is the mobile social media learning where social media is used in the mobile learning mode. However, limited studies have been conducted to investigate roles of social participation in this field. Thus, the study investigates roles of social participation in mobile social media learning using the “ladder of participation and mastering”. Participants were students taking an educational technology course in a local university. The study was conducted in a four-month period. Data was collected from discussions while learning among the students using one of the mobile social media platforms, Facebook groups. The data was analyzed using a social network analysis tool, NodeXL. Data was analyzed based on egocentric networks, betweeness centrality, and closeness centrality. The findings revealed that there are four roles of social participation in mobile social media, which are: (i) lurkers; (ii) gradually mastering members/passive members; (iii) recognized members; and (iv) coaches. The findings also indicated that over the course of four months, learners can inter-change roles of social participation – becoming more central or less central in learning discussions. As a result, a roles of social participation scale for mobile social media learning is proposed. Future research could be conducted in other fields to investigate whether mobile social media could be used to promote learning.
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title	Exploring the Roles of Social Participation in Mobile Social Media Learning: A Social Network Analysis
title_short	Exploring the Roles of Social Participation in Mobile Social Media Learning: A Social Network Analysis
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Exploring the Roles of Social Participation in Mobile Social Media Learning: A Social Network Analysis

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