creators_name: Nantha Kumar Subramaniam, 
creators_name: Maheswari Kandasamy, 
type: article
datestamp: 2017-01-13 06:32:59
lastmod: 2017-01-13 06:33:31
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corp_creators: Open University Malaysia (OUM)
title: Mastering New Information through Facebook and a
Discussion Forum: A Comparative Analysis
ispublished: pub
subjects: LC5201
subjects: LC5800
subjects: LG
full_text_status: public
keywords: productive failure, computer-supported collaborative learning,
Facebook, discussion forum
note: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License
abstract: This paper investigated the effect of productive failure (PF) as
an instructional strategy in computer-supported collaborative
learning (CSCL) groups using Facebook and a discussion forum.
PF is an instructional mode design that advocates the delaying
of support for the learners during learning — the more they
struggle, and even fail, while trying to master new information,
the better they are likely to recall and apply that information
later. PF has been used successfully in the classroom. However,
it is not known whether the use of a PF instructional mode with
adult learners in CSCL groups such as Facebook and discussion
forums will produce such a positive effect. A discussion forum
is an important platform used to deliver teaching and learning
via the Web, while the use of social media, especially Facebook,
for teaching and learning has gained prominence lately. This
paper reports an initial study that compares a ‘productive failure’
instructional design in CSCL groups through Facebook and a
discussion forum. Five Facebook and five discussion forum
groups participated in the study. Both groups solved
ill-structured complex problems in small groups without the
provision of any support or scaffolding from their instructors.
The findings suggest that the Facebook groups produced a
variety of scope for discussion and deliberation for solving the
problems and were more successful in sustaining the discussion
compared to the discussion forum groups. Facebook groups also
had a higher critical thinking ratio than the discussion forum
groups. Based on these findings, the implications of a PF
instructional design for adult learners are presented. [ABSTRACT BY AUTHORS]
date: 2014
date_type: published
publication: AAOU Journal
volume: 9
number: 1
publisher: Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU)
refereed: TRUE
issn: 1858-3431
citation:   Nantha Kumar Subramaniam,  and Maheswari Kandasamy,   (2014) Mastering New Information through Facebook and a Discussion Forum: A Comparative Analysis.  AAOU Journal, 9 (1).   ISSN 1858-3431     
document_url: https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/1070/1/library-document-1070.pdf