TY - GEN
T1 - Social media facilitated group performance
T2 - 25th International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2017
AU - Qi, Cong
PY - 2017/12
Y1 - 2017/12
N2 - The wide adoption of social media has encouraged university teachers to consider employing social media as a new e-learning platform. This research aims to find the role of social media usage in promoting effective communication and enhancing group task performance. What is more, to give implications on a better grouping method, we utilized the concept of tie strength (in a typical social network) in the current research. We proposed that the tie strength among university students negatively moderates the relationship between social media usage and communication. The social constructivism theory was employed as a major theoretical foundation, built on which a research model was developed. The model was tested via 135 senior-year undergraduates in one of the diversified classes. The data analysis results revealed that social media usage promotes communication in group; tie strength in the social network group negatively influences group communication. This means, contrary to our natural assumption, the closer the relationship is among group members, the less likely communication would happen in the group. Our research gave implications on pedagogy in that it extended our understanding of the project-based learning in small teams supported by interactions via social media. It also contributed to the grouping strategies of the classes that rely heavily on the group discussion via social media.
AB - The wide adoption of social media has encouraged university teachers to consider employing social media as a new e-learning platform. This research aims to find the role of social media usage in promoting effective communication and enhancing group task performance. What is more, to give implications on a better grouping method, we utilized the concept of tie strength (in a typical social network) in the current research. We proposed that the tie strength among university students negatively moderates the relationship between social media usage and communication. The social constructivism theory was employed as a major theoretical foundation, built on which a research model was developed. The model was tested via 135 senior-year undergraduates in one of the diversified classes. The data analysis results revealed that social media usage promotes communication in group; tie strength in the social network group negatively influences group communication. This means, contrary to our natural assumption, the closer the relationship is among group members, the less likely communication would happen in the group. Our research gave implications on pedagogy in that it extended our understanding of the project-based learning in small teams supported by interactions via social media. It also contributed to the grouping strategies of the classes that rely heavily on the group discussion via social media.
KW - Communication
KW - Group task performance
KW - Social media
KW - Tie strength
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85053887013&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference article published in proceeding or book
AN - SCOPUS:85053887013
SN - 9789869401265
T3 - Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2017 - Main Conference Proceedings
SP - 176
EP - 185
BT - Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2017 - Main Conference Proceedings
A2 - Mohd Ayub, Ahmad Fauzi
A2 - Mitrovic, Antonija
A2 - Yang, Jie-Chi
A2 - Wong, Su Luan
A2 - Chen, Wenli
PB - Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education
Y2 - 4 December 2017 through 8 December 2017
ER -