Improving College Students’ Performance Using Social Media – A Design Science Approach (66881)
Session Chair: Tomas Trescak
Sunday, January 8, 2023 (16:55)
Session: Session 3
Room: Live-Stream B
Presentation Type:Live-Stream Presentation
Project-based learning (PBL) is a learning method that exposes students in teams to real-world problems to enhance their problem-solving and teamwork skills. Despite the usefulness of PBL, it faces several challenges including the difficulties of team collaboration and the limited ability of teachers to assess students’ participation in PBL teams. These difficulties became more significant with the move to online learning, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. Several tools were developed to address these challenges including learning management systems, collaboration tools, and social media. However, these tools have some shortcomings that impact their effectiveness. In this study, we take a design science approach to design and implement a social media system that combines social media features with PBL collaboration features. This system motivates students to collaborate in PBL while providing teachers with the ability to monitor students’ activity and address their collaboration problems. Our initial results show that this system is indeed useful for both students and teachers and therefore can help in enhancing the outcomes of PBL.
Authors:
Mohamed Abouzahra, California State University Monterey Bay, United States
About the Presenter(s)
Dr Mohamed Abouzahra is a University Assistant Professor/Lecturer at California State University Monterey bay, United States
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