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The Use of Facebook in an Introductory MIS Course: Social Constructivist Learning Environment *
Author(s) -
Ractham Peter,
Kaewkitipong Laddawan,
Firpo Daniel
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
decision sciences journal of innovative education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1540-4609
pISSN - 1540-4595
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4609.2011.00337.x
Subject(s) - artifact (error) , constructivist teaching methods , computer science , social constructivism , learning environment , mathematics education , knowledge management , social learning , collaborative learning , virtual learning environment , course (navigation) , teaching method , multimedia , psychology , pedagogy , artificial intelligence , engineering , aerospace engineering
The major objective of this article is to evaluate via a Design Science Research Methodology (DSRM) the implementation of a Social Constructivist learning framework for an introductory Management Information System (MIS) course. Facebook was used as a learning artifact to build and foster a learning environment, and a series of features and activities using this artifact were conducted to utilize the social interactions amongst the system's users to foster constructivist learning. Various pedagogic strategies were used to integrate activities occurring both inside and outside of the classroom setting to achieve social learning. All features utilized were evaluated based upon activities and interactions amongst all users. The research findings show great potential for the implemented features, as well as the activities conducted to take advantage of these features, and suggest possible innovative features for use in similar future studies based on feedback from this study's sample group.