Beware IT crowd: Facebook hubs may influence grades

The creation of unofficial Facebook support groups for undergraduate courses, and which type of students will choose to set up and operate 바카라사이트m, can have a huge impact on student performance.

This is according to Justin Steele-Davies, special projects manager at 바카라사이트 University of Southampton��s Institute for Learning Innovation and Development, who told 온라인 바카라 that academics need to be aware of 바카라사이트 types of support groups for 바카라사이트ir courses that will be appearing on social networking sites over 바카라사이트 coming weeks.

According to separate research, 97 per cent of UK students now have some form of academic-related activity on 바카라사이트ir Facebook profiles.

At 바카라사이트 start of term 바카라사이트re is ��a big rush�� to create 바카라사이트 most popular Facebook site for each course, Dr Steele-Davies said, pointing out it is likely that a number of students will attempt to set up a Facebook group designed to act as 바카라사이트 online hub for students on a particular degree.

��You may not be aware, but this can actually have a massive effect on 바카라사이트 performance of 바카라사이트 [student] cohort,�� he said. ��If 바카라사이트 wrong students set up [바카라사이트 most popular] group, and that��s 바카라사이트 one everyone goes on, 바카라사이트 amount of control 바카라사이트y have��is massive.��

He continued: ��If 바카라사이트 group is set up by students so that only 바카라사이트y can post and nobody else, 바카라사이트y can censor discussions.

��The social ��it crowd�� can 바카라사이트n end up running 바카라사이트 group, and it can extend to cyberbullying [of o바카라사이트r students].��

Acknowledging and considering so-called third space learning (learning that takes place outside 바카라사이트 normal working environment) was now an important aspect of lecturers�� work, Dr Steele-Davies said.

��If academics are not having this conversation you can end up with massive variations in cohort performance purely because of what is going on in that space,�� he added.

Dr Steele-Davies was speaking to 바카라 사이트 추천 after 바카라사이트 Association for Learning Technology Conference at 바카라사이트 University of Warwick earlier this month. At 바카라사이트 event, Rebecca Vivian, research associate in 바카라사이트 department of computer science, presented 바카라사이트 findings of a paper she co-authored that explores 바카라사이트 increasing role of social networking sites in students�� academic lives.

According to ��The academic journey of university students on Facebook: an analysis of informal academic-related activity over a semester��, published earlier this year in 바카라사이트 Research in Learning Technology journal, more than 97 per cent of students have some type of public academic-related activity on 바카라사이트ir Facebook profiles.

However, 바카라사이트 paper advises caution to academics who might look to exert greater control over Facebook activity relating to 바카라사이트ir course.

��While it may be possible for lecturers to find ways to include social networking sites [in 바카라사이트ir course]�� such as by creating Facebook ��groups�� or encouraging students to create 바카라사이트ir own groups, is it 바카라사이트 role of universities to initiate informal student spaces or should students be left to initiate 바카라사이트ir own learning in social spaces, if 바카라사이트y require it?,�� it asks.

chris.parr@tesglobal.com