Exploring the Usage and Problems of Blendspace Web 2.0 Software in a Public

University in Sabah

By:Associate Professor Dr. Tan Choon Keong

(UMS)

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RESEARCH QUESTIONS

1. What type of web users are the students belong to?

2. How do they behave when they interact using Web 2.0 tools on Blendspace platform?

3. What are the challenges faced by the students when using Blendspace platform?

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Diffusion of Innovation Theory

(E.M. Rogers, 1962)

Model/Concepts Category of Users

Diffusion of Innovation Theory (E.M. Rogers, 1962)

Innovators (2.5%) and Early Adopters

(13.5%)

Early Majority (34%) and

Late Majority (34%)

Laggards (16%)

Usage of Web 2.0 Model (Roger Hudson, 2008)

Web Evangelist Web Workers Web Users

Usage of Web 2.0 (present research)

Advanced Web Users Intermediate Web Users

Passive Web Users

Important concepts Create, Use & Share Use & Share Use

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

SAMPLING PROCEDURE

1.The study uses the case study approach

2. Two samples were chosen purposively - Sample 1: 57 students taking TG10403 GIS - Sample 2: 59 students taking TT00703 Computer and Multimedia in Education

3. Both courses ran concurrently

4. Platform chosen was Blendspace hosting various multimedia learning content (video/photos) incorporating Web 2.0 tools (padlet/youtube/etc.)

DATA COLLECTION INSTRUMENTS

1.Survey using questionnaire

- survey types of web user - survey usage of Web 2.0 via Blendspace

2. Interview

- problems using Blendspace

RESPONDENTS’ BACKGROUND

FINDINGS – Types of Web Users

TG10403 GIS

Category of Users (n = 57)

Advanced Web Users Intermediate Web Users Passive Web Users

Create, Share and Use (photos, videos, comments)

Share and Use (photos, videos, comments)

Use (photos, videos,

comments)7 (12.3%) 40 (70.2%) 10 (17.5%)

TT00703 Computer and Multimedia

Category of Users (n = 59)

Advanced Web Users Intermediate Web Users Passive Web Users

Create, Share and Use (photos, videos, comments)

Share and Use (photos, videos, comments)

Use (photos, videos,

comments)10 (16.9%) 37 (62.8%) 12 (20.3%)

FINDINGS – Types of Web Users

  Advanced Web Users

Intermediate Web Users

Passive Web Users

Made comment on web page or blog/Blendspace

TG10403 6 (n=7) 86% 35 (n=40) 88% 8 (n=10) 80%

TT00703 9 (n=10) 90% 30 (n=37) 81% 11 (n=12) 92%

  Advanced Web Users

Intermediate Web Users

Passive Web Users

Posted photo/video on YouTube / FB / Whatsapp / padlet

TG10403 7 (n=7) 100% 37 (n=40) 93% 8 (n=10) 80%

TT00703 10 (n=10) 100% 36 (n=37) 97% 12 (n=12) 100%

  Advanced Web Users

Intermediate Web Users

Passive Web Users

Commented on photo/video (eg Blogspot/Youtube)

TG10403 5 (n=7) 71% 27 (n=40) 68% 4 (n=10) 40%

TT00703 5 (n=10) 50% 22 (n=37) 60% 6 (n=12) 50%

FINDINGS – Usage of Web 2.0 Tools

Problems Using Blendspace Courses Frequency (%)

Difficulty in putting commentsTG10403 (n=57) 13 (23%)TT00703 (n=59) 17 (29%)

Cannot see main topics of the course compared to LMS

TG10403 (n=57) 48 (84%)TT00703 (n=59) 49 (83%)

Quite messy when there are too many activities

TG10403 (n=57) 39 (68%)TT00703 (n=59) 44 (75%)

FINDINGS – Problems Using Blendspace

SOME SCREEN SHOTS

SOME SCREEN SHOTS

SOME SCREEN SHOTS

SOME SCREEN SHOTS