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Personal Learning
Social Media Self-Regulated Learning Research
Nada Dabbagh, Anastasia Kitsantas, Maha Al-Freih, and Helen Fake
Using Social Media to Develop Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) and Self-Regulated Learning Skills: A Case Study
Personal Learning
Social Media Self-Regulated Learning Research
Personal Learning
Social Media Self-Regulated Learning Research
Why Personal Learning Environments (PLEs)?
PLE
Institutional Learning Platforms
• LMS• Adaptive
Systems
Social Media/Web 2.0 Tools
• Openness• Wisdom of the crowd• User-generated content• Networking• Personal experiences
Chatti (2007): http://mohamedaminechatti.blogspot.com/2007/03/lms-vs-ple.html
LMS
PLE
Tools
Group-based
Learning
Goals
PLEs support self-directed and group-based learning, designed around each user’s goals, with great capacity for flexibility and customization. The term has been evolving for some time, but has crystallized around the personal collections of tools and resources a person assembles to support their own learning — both formal and informal.
• NMC Horizon Report Wiki (2015)• http://horizon.wiki.nmc.org/
Personal+Learning+Environments
Personal Learning Environments
Self-directedLearningFormal
Informal
Learning
SRL & PLE ConnectionsPLEs require the development of SRL Skills (Dabbagh & Kitsantas, 2012)
Socially Mediated & Networked
Learning
Information Management
Personal Goals
Individual Knowledge
Construction
Strategically Connecting Formal and Informal Learning
Self-Regulated Learning
Personal Learning
Environments Social Media
Purpose of the Current Study
Follow up on a quantitative study (N=87)• Likert & Open Ended Questionnaire• Likert style questions surveyed users about demographics,
technology experience, social media use.• Open ended questions explored in-depth aspects of use of
social media while developing a PLE and examine for evidence of SRL
• Question 9:• Brief description of a use
case scenario• Use of social media to
support the learning experience and achieve learning outcomes
• Included:• Nature & Scope of Project• Project Goals• Type of Social Media used
Purpose of the Current Study
Case Study
Case Study
Semi-structured InterviewsIntensity Sampling
of information rich cases
(n=11)
Methods
E-mail Solicitation Response (n=5)
Sample PLEs
“Currently completing Sloan-C certification in Administrative
Practices. Have used a combination of nearly all tools
listed”
“Participated in the Change11 MOOC Course length has been
almost a year now. Technologies that I used included blogging,
Facebook Group, Bb Collaborate, and RSS”
“I attended a conference that used multiple technologies to
enhance the learning and participation experience”
Goals
Task Strategies
Motivations
Self-Evaluation
Interview Protocol
Self-Monitoring
Next 5 questions focused on PLE Development
A hybrid method of thematic analysis incorporating both a data-driven inductive approach and a deductive a priori template of codes (Fereday & Muir-Cochrane, 2006).
Fereday, J., & Muir-Cochrane, E. (2006). Demonstrating rigor using thematic analysis: Ahybrid approach of inductive and deductive coding and theme development. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 5.
Analysis
Results Deductive Analysis
SRL Processes
Goal Setting
PD
Connection
Task Strategies
Context/Task dependent
Social vs. Individual tasks
Motivation
Intrinsic vs. extrinsic
SelfMonitoring
Intentional vs. unintentional
Self Evaluation
Tools vs. people
Results Inductive Analysis
Inductive Themes
Barriers/Challenges
Privacy concerns
Safety concerns
Digital Identity and Presence
Lurking vs. active
participation
Learning curve (Growth)
Context
Formal vs. informal
Social vs. professional
Public vs. Private
Goal-setting
Task Strategies
Motivation
Self-Evaluation
Conclusions
Self-Monitoring
Supported No Explicit Support
Help-seeking
Time Management
Conclusions• PLE requires the application of SRL skills:
• Goal setting and task strategies to organize resources into meaningful learning activities
• Self-monitoring and self-evaluation to evaluate the effectiveness of the PLE
• Social media’s ability to intrinsically motivate people to learn through community engagement and inter-group communication• Personalization becomes intrinsic to the learner
• Important themes related to how social media impacts SRL in PLE Development
• Continuing research needed to support formal PLE development & ensure purposeful and intentional use of social media for learning