Facebook Group MDP 7415_Project as Self Regulate Learning

Self-Regulate Learning according to scholars is:
Refer to ability of learner to :

1. Prepare for his/her own learning
2. Take necessary steps to learn
3. Manage and evaluate the learning
4. Provide self-feedback and judgment
5. simultaneously maintaining a high-level of motivation

In my progression of doing my research, I came out of a conclusion that my Facebook Group for post graduate students as a space to share knowledge about doing thesis is no longer as a collaborative approach(as mentioned in my proposal) but it is more suitable for Self-regulated Learning approach.

I need to change that in my Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 later on.

Week 7

The whole week I've been busy with other thing. :P

What I have done:

1. Attending English Writing Workshop and documented it. Posted on Facebook.

That's all I did.

Quite behind schedule because I have hard time confirming and structuring my methods.

I guess I'm done documenting my focus group for almost 8 weeks.

Next, analyzing my data.

That's the longest part.

Week 6

What I had done:
1. Completed Literature Review(send draft to supervisor)
2. Already comfirmed methods, framework in Chapter 3

Type of Research Design

I am very clear about the direction of my research.
When I am about to write Chapter 3 where it requires me to explain what,why and how my research design will be, I am a bit blurred.

My research is more about exploring & investigating.
At last, I guess my research design would be Ethnography Research.

Brief view about type of research design

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Most Useful Facebook's Features (up to this observation)

Current observation and short analysis:

1. In my observation at this point, it gave me clue that the useful features of Facebook that could enhance student engagement in learning is the Group, Wall, Video & Tagging.

I might consider to provide more video format learning content to assist collaborating learning in Facebook Group.

So far, students gave positive feedback towards it.

Having videos of instructor delivery learning content & instructions, making announcement really help create the social presence of an instructor in the learning environment.

In learning environment, expert/instructor views in knowledge construction is important as to ensure the quality and strength of the newly constructed knowledge.

So, the newly constructed knowledge is somehow trusted by others because it comes from the experts of the course.

Week 4

What I had done:
1. Uploaded videos on Facebook
2. Continue monitoring student's participations on Facebook Group.
3. Continue doing research on which model to use as content analysis.

There are lots of model for content analysis. I have hard times to pick the most suitable one that well-suited my research purpose.

I discovered several of them and might considering to use more than one model in order to get my data analyzed with realibity and validity.

Framework of Evaluating Online Collaborative Learning Interaction

Analyzing collaborative learning through:
1. Group interaction
2. Group scaffolding

High level of collaborative learning is depends on these indicators:
1. Task performance (learning outcome)
2. Group functioning (participation/interaction behaviour)
3. Social support (task/process scaffolding)
4. Help service (task/process scaffolding)


Indicators that model task performance:

SKILSS:
1. Basic active learning skills
2. Supporting active learning skills
3. Information processing (perception) skills


Indicators that model group functioning:

SKILLS:
1. Active participation behavior and peer involvement skills
2. Social grounded skills
3. Task processing skills
4. Workspace processing skills
5. Communication processing skills


Those indicators would suggest the level/quality of collaborative tasks performed by students