An Analysis on the Use of Educational Social Networking Sites in the Course Activities of Geography Department Students: Edmodo Sample

Emine Teyfur,Mehmet Teyfur,Adem Özkan

doi:10.13189/ujer.2017.051225

Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine the views of the students of Geography Department on the use of ESNS Edmodo in the course activities. Sequential explanatory design in mixed methods research designs was used in the study. This study was conducted with a total of 41 second grade students who take Europe Geography class and study in the Department of Geography, Faculty of Science and Letters, Ibrahim Cecen University of Agri during the spring semester of 2016-2017. The study lasted a total of seven weeks, of which two weeks are pilot week and another five weeks are implementation week. Based on the findings obtained through the study, it was found that the site Edmodo is useful in computer environment, but difficulties are experienced in some of its applications in mobile applications. It was also found that Edmodo enhances interclass student-student interaction. It was observed that these results are in parallel with the studies conducted in the field.

Highlights

Throughout human history, the need for learning, which is one of the most important needs of people, has been tried to be solved in parallel with the technology of the present time with different techniques and methods until today
Önal, and Kurtuluş [2] found that the advantages of the Teaching Management Systems (TMS) are that they are easy to use because they do not require much computer knowledge, they have different language options, they are suitable for educational rules, they can record, they support collaborative learning, and the study field can be arranged according to the will of the user
The purpose of this study is to examine Geography Department students’ views on the use of Edmodo as an Educational Social Networking Sites (ESNS) in course activities

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Introduction

Throughout human history, the need for learning, which is one of the most important needs of people, has been tried to be solved in parallel with the technology of the present time with different techniques and methods until today. Distance education systems are systems that allow teachers and students to participate in learning activities even when they are in different environments. Distance education activities were carried out through different ways in the past and have started to be carried out in electronic environments with the spread of computer and internet technologies. This has led to emergence of e-learning concept. Along with the concept of e-learning, the organization of e-learning process and interaction and communication problems in the concept of e-learning have emerged at the point of importance of interaction and communication in presenting content and education In this context, Teaching Management Systems (TMS) has been developed in order to solve the problems of organization of the e-learning process and presentation of the content. They can be high cost [2], they lack usefulness of discussion and interpretation [3] and they have limitations in interaction and communication and they are inadequate in the levels of social readiness in this context

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