Determining Open Education Related Social Media Usage Trends in Turkey Using a Holistic Social Network Analysis

Autor/inn/en	Firat, Mehmet; Altinpulluk, Hakan; Kilinç, Hakan; Büyük, Köksal
Titel	Determining Open Education Related Social Media Usage Trends in Turkey Using a Holistic Social Network Analysis
Quelle	In: Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 17 (2017) 4, S.1361-1382 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1303-0485
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Social Media; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Network Analysis; Content Analysis; College Students; Classification; Distance Education; Online Courses; Open Universities; Social Networks; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Soziale Medien; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Netzplantechnik; Inhaltsanalyse; Collegestudent; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Online course; Online-Kurs; Offene Universität; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Türkei
Abstract	The aim of this study is to reveal Open Education related social media usage in Turkey through social network analyses. To this end, the most widely used social media network in Turkey, Facebook, was chosen. All the pages and groups created on Facebook related to Open Education were found. A total of 207 groups and 521 pages were accessed and entered into the social network analysis. Within the scope of this study, the density and centrality features of the network were analyzed for groups whereas the density, centrality, and degrees features of the network were analyzed for pages. The study's results revealed that while pages and groups related to programs emphasizing current job opportunities and student support services were more actively used, commercial accounts attempted to exploit students' exam anxiety instead of generating actual content. The findings also revealed that well structured institutional pages appeal to students and have the potential to reach high levels of popular in short periods of time. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01