Using social media to enhance knowledge sharing in authentic contexts : a case of undergraduate computer science students at Bindura University

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dc.contributor.advisorNg'ambi, Dicken_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMukabeta, Tarirayien_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-21T11:05:16Z
dc.date.available2016-07-21T11:05:16Z
dc.date.issued2016en_ZA
dc.description.abstractSocial Media(SM) is one of the major ways that the 21st Century students communicate and interact with one another. This has been evidenced by wide academic research on SM usage in modern education settings. Facebook is one of the most popular SM sites visited by students on a daily basis. In this minor-dissertation, a study of Bindura University Computer Science students' educational uses of Facebook during Industrial Attachment is explored. Qualitative results of students' interaction on Facebook (FB) to explore authentic learning during industrial attachment are discussed. In this study, conversation analysis of Facebook posts was performed against nine elements of authentic learning by Herrington Reeves and Oliver (2010). This was done to investigate the extent to which FB supported authentic learning during Industrial Attachment programme. Students were exposed to an environment where ideas could be explored at length in the context of real situations. Experiences shared and analysed showed that tasks assigned were complex and broad enough for students to actually make decisions about how they are supposed to complete them. This qualified authentic learning during industrial attachment.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMukabeta, T. (2016). <i>Using social media to enhance knowledge sharing in authentic contexts : a case of undergraduate computer science students at Bindura University</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20564en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMukabeta, Tarirayi. <i>"Using social media to enhance knowledge sharing in authentic contexts : a case of undergraduate computer science students at Bindura University."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20564en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMukabeta, T. 2016. Using social media to enhance knowledge sharing in authentic contexts : a case of undergraduate computer science students at Bindura University. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Mukabeta, Tarirayi AB - Social Media(SM) is one of the major ways that the 21st Century students communicate and interact with one another. This has been evidenced by wide academic research on SM usage in modern education settings. Facebook is one of the most popular SM sites visited by students on a daily basis. In this minor-dissertation, a study of Bindura University Computer Science students' educational uses of Facebook during Industrial Attachment is explored. Qualitative results of students' interaction on Facebook (FB) to explore authentic learning during industrial attachment are discussed. In this study, conversation analysis of Facebook posts was performed against nine elements of authentic learning by Herrington Reeves and Oliver (2010). This was done to investigate the extent to which FB supported authentic learning during Industrial Attachment programme. Students were exposed to an environment where ideas could be explored at length in the context of real situations. Experiences shared and analysed showed that tasks assigned were complex and broad enough for students to actually make decisions about how they are supposed to complete them. This qualified authentic learning during industrial attachment. DA - 2016 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2016 T1 - Using social media to enhance knowledge sharing in authentic contexts : a case of undergraduate computer science students at Bindura University TI - Using social media to enhance knowledge sharing in authentic contexts : a case of undergraduate computer science students at Bindura University UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20564 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/20564
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMukabeta T. Using social media to enhance knowledge sharing in authentic contexts : a case of undergraduate computer science students at Bindura University. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 2016 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20564en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Educationen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEducationen_ZA
dc.titleUsing social media to enhance knowledge sharing in authentic contexts : a case of undergraduate computer science students at Bindura Universityen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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