Abstracts
Résumé
Dans le cadre de notre recherche sur les problèmes d’abandon en formation à distance (FAD), nous avons introduit un environnement de réseautage social éducatif (ELGG) dans trois établissements postsecondaires canadiens, selon une méthodologie de type « design-based experiment ». Quarante pour cent des étudiants se connectent à l’environnement, le quart d’entre eux devenant des utilisateurs fréquents. Les principaux obstacles à l’utilisation sont le manque de participation des autres étudiants (problème de « démarrage à froid »), les problèmes techniques (problèmes de connexion, problèmes utilisateurs) et les problèmes liés au temps. Les suggestions des étudiants interrogés visent à simplifier les moyens de se connecter, et à faciliter et valoriser la participation.
Mots-clés :
- réseaux sociaux numériques,
- formation à distance,
- médias sociaux,
- interactions,
- badaudage,
- obstacles à la participation
Abstract
In view of the high attrition rates in distance education identified in our previous studies, we focus on peer interactions through the use of an educational social networking environment (ELGG) in three Canadian postsecondary institutions, using a design-based experiment methodology. Traces show that only about 40% of the students visit the environment at least once, and that only one fourth of them become frequent users. The main obstacles to participation mentioned by the 38 interviewees are the lack of participation by other students, the classical “cold-start” problem in social media, technical problems (connection problems and user problems), and concerns about time and flexibility. Students’ suggestions aimed to facilitate participation or connections among students while increasing the associated value and rewards.
Keywords:
- social networking sites,
- distance education,
- social media,
- interactions,
- lurking,
- obstacles to participation
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