Exploration of teaching preferences of instructors' use of social media

Kilis, Selcan; Gülbahar, Yasemin; Rapp, Christian

doi:10.21256/zhaw-3940

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Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	Exploration of teaching preferences of instructors' use of social media
Authors:	Kilis, Selcan Gülbahar, Yasemin Rapp, Christian
DOI:	10.21256/zhaw-3940 10.1515/eurodl-2016-0001
Published in:	European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning
Volume(Issue):	19
Issue:	1
Issue Date:	2016
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	De Gruyter
ISSN:	1027-5207
Language:	English
Subjects:	Social media; Social media in education; Teaching preference
Subject (DDC):	378: Higher education
Abstract:	With the excessive use of social media in the 21st century, attempts to integrate social media within higher education have also increased. In this area, research has been particularly focused on the aspects of students, rather than the instructors. This study puts the emphasis on the instructors with the aim to explore their use of social media in educational settings. Their respective teaching preferences were explored, from a pedagogical perspective, with the help of a Social Media Toolkit. The toolkit was developed to guide instructors that want to integrate social media in their teaching. This study was designed as a descriptive study and quantitative data was collected from 583 instructors from 39 countries. The participants responded to four main questions in an online environment. Results revealed that instructors mostly prefer to teach their subject at the applying and understanding levels. They frequently use text-based materials and design their courses as problem-based or on a presentation model. They mostly prefer to assess students using alternative methods based on their performance, like portfolios, group works, etc. whilst classical methods were also preferred. Overall findings indicated that any instructor from any discipline or culture can transform courses onto a social media platform thanks to many different and varied features provided by social media tools.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/9494
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	CC BY-NC-ND 4.0: Attribution - Non commercial - No derivatives 4.0 International
Departement:	School of Management and Law
Organisational Unit:	Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (ZID)
Appears in collections:	Publikationen School of Management and Law

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Kilis, S., Gülbahar, Y., & Rapp, C. (2016). Exploration of teaching preferences of instructors’ use of social media. European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3940

Kilis, S., Gülbahar, Y. and Rapp, C. (2016) ‘Exploration of teaching preferences of instructors” use of social media’, European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 19(1). Available at: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3940.

S. Kilis, Y. Gülbahar, and C. Rapp, “Exploration of teaching preferences of instructors’ use of social media,” European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, vol. 19, no. 1, 2016, doi: 10.21256/zhaw-3940.

KILIS, Selcan, Yasemin GÜLBAHAR und Christian RAPP, 2016. Exploration of teaching preferences of instructors‘ use of social media. European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning. 2016. Bd. 19, Nr. 1. DOI 10.21256/zhaw-3940

Kilis, Selcan, Yasemin Gülbahar, and Christian Rapp. 2016. “Exploration of Teaching Preferences of Instructors’ Use of Social Media.” European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning 19 (1). https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3940.

Kilis, Selcan, et al. “Exploration of Teaching Preferences of Instructors’ Use of Social Media.” European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, vol. 19, no. 1, 2016, https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3940.