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The Impact of Social Media to Students’ Critical Thinking skills

The Impact of Social Media to Students’ Critical Thinking skills. Anddy Steven Institute of Languages & Communication Putera Sampoerna Foundation Rizal Sampoerna School of Education. Background.

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The Impact of Social Media to Students’ Critical Thinking skills

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  1. The Impact of Social Media to Students’ Critical Thinking skills Anddy Steven Institute of Languages & Communication PuteraSampoerna Foundation Rizal Sampoerna School of Education

  2. Background • Education now has changed from classroom environment to broader access & interaction through the internet (Smith, 2010) • Ronald Williamson & Howard Johnston (2012) suggested that the internet is a very broad medium of education • and the emergence of social media brings dramatic impact on educators and schools. • Williamson & Johnston also suggested that social media can increase the quality of teaching and learning, community support, and effective leadership. • The usage of social media in education should also be considered as one of the important tools for our 21st century learners (multi-tasking learners). • Fisher (2001) believes that Critical Thinking skills grasp educators attention. (Especially in Indonesia, why? LOTS & Students culture)

  3. Cons • McEwan (2012) argued that Social Media may contribute to a diminished skill, information overload, problems associated with disconnecting from the pre-university network, and decreased academic performance. • Ewbank, Foulger and Carter (2010) explain that students in some colleges, which are using a social media called Facebook, do over posting where they post lots of unnecessary, irrelevant and uninteresting post. • Bianco (2009) claimed that by using social media students will be exposed to a ‘space’ for uncontrolled narcissism in which students are motivated to express themselves largely for their personal motivation

  4. Aim of the research • How do students’ responses in their discussion in social media reflect their critical thinking skills? • How do the students perceive social media as a tool for learning? • On going research: Twitter & Edmodo

  5. Data Description • Taken from American Culture & Society Course at The Sampoerna School of Education – English Department. (February-July 2012) • There are 14 2nd Year students enrolled in the subject, students were given 6 topics that should be initially discussed in existing LMS – Moodle. (Ss signed up for the topics) • American History • The Civil Right Movement • Education & Societal Issue • The American Dream • Issues in American Youth • The US Government & Politics • Lacked of interactivity, students and the lecturer agreed to use Facebook page after the third Topic (May – July 2012)

  6. Why Facebook? 2011 – Second largest users in the world 2012 – Fourth largest users

  7. Critical Thinking • Fisher (2001) Nine Fundamental Critical Thinking Skills: • identify the elements in a reasoned case, especially reasons and conclusions • identify and evaluate assumptions • clarify and interpret expressions and ideas • judge the acceptability, especially the credibility of claims • evaluate arguments of different kinds • analyze, evaluate and produce explanations • analyze, evaluate and make decisions • draw inferences • produce arguments

  8. Research Method • Fisher (2001) argues that critical thinking emphasize on the importance of reasoning in which individuals are expected to give and to evaluate reasons as good as possible by using their ability to evaluate other ideas. • Geertsen (2003) suggested that critical thinking is not merely giving criticism upon certain issue, but more to value imagination, feeling, and the social construction of issues that are being discussed. • Fisher Nine fundamentals of Critical Thinking skills were used to conduct a qualitative analysis on Students’ questions and answers. • Robert Ennis (1993) suggested that a performance analysis can be used to examine students critical thinking skills by focusing on the activities done by one person or group

  9. Research Method • Student motivation analysis by analyzing the number of their comments in Moodle & Facebook • Performance Analysis on both Moodle and Facebook comments • Ask for students perspective on the usage of Facebook on the learning process.

  10. Findings (Motivation) • 6 topics in Moodle & Facebook

  11. Performance Analysis (Moodle vs. Facebook)

  12. Evaluate Arguments & Make Decision

  13. Judge Acceptability & Credibility of claims

  14. Findings • Students both in Moodle and Facebook didn’t perform the following skills: • identify the elements in a reasoned case, especially reasons and conclusions • identify and evaluate assumptions • draw inferences

  15. Students’ Perspective • Facebook brings comfort to students to express their ideas, since it can put them in a less stressful and anxious learning. • Students emphasize the efficiency and interactivity of Facebook. • Social media can broaden their knowledge by sharing their ideas with others.

  16. Facebook brings Comfort

  17. Thank you

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