Best practices in English teachers Facebook groups

Best Practices in English Teachers Facebook GroupsNeny IsharyantiSatya Wacana Christian UniversitySalatiga, Indonesia

GloCALL 2015 | Daejeon, South Korea | 14.11.2015

Today’s Presentation• Studies show…• The study• The results• Discussions• Limitations• What’s next?• Q & A


STUDIES

SHOWS..


Studies show…• positive tone about the use of SNSs• useful in developing and improving

professional competences among pre-service and in-service teachers

• Forte, Humphreys, & Park, 2012; Power, 2013; Bissessar, 2014; Manca & Ranieri, 2014; Soomro, Kale, & Zai, 2014; Sumuer, Esfer, & Yildirim, 2014.


THE STUDY


The Study• A Facebook group of English teachers

in Indonesia with 5,169 members• Interactions: 1 January – 31 October

2015


The Study• Theoretical Frameworks

Social Capital – bridging (vs. bonding and maintained)

Social Network Analysis (SNA)• Quantitative

NodeXL– number of postings, comments, likes, shares, interactions

• Qualitative content analysis – posts & comments


THE RESULT

S


The Results• Contents

What content(s) generate more virality? What content(s) generate more

discussions?• Actors

Who are the significant actors? What role(s) do they play?


THE RESULT

S: CONTE

NTS


Contents• Virality

Number of interactions (seen & unseen) Discussions

• Contents Type Interface Features

The whole network – graphic



The whole network - data

• 22 posts – average 2.2 posts/month • 1488 interactions (seen & unseen) –

average 148.8 interactions/month• 156 active actors (3% of overall

members)• Topics:

Materials, curriculum, experiences (teaching & non-teaching), conference opportunities, competition opportunities, information seeking, job vacancies, school ads, showcase

Virality – interactions


Materials32%

Experience (teaching)30%

Curriculum25%

Curriculum, Unknown,

Conference Opportuni-

ties, Publica-tion Oppor-

tunities, Ma-terials

9%

Information Seeking, Materials, Pub-lication Opportunities, Experience (non-teaching), Ads, Job Vacancy, Competition Opportunities, Show-case, Conference Opportunities)

3%

Interactions Virality


Highest virality – materials



• Post Materials Link sharing

(English) Narrative• What• Why• Where

Visual



• Virality: Seen: 29 likes, 7

comments & replies, 0 shares

Unseen: 476 interactions (types of interactions, relationship between users)



• Discussions Thanks Evaluation Sharing

permission


2nd highest virality - experience



• Post Experience (teaching) Photo sharing

(English) Narrative

• What• Who• Where• How• Why

Visual



• Virality Seen: 30 likes, 15

shares, 4 comments

Unseen: 448 interactions



• Discussion: Confirmation


3rd highest interaction - curriculum



• Post Curriculum

• Curriculum competence standards

• Prediction of national exam materials

Link sharing (English) Narrative

• What Visual Similar to 4th highest

interaction (in Indonesian)



• Virality Seen (27 likes,

25 shares, 0 comments)

Unseen: 378 interactions


4th highest interaction - curriculum



• Post Test

• Prediction of national exam materials

Link sharing (Indonesian)

Narrative• What

Visual Similar to 3rd

highest interaction (in English)



• Virality Seen: 9 likes,

11 shares Unseen: 45

interactions



• Discussion Requests Information

check


Other posts interactions


THE RESULT

S: ACTOR

S


Actors importance in bridging the network

• In-degree• Out-degree• Betweenness centrality• Closeness centrality• Eigenvector centrality


Actors importance in bridging the network

Actor In-Degree Out-Degree

Betweenness Centrality

Closeness Centrality

Eigenvector Centrality

Iwan Wijaya 30 16 5088.98 0.0048 0.0168Emilia Trias Ananda 3 34 2793.49 0.0040 0.0009Sri Harni 15 21 2450.26 0.0045 0.0166Nurheni Widyastuti 16 17 2265.86 0.0038 0.0009Theresia Vina Indriyani 58 3 1870.00 0.0044 0.0293Riyani Rihanni 47 9 1246.00 0.0043 0.0291Agus Siswanto Sabarson 27 29 1246.00 0.0043 0.0291Leksito Rini 2 53 1246.00 0.0043 0.0291Tuty Prasetya 0 32 1180.00 0.0039 0.0165


Actors – significance of bridging role


Actors – comparison of bridging significance


Relationship between actors and posts

• Most bridging actors Iwan Wijaya

• 1st, 2nd, 6th, 7th highest interaction Emilia Trias

• 3rd, 4th, 7th highest interaction• Least bridging actors

Nuniek Qurniasih Soeroto• 22nd highest interaction

Sihabuddin Maarif• 20th highest interaction


Roles of the bridging actors

Liked post Approving a content

Liked comment Approving a content

Co-liker Approving other actor’s action on a content

Commented post Signifying a content

Co-commenter Approving the other actor’s action on a

content


DISCUSSIONS


Discussions• High number of members High

activity 2.2 posts/month – 0.058/day 148.8 interactions/month – 4.29

interactions/day 156 active actors (3% of overall

members)


Discussions• But, it’s not about the number, it’s

about the quality of interactions Bridging actors Meaningful interaction• Virality the spread of the information• Bridging actors the interest to/ the

usability of the information• Discussion the depth of the information


Discussions• Posts that work:

Usable teaching-related matters (materials, curriculum, experience, etc. )

With enough explanation/description at “a glance”• Visual• Narrative

Doesn’t matter in what language Interacted by “bridging actors”


LIMITATIONS


Limitations• Not a “controlled” group

Testing the quality of the posts?• Who’s the owner?

credibility issues• Bridging actors?

credibility issues


WHAT’S

NEXT?


What’s next?• Created a Facebook group with more

control on the posts • Interviews to the bridging actors

Identity Perception on the group’s interactions

ANY QUESTI

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