Using Social Media for Academic Help Seeking in an Online Class: Student and Instructor Perspectives

• In Event: DDL- Using Social Media for Academic Help Seeking in an Online Class: Student and Instructor Perspectives

Short Description

Students seek help either instrumentally, to understand the content, or executively, just to get an answer. Today’s technology offers students many channels to seek help, yet some tools may potentially encourage executive help seeking or even lead to academic dishonesty. In the context of a large online class, the present study investigated students’ and the instructor’s perspectives on the use of a social media app, GroupMe, as a tool for seeking help from class members.

Authors

• Presenter: Omar J. Almamoori, University of Kentucky

• Presenter: Kun Huang, University of Kentucky

• Presenter: Carla Hargus, University of Kentucky

• Presenter: Victor Law, University of New Mexico

• Contributor: Anita Lee-Post, University of Kentucky