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Student Presentation

Teaching with Facebook at a Japanese University
Seiichi Hirakawa, Kansai University, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan, seiichi.nochi.hare@hotmail.co.jp

Recently using, Web 2.0 technology is recognized as an effective teaching tool in the field of education. In particular Social Networking Services (SNS) are very useful tools when students want to have discussions outside of class.

At Kansai University, students used the discussion board on Facebook in Professor Kenichi Kubota’s seminar last semester. This process did not work well with juniors because it was their first attempt at using Facebook’s discussion board. They found that it was not easy for them to have a discussion on Facebook.

The purposes of this study is to identify barriers, when using Facebook and ways to promote using SNS with Japanese university students in their study. Students, who took Professor Kubota’s seminar, will complete a questionnaire and will be interviewed to analyze why they were hesitant to use Facebook. This presentation will provide an analysis of the results of the survey and interviews to help Japanese professors find other SNS or collaboration tools to use outside of class.

Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, All Audiences Facebook SNS Japan Japanese