Best Practices in English Teachers Facebook GroupsNeny IsharyantiSatya Wacana Christian UniversitySalatiga, Indonesia
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Today’s Presentation• Studies show…• The study• The results• Discussions• Limitations• What’s next?• Q & A
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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.
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The Study• A Facebook group of English teachers
in Indonesia with 5,169 members• Interactions: 1 January – 31 October
2015
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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
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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?
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Contents• Virality
Number of interactions (seen & unseen) Discussions
• Contents Type Interface Features
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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
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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
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Highest virality – materials
• Post Materials Link sharing
(English) Narrative• What• Why• Where
Visual
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Highest virality – materials
• Virality: Seen: 29 likes, 7
comments & replies, 0 shares
Unseen: 476 interactions (types of interactions, relationship between users)
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Highest virality – materials
• Discussions Thanks Evaluation Sharing
permission
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2nd highest virality - experience
• Post Experience (teaching) Photo sharing
(English) Narrative
• What• Who• Where• How• Why
Visual
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2nd highest virality - experience
• Virality Seen: 30 likes, 15
shares, 4 comments
Unseen: 448 interactions
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2nd highest virality - experience
• Discussion: Confirmation
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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)
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3rd highest interaction - curriculum
• Virality Seen (27 likes,
25 shares, 0 comments)
Unseen: 378 interactions
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4th highest interaction - curriculum
• Post Test
• Prediction of national exam materials
Link sharing (Indonesian)
Narrative• What
Visual Similar to 3rd
highest interaction (in English)
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4th highest interaction - curriculum
• Virality Seen: 9 likes,
11 shares Unseen: 45
interactions
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4th highest interaction - curriculum
• Discussion Requests Information
check
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Actors importance in bridging the network
• In-degree• Out-degree• Betweenness centrality• Closeness centrality• Eigenvector centrality
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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”
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Limitations• Not a “controlled” group
Testing the quality of the posts?• Who’s the owner?
credibility issues• Bridging actors?
credibility issues
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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