Examination of the Conversations in a WhatsApp Group Created for Communication in a Bachelor's Level Astronomy Course
Yazarlar (4)
Doç. Dr. Hafife BOZDEMİR YÜZBAŞIOĞLU Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Sevcan CANDAN HELVACI Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Ebru Ezberci Erciyes Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Mehmet Altan KURNAZ Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale (Diğer hakemli uluslarası dergilerde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology (IJEMST)
Dergi ISSN 2147-611X Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler Journals Indexed in Eric
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 04-2020
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 8 / 1 / 168–176 DOI 10.46328/IJEMST.V8I2.674
Makale Linki https://ijemst.net/index.php/ijemst/article/view/674
Özet
The aim of this research on an astronomy course is to examine the situations that arose when WhatsApp, a social media application, was used as a tool for cooperation and interaction. In this work, a case study design was adopted. The WhatsApp group created for the research was composed of 87 participants and the messages exchanged in the WhatsApp group were used as research documents. Data were analyzed through descriptive and content analysis methods. The sharing in the WhatsApp group and the topics of the messages were revealed in the content analysis. The research results showed that the students used the WhatsApp group as an interaction tool in an extracurricular environment. It was also determined that they used this platform in order to inform each other about daily events and share and discuss information.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Astronomy education | Education | Social media | Technology supported | WhatsApp