Abstract

The aim of this article is to gain knowledge about what it means to be a learner using social media in an educational setting. The article presents an ethnographic study of students in a multiethnic community in Oslo who participate in a social networking site called Space2cre8 (S28). In this article, we set out to explore the kind of space for learning that can be created in a lower secondary classroom by a social networking site. The article provides a detailed study of how two students made use of this social networking site as part of school activities, and it outlines two specific ways in which to be a learner using social media in school. The findings suggest that a social networking site such as S28 can provide different resources for different students with different learner identities, and might represent a space in which everyday knowledge and school knowledge merge to offer a hybrid space for learning.

Citation

Vasbø, K.B., Silseth, K. & Erstad, O. (2014). Being a Learner Using Social Media in School: The Case of Space2cre8. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 58(1), 110-126. Retrieved August 13, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/153234/.

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Keywords

• Classroom Observation Techniques
• Classroom Techniques
• Electronic Publishing
• ethnography
• Foreign Countries
• Interaction Process Analysis
• Interviews
• Mass Media Use
• network analysis
• Profiles
• School Activities
• Secondary School Students
• social networks
• student participation
• Technology Uses in Education
• Video Technology
• Web 2.0 Technologies