Let's collaborate: exploring Library and Information Science lecturers' and students's experience of social media as a collaboration tool through phenomenography

Mulatiningsih, Bekti and Zuntriana, Ari (2018) Let's collaborate: exploring Library and Information Science lecturers' and students's experience of social media as a collaboration tool through phenomenography. Presented at IFLA WLIC 2018, 24 - 30 August 2018, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Abstract

This research aims to explore variations in the ways of Library and Information Science (LIS)lecturers’ and students’ experience of social media as a collaboration tool at one Indonesian university. The method for this research is phenomenography because this research aims to explore variations of experience. The research data was collected from interviews with seven participants who were either lecturer or student at the university and also the member of the Facebook group that was investigated. The findings of this research are presented in two sets: lecturers’ experience and students’ experience. In lecturers’ experience of the Facebook group, six categories were revealed:Substituting learning management system; Sharing information; Staying connected; Streamlining lecturers’ teamwork; Lacking students’ participation; and Finding uninformed students. In students’ experience of the Facebook group, six categories were revealed: Staying informed; Sharing information; Staying connected; Substituting learning management system; Feeling unsatisfied with the platform features; and Being passive members. The findings of this research provide insights into variations in the ways of Indonesian LIS teaching staff’s and students’ experiencing Facebook group as a collaboration tool. As the first empirical research explores this phenomenon, this research provides the research base of social media practice in LIS education setting in Indonesia to support teaching and learning. The research findings also have several important practical implications including informing other LIS schools in Indonesia on the social media practice as a collaboration tool in LIS education setting.

Item Type:	Conference (Paper)
Keywords:	LIS education; LIS school; Facebook group; Phenomenography study; Indonesia
Subjects:	08 INFORMATION AND COMPUTING SCIENCES > 0807 Library and Information Studies > 080799 Library and Information Studies not elsewhere classified
Divisions:	University Library
Depositing User:	Admin repositori
Date Deposited:	08 Apr 2019 15:35

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