Exploring Social Media in Student Engagement: an Integrated Perspective of Social-Technical Gap and Task-Technology Fit

[[abstract]]由於資通訊科技的持續進步，以資通訊科技為基礎的教育方式是當今學校教育學習 的主流。但學習不能僅是單向的講授，而是需雙向互動的教與學，所以學習的成效亦有 賴於學生的學習投入，故學生學習投入(student engagement)在資通訊科技為基礎的學習 下，是教育學習能否成功的重要因素。然而吾人能否享受資通訊科技進步的好處，有賴 於當代科技所駐足的社會環境是否能相配合。以現今的網路社群媒體(social media)為 例，網路社群媒體即是代表社會的「人」與代表科技的「資訊系統」之相互溝通體系， 所以瞭解「一群人」如何透過「資通訊科技」與組織內的其他群體相互支援協同工作， 是探索社群媒體對學生學習投入的重要起點。 然而要深入瞭解社群媒體人際網絡的動態，需有理論架構。本專題研究計畫將根據 學生學習投入、任務-科技配適、社群媒體、與社會-技術差距，以探討社群媒體對學生 學習投入之相關性及其影響。其間社會需求、學習投入、與科技的配適，是本研究的主 架構，其目的是藉此瞭解資訊科技對於學生學習投入的助益程度，分析社群媒體與學生 學習投入的互動方式與形態，以增進學生的學習績效。 近年來學校當局已開始應用資通訊科技於其學生的教育學習當中，借助網際網路的 遠距教學及電子化教學即是一例。所以本專題研究計劃所欲建構的研究模型亦將有助於 我們瞭解，如何使社群媒體能更豐富學生投入的環境，以及如何從社群媒體中建立起學 習社群以利學習。[[abstract]]With the progress of the information and communication technology (ICT), the educational use of modern technology is the main stream for concurrent teaching in school. However, education is not a one way of giving but mutual teaching and learning. It is also true for student engagement which has a great impact to learning performance, and one of the critical factors for successful study would be the technology-based student engagement. However, whether we can enjoy the advantages of progressive ICT would be mainly determined by the fit between modern technology and our living environment. For example, social media is composed of the society, the representative of mankind, and associated information system, the representative of technology. These two need to communicate cordially. Hence, the understanding of how people use ICT to communicate and work with others within the organization successfully is the starting point in exploring the relationship between student engagements of the social networking sites. To understand the dynamic network in social media, a reasonable and solid research framework is needed. Student engagement, task technology fit, social media, and social technical gap are employed in this research to explore the relationship and the associated impacts between social media and student engagement. Moreover, the fit among social requirements, technical feasibility, and student engagement is the main focus in the research. It is aiming at understanding the impact of ICT to student engagement, and analyzing the ways and forms of interactions between ICT and student engagement to increase the performance of students’ learning. Educators have been intrigued at the potential of technology to transform education by improving student learning. Internet-based distance learning and electronic teaching are the typical examples. In this study, the proposed research framework can facilitate the understanding of how can social media enrich the environment of student engagement, and how can learning community be built from social media to improve better learning.[[note]]MOST103-2410-H327-01