Uploading design sketches to Facebook for broad feedback was associated with higher exam scores than no social media use¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Industrial design students required to upload assignment sketches to Facebook for feedback from peers and all their connections achieved higher exam scores than a control group not using social media. → Adrie A. Koehler 2023

Evidence¶

Adrie A. Koehler 2023¶

Adrie A. Koehler, Daniela Rezende Vilarinho-Pereira. (2023). Using social media affordances to support Ill-structured problem-solving skills: considering possibilities and challenges. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-021-10060-1

q2 · i? · causal · r?

The review reports, citing Chen and Luh (2018), that industrial design students uploading sketches to Facebook for broader discussion "achieved higher exam scores compared to the control group not using social media." No statistics are printed in the review.

"Chen and Luh (2018) required industrial design students to upload sketches of their assignments to Facebook to gain feedback from not only peers but all their connections. Learners required to upload their work for a broader discussion achieved higher exam scores compared to the control group not using social media."

Discussion¶

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