DocumentCode :
144970
Title :
Understanding and Analysing Novice Programmer Interactions in a Facebook Programming Group
Author :
Maleko, M. ; Hamilton, M.C. ; D´Souza, Deepak ; Scholer, Falk
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci. & IT, RMIT Univ., Melbourne, VIC, Australia
fYear :
2014
fDate :
11-13 April 2014
Firstpage :
112
Lastpage :
119
Abstract :
This paper presents an analysis of first year programming student (novice programmer) messages posted on a Facebook Programming Group created to support the learning of programming by increasing novice to novice interactions anywhere, anytime. The captured messages are anonymized and analysed with a view to exploring the extent to which Facebook groups have supported the learning of programming, as well as to identify struggles and challenges faced by learners who use the environments. The results of our analysis show that interactions on Facebook groups can lead to social learning and can encourage engagement with learning. The Facebook groups are used effectively by novices to solve significant problems that would not have been discussed in their respective learning management systems. Our findings highlight some interesting problems faced by novice programmers and include useful learning analytics of novice programmer interactions within these groups.
Keywords :
electronic messaging; human computer interaction; learning management systems; social networking (online); Facebook programming group; first year programming student; learning analytics; learning management systems; message analysis; message anonymization; novice programmer interaction; novice to novice interactions; programming learning; social learning; Computers; Educational institutions; Facebook; Message systems; Programming profession; Time factors; Facebook group; Programming and programming languages; computer-mediated communication; human-computer interface;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Teaching and Learning in Computing and Engineering (LaTiCE), 2014 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kuching
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/LaTiCE.2014.28
Filename :
6821838
Link To Document :
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