| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立交通大學 === 多媒體工程研究所 === 105 === Social interaction has been a crucial part to engage learners and to achieve effective learning. Although large-scale online learning like MOOCs, has provided interaction platforms among class members, e.g., discussion forum and chatroom, the lack of affordance of social sharing can potentially lead to the problem of low participation and low engagement. In this paper, we explore the possible roles of social media sharing in online learning. We built a Chrome browser plug-in that allows learners to share their learning information (e.g., course content, progress of learning etc.) with their social contacts on Facebook. We aim to understand what issues motivate or inhibit learners to share learning information on social networking sites, and how social sharing of learning information may affect learning on MOOCs. We conducted a six-week, in-vivo study to observe 14 learners' learning behaviors in a Coursera class with and without external social sharing to Facebook. We showed that online learners welcome external social sharing, and there were actual benefits when people were comfortable to share. We also identified situations and concerns that seem to impede social sharing in online learning.
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