Online Group Student Peer-Communication as an Element of Open Education

Daria Bylieva, Zafer Bekirogullari, Dmitry Kuznetsov, Nadezhda Almazova, Victoria Lobatyuk and Anna Rubtsova
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Daria Bylieva: Institute of Humanities, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU), 195251 Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Zafer Bekirogullari: Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Near East University, North Nicosia CY-2417, Cyprus
Dmitry Kuznetsov: Institute of Humanities, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU), 195251 Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Nadezhda Almazova: Institute of Humanities, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU), 195251 Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Victoria Lobatyuk: Institute of Humanities, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU), 195251 Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Anna Rubtsova: Institute of Humanities, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU), 195251 Saint-Petersburg, Russia

Future Internet, 2020, vol. 12, issue 9, 1-13

Abstract: Information and communication technologies transform modern education into a more available learning matrix. One of the unexplored aspects of open education is the constant communicative interaction within the student group by using social media. The aim of the study was to determine principal functions of student-led communication in the educational process, the method for assessing its strong points and the disadvantages disrupting traditional learning. For the primary study of the phenomenon, we used methods that made it possible to propose approaches to further analysis. Netnography is the main research method defining the essence and characteristics of the student-led peer-communication. In our research, we applied data visualization, analytical and quantitative methods and developed a set of quantitative indicators that can be used to assess various aspects of student communication in chats. The elaborated visual model can serve as a simple tool for diagnosing group communication processes. We revealed that online group chats perform a support function in learning. They provide constant informational resource on educational and organizational issues and create emotional comfort. Identified features serve to define shortcomings (e.g., lack of students’ readiness to freely exchange answers to assignments) and significant factors (e.g., underutilized opportunities for self-organization) that exist in the modern system of higher education.

Keywords: students; online; communication; chat; higher education; netnography (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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