Engagement and learning through social software in finance
A retrospective on the Trading Room experience
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19379774 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ameeta Jain (0000-0001-7912-0539, Deakin University, corresponding author), Dianne Thomson (0000-0002-8189-7854, Deakin University), Alan Farley (0000-0002-1835-3029, Victoria University), Pamela Mulready (Deakin University) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 701-718 |
| Publication date | 2012-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0260-2938 • E-ISSN: 1469-297X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02602938.2011.563280 |
| OpenAlex | W1969214221 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 18 |
The introduction of a social software blog space called the Trading Room in an undergraduate finance unit generated a great deal of activity to support student learning. A subsequent evaluation of this innovation, viewed through the lens of Activity Theory, demonstrated that students perceived high value in the opportunity it provided for them to reaffirm theories, obtain individualised feedback and benchmark their work against others. While assessment is generally seen as the carrot and the stick of learning; students in the study reported that they would still participate in reading and posting to the Trading Room even if there was no assessment requirement. Students did not see any value in the environment as a purely social space, reporting that they saw it primarily as a professional educational community. It would appear that just as there are different communities in the real world social space, there are also different types of communities in the online space
Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Computer Science · Higher Education Practises and Engagement · Innovative Education and Learning Practices · Psychology · Reflective Practices in Education
Knowing and the known
The Lived Space of Learning
Perspectives on Thinking, Learning, and Cognitive Styles
Learning by Expanding
Communities of Practice
Systematic Data Collection
Transformative Learning
Organizational Learning and Communities-of-Practice
International Focus Group Research
Using blogging for higher order learning in large cohort university teaching
Breaking down online teaching
Exploring the use of blogs as learning spaces in the higher education sector
Situated Learning
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