Jolanda Morkels presentation at the first CPUT Teaching with Technology Day

1. The use of
facebook & skype
to facilitate online crits
Jolanda Morkel
Department of Architectural Technology
Faculty of Informatics & Design
Cape Peninsula University of Technology

2. the place where architectural design learning happens
The studio is a social
environment that is
characterised by
communication,
critique and
collaboration.
(Gross, 1997)
STUDIO

3. creativity
criticality
contemplation
collaboration
citizenship
studio
Rose, E. A., Higgins, M., Dixon, J. and Kabzamaloza, E. 2007

4. learning is the relationships between people
Smith, M. K. 2003. Communities of practice, the encyclopedia of informal education
www.infed.org/biblio/communities_of_practice.htm. Accessed 10 July 2011

5. self-reflective peer to peer student-tutor MODE of knowledge
ACTION INTERACTION REACTION construction
range of conversations: offline and online

6. facebook

7. asynchronous

8. peer to peer [horizontal]
interaction_collaboration
Interviewer: And has it [facebook] also helped in
your interaction with fellow students?
STUDENT D2: Yes it has. No, yes definitely. It
definitely has.
STUDENT G1: “I think a large part of it (is) ...
interactivity... you can upload a project or like
post an idea and then people in our class could
in this like electronic environment give feedback
on it. “
STUDENT A2: For me it feels like we are still in a
class and we are interacting, ja.
STUDENT B2: It’s just a digital way. Digital
classroom.

9. student-tutor [vertical]
reaction_apprenticeship
Do you feel it [facebook] enhances the
interactions with your lecturer?
STUDENTS: Yes.
STUDENT G: Definitely.
STUDENT C2: Yeah quick feedback that’s what I
like, that’s where it comes in.
STUDENT A2: It’s just like an open discussion,
they are open to...
STUDENT C2: It’s like they [the lecturers] stand
with us.
STUDENT C2: And I think this is actually like
making us gain confidence in our work, because
actually you know where you are heading to and
what is required from you.

10. what is the communication about?
Utterances categories compared to Gabriel and Maher’s (1999) findings on
synchronous communication – facebook results shown in red:
design communication 42% 67%
social communication 29% 7%
communication control 24% 17%
communication technology 5% 9%

11. facebook goes
synchronous

15. facebook...
•enhances learner engagement, students’ domain
•asynchronous and synchronous
•supports existing relationships
•facilitates interaction, dialogue
•supports collaboration & apprenticeship
•social media, not an LMS
•important role in multimodal learning approach

16. skype

17. share images and text

18. conversation: prompt response

19. conceptualising/ argumentation

20. small group
interaction

21. skype...
•synchronous, closed to the individual/ group
•used with iDroo etc.
•one on one or small group
•facilitates interaction, dialogue
•supports collaboration & apprenticeship
•helps build confidence
•important role in multimodal learning approach

22. THANK YOU
please contact me at
morkelj@cput.ac.za