Table 7 Usability of the platform
Description | Source | Quotation |
|---|---|---|
Most learners interacted with the material on their laptops, however, one learner used their phone | Learner 3 | “Yeah, it's flexible to learn on your phone because you can do this on the go and you can read the question and comments very easily.” |
The familiarity of Facebook as a platform enabled learners and tutors to find materials easily | Learner 2 | “I feel like I've been on Facebook for years and it kind of becomes second nature after a while |
What is it about Facebook which makes it easy to use that could be translatable to other online learning platforms? | Tutor 2 | “the main drawback I found with other platforms was having to click through lots of links, the information not always being clearly available. I think that problem was eliminated a bit by using something like Facebook” |
Learners felt the structure of these modules were well organised because students led the project | Learner 2 | “modules were categorised, the different modules and everything and even just having the titles helps a lot because it was very relevant to my learning” |
One tutor commented on the ability to edit, delete, and post their own material on the platform made them feel more in control | Tutor 4 | “We're also able to delete it. Whereas things like Blackboard, you would have to submit to someone getting those files across and then not necessarily being able to take them down” “It gave you a lot more sort of autonomy as, as the educator” |