與臉書碰面：臺灣大學生對臉書如何在高等教育課程促進學習的看法

Face to Face with Facebook: Students’Perspective of How Facebook Boosts Learning in Higher Education in Taiwan

Facebook是最受大學生歡迎的社交網站之一。這篇研究主要想探討大學生對在大學課程中使用Facebook當作學習管理系統（LMS）以協助教學與學習活動的看法。本研究針對臺灣中部一所大學的223位學生做了問卷調查，以探討下列研究問題：一、Facebook可以當作協助教學與學習的工具嗎？二、在課程教學中結合Facebook能增進學生的互動並提升學習興趣嗎？三、學生對使用Facebook當作學習管理系統（LMS）的態度為何？四、哪些因素會影響學生對使用Facebook來當作學習管理系統（LMS）的滿意度？研究結果顯示學生們普遍認為Facebook是一個能協助教學活動的便利工具，但是它無法真正地增進學生們的社交互動或引發學習興趣。七個最能影響學生對使用Facebook當作學習管理系統滿意度的因素指出，Facebook應該在舒服、安全、保障隱私權的環境中，廣泛的應用在課程中協助教學，並用來做同儕修改以增加學習成效。

Facebook is one of the most popular social networking platforms among university students. This research study aims to investigate students’perspective of using Facebook as a Learning Management System (LMS) to support teaching and learning activities in higher education. A questionnaire survey was distributed to 223 students in a National university in central Taiwan to investigate the following questions: (1) Can Facebook be used as a supportive tool for teaching and learning? (2) Does engaging Facebook with course instruction increase students’social interaction and prompt learning motivation? (3) What are students’attitudes toward using Facebook as an instructional tool (LMS)? (4) What factors reliably predict students’satisfaction of using a Facebook group as a LMS? The results show students believe Facebook is a convenient LMS to assist instructional activities, but it does not really increase students’social interaction and drive learning motivation. The seven factors that best predict students’satisfaction of using a Facebook group suggest Facebook can be implemented widely in other courses as an LMS and can be used for peer review in order to increases learning efficiency in a comfortable and safe environment where their privacy is not violated.