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**Using social media in service learning reflection** Euljung Chun, Assistant Professor, Miami University euljung@gmail.com]



**Keywords:** Social media, reflection, classroom community scale, technology

**Track:** Student development and learning

**Format:** Poster presentation


 * Date & time: ** Thursday 9:00
 * Location: ** Salon 4/Salon 9

**Summary:** Service Learning (SL) was implemented in two sections of Psychology of Learners with Exceptionalities with a total of 100 students. In one section, students reflected on their SL experiences by submitting written responses in paper form. In the other section, students reflected on their SL experience through interactive social media such as Twitter and blogs. By analyzing their two respective forms of reflections, final project reports, and administrations of Classroom community scale (Rovai, 2002) and satisfaction survey, this research investigated how different types of media used in students’ reflections on their SL experience.

The students in Section A were involved in classroom discussions regarding their experiences and required to submit two reflection papers during the course of a semester, each focusing on specific topics related to the contents of the course. The students in Section B were involved in reflection activities using various social media such as Twitters and blogs. The students were asked to “twit” promptly after they completed SL activities. The students were also asked to write their reflections on a class blog focusing on the same questions posed to the other section as reflection questions. Final reflection and celebration took place at the end of the semester when the students presented their SL projects to the entire class, shared what they have learned through SL projects, and celebrated their learning experience.

Results of the analysis on sense of community scale showed that there was no significant difference between two groups. The data from reflections showed that depths and lengths were different. Reflections from social media groups has tendency to be short and shallow. Satisfaction on the social media was varied.

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