Simulating Social Networking in Higher Education to Improve Cognition for International Students: An Australian Case Study
Journal Title: International Journal of Management Sciences - Year 2013, Vol 1, Issue 4
Abstract
This paper explores how online transactional communication can be used to stimulate discussion through simulating social media and enhance the performance for Asian (particularly Chinese) international students studying anon-campus core academic unit in communication at an Australian university. Research has indicated that there is a strong correlation between cognitive ability and text-based learning for higher education students from a non-English speaking background (NESB). This case study further demonstrates the relationship by analysing the results from NESB (predominantly Chinese) students over five years in the core communication unit. The paper reviews results from the communication unit and analyses these against findings from previous literature and a cognitive study based on comprehension. This information should aid in the understanding of online discussion as a tool for building stronger engagement between NESB, English-speaking background (ESB) students and the curriculum, and how web-based networking can augment multimedia and hyperlink opportunities in the curriculum.
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Robert Gill
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