Abstract:

The aim of this study is to determine the opinions of pre-service teachers on the use of an educational social network in lessons. Case study, one of the qualitative research designs, was used in the study and the data were collected using semi-structured interview method. The study group of the research are 27 pre-service teachers studying in the third year in the department of computer education and instructional technology from a faculty of education at a university located in the west of Turkey. Participants were determined according to the criterion sampling method, one of the purposive sampling methods. The data obtained from the interviews were analyzed and coded by the content analysis method. As a result of the study, it was seen that the pre-service teachers had positive opinions about the use of educational social network in their lessons in terms of communication, ease of use, access to resources, course follow-up, ease of learning, access to information, speed of feedback, ease of submitting homework, and sense of responsibility. However, the pre-service teachers who participated in the study stated negative opinions in terms of interface problems, internet problem, misuse, not giving immediate feedback, problems in submitting homework, and file size problem.

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