Facebook as a pre-induction support tool
The group had a pretty good intake (80 out of 120 new students), but it's more interesting to look at the actual patterns of participation. Of the 80 students who joined the group, 39 of them actively contributed to the discussions (either writing on the wall or starting a discussion thread). Of those 39 students,
- 59% wrote one post only
31% wrote 5 or less wall posts
8% wrote 10 or less wall posts
2% wrote more than 10 wall posts.
The topics that they wrote about were a good indication of what the students used the group for: getting specific information about what was needed for the start of term and introducing themselves to each other. The most frequent topics (those with 10 posts or more on the wall) were about:
- purchasing books
reading lists
greeting/introduction
accommodation
timetable
routeway choices
So what can we learn from this? Well, I will ensure that all the information going out to new students has even clearer instructions about where students can buy their books and what they need to read in which order, and I'll be adding a FAQ sheet to our joining instructions to give them the information as soon as they have their results and an offer confirmed from us.
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