ABSTRACT

Although there exist limited studies within the related literature regarding the use of social networks on education, few studies are present with the focus on educationally designated social network tools. Furthermore, there is no such study of use of social networks on education that compares all the sharers. Therefore, the evaluation of employability of Edmodo platform that targets education and teaching applications, by the sharers (students, teachers, parents etc.) is the main goal of the research. 142 secondary school students, 6 teachers and 17 parents have participated in the research. The students were separated into three groups; the first group completed the task with the existing method, the second group utilized Moodle platform and the third group employed Edmodo platform. The data were collected through two distinct scales and interview forms. Educational Materials Evaluation Scale and Educational Materials Motivation Scale were used for collection of quantitative data whereas interview forms were used for the collection of qualitative forms. By the end of the study, it was found that students rated Edmodo platform highly and Facebook interface of Edmodo was impactful in such rating. It was understood that teachers had problems in preparing content in spite of positive inspect toward Edmodo system .It was concluded that the parents carried the concerns of privacy, primarily for social networks, and thus adopted negative manners; and these manners could be altered with the help of systems such as Edmodo.