Η παρουσίασή μου στο 9ο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο "Τεχνολογίες Πληροφορίας και Επικοινωνιών στην Εκπαίδευση". Ρέθυμνο, 4/10/2014. My presentation in 9th Panhellenic Conference "ICT in Education". Rethymnon, Crete 4/10/2014

1. A “Digital classroom”
An innovation in Education 2.0
Μπάμπης Γεωργάκαινας
Φυσικός-MSc στην Εκπαιδευτική Τεχνολογία

2. Web 2.0- Not only a technological but
also a social revolution
• Jobs
• Communications
• Socialization
• Learning
• Entertainment

3. Can Education
remain unaffected
by this progress?

4. Students-Digital Natives

5. Educators 2.0

6. Web 2.0 tools in classrooms?
Greek teachers say YES but there are concerns.
Preconception in the use of Facebook and
Twitter from kids.
“…They function as a hook to engage kids….”
(McClain 2013)

7. What can solve these concerns?
The use of an Online Educational Social Network

8. Why Edmodo?
Free of charge and available in
www.edmodo.com
Safe
Without time and space limitations
Ease of use- Greek menu
Similar to Facebook
Mobile version

9. Edmodo’s features
 File sharing
Announcements- Personal messages
Videos presentation and interactive applications
(applets)
Assignments
Quizes
Feedback and prizes
 Parents’ participation
 Interaction with other teams

10. The research question
Could Edmodo be an innovation in
education, according to the Theory
of Diffusion of Innovation by
Everett Rogers?

11. Rogers’ Theory
• Diffusion: A change to the structure of
function of a social system (Rogers, 2003).
• Social system: A community of independent
people which work in more or less
complementary way toward more or less
compatible goals (Pervin, 1967).
• Innovation: An idea, a practice or an object
that is either new or perceived as new by
individuals in a social system.

12. Adaptation of an innovation
Rogers suggested that 49-87% of the adaptation
of an innovation can be explained by how much
the innovation fits to these attributes:
• Relative advantage
• Compatibility
• Complexity
• Trialability
• Observability

13. Case Study
A “Digital classroom” with the social network
Edmodo was decided to be used in students of the
highest level of High School (3rd class of Greek
Lyceum), for the subject of Physics, in the
supporting school “Systima”, in Thessaloniki. Its
duration was the whole school year, which began at
24/6/2013, there was an interval for summer
holidays for one month and it was continued from
25/8/2013 until 25/5/2014. Thirty students took
part in this “Digital classroom”.

14. Starting out

15. First Posts

16. Quizzes

17. Results

18. Students’ Portfolio

19. Group’s Summary

20. Virtual Experiments

21. Videos

22. Interaction

23. Results
By applying Rogers’ Diffusion of
Innovation model it becomes
evident that in a “Digital
classroom” using Edmodo
almost all the attributes are
aligned very well.

24. Relative Advantage
Virtual experiments
Videos
Pictures
Audio files
Motives for students’ participation
Collaboration
Skills for Information Society

25. Compatibility
New curricula
Education 2.0 exists (Moodle, Bloggs, School
Network)
Demands of digital era

26. Complexity
Similar to Facebook
Greek menu
Mobile version
Not need of downloading
Help page with FAQ’s
Support group
Web seminars

27. Trialability
Teacher can create and test everything before
students have access
Reusable material
Creation test groups with colleagues before
use of students

28. Observability
Interaction with other groups and schools
which use Edmodo
At the end of school period, educators can
check if this helped students to their final
exams
The daily participation of students is another
observation factor

29. Conclusion
According to Rogers’ model, all the attributes
are aligned very well and that demonstrates that
Edmodo could be an innovation in schools of
Education 2.0. However, there is plenty of space
for further investigation in schools and other
educational institutes in order, the early
adopters spread this new idea to vast majority
(Rogers, 2003) and become an educational tool
that every teacher and every student will use it.

30. Thank you for your interest!
Babis Georgakainas
Teacher of Physics-MSc in Educational Technology