Messenger in The Barn: networking in a learning environment

Figures & data

Figure 1 The two Messenger application windows.

Table 1. Summary statistics of the coursework and exam marks used in the analysis.

		Number in module	Number in sample	Sample mean	Sample standard deviation
Software module	Coursework	28	22	73.0	9.5
	Exam	28	19	66.8	14.2
HCI module	Coursework	32	25	53.6	12.7
	Exam	30	24	58.2	13.8
Group project module	Reflection	54	21	47.3	14.1

Figure 2 The averaged marks of two modules compared with student use of Messenger.

Figure 3 The marks for a piece of reflective writing compared with student use of Messenger.