Acceptance factors on the use of social networks for academic purposes of management sciences students

Abstract

Th is study examines factors involving the acceptance of social networks for academic purposes. A survey was applied to 290 graduate students as a quantitative methodological design. Th e main fi nding is that students thought that greater use of social networks for academic purposes would improve interaction and feedback among peers and also would improve teaching-learning processes. Also, students considered their skills as suffi cient to use social networks for academic purposes, expressing their intention to incorporate them into the subjects dynamics.