Is facebook useful for learning? A study in private universities in Malaysia

Moorthy, Krishna; T’ing, Loh Chun; Wei, Khor Mei; Mei, Pauline Tan Zi; Yee, Chai Yan; Wern, Kevin Lim Jia; Xin, Yue

doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2018.12.002

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“…Concerns about its appropriateness have also been documented in different learning contexts. Some of these include teachers' resistance, technical problems, students' and teachers' lack of technical skills, and adverse psychological impact (Appel et al, 2020;Barrot, 2016;Feng et al, 2019;Moorthy et al, 2019;Sarapin & Morris, 2015;Shih, 2011;Whelan et al, 2020;Willems et al, 2018). Despite these issues, recent literature reviews have provided evidence of the growing interest in using social media for pedagogical purposes (Bodily et al, 2019;Manca, 2020;Niu, 2019).…”

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Scientific Mapping of Social Media in Education: A Decade of Exponential Growth

Barrot

2020

Journal of Educational Computing Research

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Given the increasing number of research on social media for educational purposes, few studies have examined the scientific literature in this field of interest. However, reviews that comprehensively mapped this research landscape in a broader view remain very limited. It is on this premise that the current study identifies the growth trajectory, distribution, and topical foci of scientific literature on social media in education published between 2007 and 2019. A total of 2,215 documents from Scopus-indexed journals were analysed. Using a bibliometric approach, the findings show a steady growth of scientific output and citations and the expansion of the topical foci in the past decade. Of the 15 examined social media platforms, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have attracted the greatest attention, while the rest remained underexplored or unexplored. The popularity of certain platforms among scholars was attributed to three factors: the number of active users, the pedagogical affordances, and the geographical scope. Implications for future studies are discussed.

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Scientific Mapping of Social Media in Education: A Decade of Exponential Growth

Barrot

2020

Journal of Educational Computing Research

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“…It is necessary that the implementation of IT, in this case, social media is needed in the teaching and learning process. The opportunities of social media in supporting collaborative learning among students and they found that the popularity of social media such as Facebook amongst the education community, teacher and students are growing (Moorthy et al, 2019;Rap & Blonder, 2017). Several previous studies also indicated that the extensive usage of social network services (SNSs) in the students' lives had the influence to their learning styles (Rap & Blonder, 2017).…”

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“…It makes Facebook can be used in EFL teaching and learning to explore and strengthen relationships with others and build learning communities. The students' enthusiasm to learn due to the use of Facebook's group which make the learning process enjoyable (Moorthy et al, 2019;Sirivedin, Soopunyo, Srisuantang, & Wongsothorn, 2018). Online classroom allows the learners to practice and use target languages whether they are inside or outside the class.…”

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The Integration of Facebook to Make Teaching and Learning Writing Skill in EFL More Entertaining

Rosang

2021

IJERR

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The students as EFL learners have difficulty in improving their writing skills. Students are less enthusiastic in compiling their writings, and they also have difficulty in it. Several factors, such as students cause this are less interested in English and less understanding vocabulary and grammar. This study analyzes that Facebook can be used as a more entertaining way of teaching and learning EFL writing skills. This research is library research. This study collects data by analyzing data information. Social networking sites (SNS) in this study use Facebook. The results showed that Facebook was able to encourage student participation and achievement in language learning. There are several steps in implementing Facebook as a more entertaining way of learning to teach EFL writing skills, such as having a Facebook account, online classes on Facebook, assignments or assignments on Facebook, sharing ideas, and feedback. Thus, the application of Facebook as a more entertaining way of learning EFL writing skills gives positive results to students' academic achievement.

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“…Under the conditions of digitalization of education, the share of distance education increases, but in Russia and abroad, distance learning is mainly used to teach students in higher and vocational educational establishments [4,5].…”

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A future teacher training for professional activity in a digital school

Slikishina¹,

Korovina²

2019

Proceedings of the 1st International Scientific Conference "Modern Management Trends and the Digital Economy: From Regional Dev

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The digitization of economics and education leads to the need to change the approaches to the process of education in schools and universities, necessitates the introduction of innovative teaching models, the implementation of which has a positive experience of introducing into educational practice of foreign and Russian universities. The purpose of the article is to analyze the introduction of elements of mobile learning technology in the training of future teachers and students' orientations to the further use of mobile technology in teaching in their professional activity after graduation. The basis of the study is the project technology for the development and presentation of electronic educational content by students of II-IV courses of pedagogical specialties of the Novokuznetsk branch-institute of Kemerovo State University, the technology of mobile learning while studying course materials. The study materials show the problems of implementing mobile learning in the educational process when training future teachers. The study found that, for the successful implementation of mobile learning technology, a different approach to distance course planning and, accordingly, redistribution of time for training and conducting classes and consultations, mastering the competencies of developing technical support for the course, organizing advanced training activities in the field of mobile learning are necessary. Surveying students showed that the main difficulty is the lack of readiness for selflearning using mobile technologies. Nevertheless, in the course of the study it was found that at present the conditions have been created for the successful implementation of mobile learning in the educational process of the university when training future teachers. The attitude of students to mobile learning technology was studied, the original courses of educational subjects using mobile applications were developed. The study materials are of interest to scientific and pedagogical communities that discuss mobile learning technology in higher and secondary schools.

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Is facebook useful for learning? A study in private universities in Malaysia

Cited by 64 publications

References 29 publications

Scientific Mapping of Social Media in Education: A Decade of Exponential Growth

Scientific Mapping of Social Media in Education: A Decade of Exponential Growth

The Integration of Facebook to Make Teaching and Learning Writing Skill in EFL More Entertaining

A future teacher training for professional activity in a digital school

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