Research Trends On The Use Of Whatsapp In Education: A Content Analysis

Abstract

The study aims to identify the trends of researches on the use of WhatsApp in education which were published between the years 2013 and 2017 and to guide researchers who are forecasting to conduct their research in the specified area to identify key areas needed for further investigation in the area. The data obtained through open source online publications like Google Scholar is presented in table using descriptive statistics in forms of frequency and percentage. The research findings show that most of the researches were carried out in 2016. It is also revealed that most of the studies were conducted on using WhatsApp for teaching languages especially English language. Similarly, the results show that majority of the studies in the area are quantitative in nature; questionnaire and test-scores are the main instruments used for data collection; a descriptive analysis method is most employed techniques of data analysis of the studies. With regard to sample group, undergraduate students were selected as research participants in most of the studies. Finally, the study offers the necessary recommendations for researchers on the use of WhatsApp in education.

Identitats digitals a WhatsApp. La representació del gènere entre la població universitària

“…Si bien los estudios publicados sobre la aplicación WhatsApp giran en torno a la evolución de los teléfonos inteligentes y al uso que la juventud hace del teléfono móvil (Barrio Fernández, 2014;Korpijaakko, 2015), los usos didácticos (Ibrahim, Hafiz y Musa, 2018; Rambe y Mkono, 2019) y también los contingentes (Sánchez de Mera y Lázaro Cayuso, 2017; Blabst y Diefenbach, 2017), entre otros temas, es preciso señalar la escasa literatura referida a la aplicación de WhatsApp como un espacio en el que construir identidades digitales; de aquí nuestro interés.…”

WhatsApp and Its Potential to Develop Communication Skills among University Students

“…It is the most popular MIM application, with 1.6 million active users globally [6]. Numerous studies have mentioned the advantage of using WhatsApp application in the education setting [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14].…”

Students’ Perspective of the Use of WhatsApp Group as an Online Discussion Mode

“…It does not require a large internet quota to use it so that it can help carry out online learning activities (Daryani, 2021). It can help to learn English material or English vocabulary (Alshammari et al, 2017;Ibrahim, 2018;Surani & Chaerudin, 2020;Safitri, 2021). WhatsApp can also be considered as a possible alternative for flexible learning in the higher education system (Jackson, 2019;Santos, 2021).…”