Social and cognitive dimensions of collaboration in informal learning spaces: Malaysian social science students’ perspectives

Exploring the usage of social media in extant campus sustainability assessment frameworks for sustainable campus development

“…The social media platform UGC has the potential of deriving enhanced and insightful information on aspects of HEIs sustainability that deserve attention. Although some social media platforms’ playful nature might hinder an effective collaboration, it was discovered that they provide a fascinating avenue for sharing and discussing different materials such as sustainability courses and significant mutual contributions between students and teachers (Al-Rahmi et al , 2020; Alamri et al , 2020a, 2020b; Chang-Tik and Goh, 2020; Gómez-García et al , 2020; Isacsson and Gretzel, 2011; Wu and Wang, 2020).…”

“…Hence, the need for this research. With the interactive and collaborative configuration of most social media applications (Al-Rahmi et al , 2020; Alamri et al , 2020a, 2020b; Chang-Tik and Goh, 2020; Gómez-García et al , 2020; Wu and Wang, 2020), information generation with enhanced content is achievable due to end-users active participation (Kaplan and Haenlein, 2010). HEIs stakeholders can actively generate campus-wide ecological and environmental indicators sustainability-related information on the internet in the same context.…”

“…This is most visible in the aspect of effective communication, collaboration, and citizen participation in decision-making. Many scholars have agreed on the development of ICT from a passive web to an interactive social platform (Misirlis and Vlachopoulou, 2018) among stakeholders in the HEIs industry as of great significance (Al-Rahmi et al , 2020; Alamri et al , 2020a, 2020b; Chang-Tik and Goh, 2020; Gómez-García et al , 2020; Wu and Wang, 2020). Social media platforms provide better-detailed information on the nature of campus-wide sustainability events, courses, initiatives, infrastructure, etc., compared to other sources of information (Isacsson and Gretzel, 2011).…”

“…Their comments, reviews and sentiments can also assist in HEIs’ environmental-dimension sustainability performance comparison. Indeed, several HEIs are now beginning to incorporate different social media platforms into their websites to improve participation, information dissemination and collaboration (Al-Rahmi et al , 2020; Alamri et al , 2020a, 2020b; Chang-Tik and Goh, 2020; Gómez-García et al , 2020; Wu and Wang, 2020). In Asia, examples of HEIs with links to different social media platforms include but are not limited to the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong and the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia.…”

“…Aside from the provisions of answers to the study’s research question, this paper also aims at contributing to future direction on the use of social media in appraising the preferences of environmental-dimension indicators in HEIs in sub-Saharan African countries. In addition, studies have recommended using social media in HEIs (Al-Rahmi et al , 2020; Alamri et al , 2020a, 2020b; Chang-Tik and Goh, 2020; Hamid et al , 2017). This study’s contribution to new knowledge is answering what has developers and scholars of CSA tools implemented concerning social media data.…”