The efficacy of Instagram on biology undergraduate students in University of Ilorin, Nigeria

Abstract

Instagram is one of social media commonly used and has influential power among people for sharing ideas, instructional media, and social interaction. This study aimed at examining the efficacy of Instagram on Biology students in University of Ilorin. This quasi experimental study included 75 undergraduate students of University of Ilorin, Nigeria majoring in Biology and Biology Education. Instagram Learning Content Course ware, Instagram Biology Test, Instagram Biology Marking Guide, and Daily Lesson Plan were the instruments used in data collection process. Furthermore, the data gained were analyzed using t-test and ANCOVA. The results revealed that there was significant difference existed between biology Major and Biology Education students in their learning achievement [t(74) = 17.852, p<.05]. In contrast, there was no significant difference between male and female students in learning as they utilized Instagram in learning process [F(10,25) = 2.129, p>.05]. In conclusion, the more attention is crucial to be pain for students in their learning process, particularly in the media used.

Preservice Teachers’ Use of Social Media for the Development of Their Research Skills

“…It was expected to attract PSTs' attention and have roles in the context of learning media (Wisker, 2018). The rich features of Instagram (Carpenter et al, 2020) as one of the most commonly used instructional design strategies (Ahmed, 2020) might have supported the PSTs in using appropriate methodologies in choosing, finding and generating the data used for their Plant Taxonomy Instagram post. The way PSTs could look for other students' Plant Taxonomy Instagram Posts using the hashtag feature (Carpenter et al, 2020) might have given them insight about plants found in others' communities.…”

Ketertarikan Peserta Didik SMA terhadap Penggunaan Platform Instagram Sebagai Platform Penyampaian Materi Pembelajaran Biologi Pasca Pandemi Covid-19

“…Platform yang dapat digunakan untuk pembelajaran daring seperti Google Classroom, Edlink, Edmodo, Slack, Asana, Email, Whatsapp, Line, Skype, Youtube, atau Zoom (Andriani et al, 2021) penelitian menunjukkan peserta didik memiliki kepuasan yang tinggi terhadap instagram yang digunakan sebagai alat pembelajaran dan dapat mendorong pembelajaran aktif karena dapat diakses peserta didik di luar waktu pembelajaran (Essig et al, 2020). Hasil penelitian penerapan instagram dalam pembelajaran Biologi berpengaruh positif pada topik struktur dan fungsi sel, fotosintesis, genetika dan evolusi (Ahmed, 2020).…”

“…Diharapkan dengan penggunaan platform instagram sebagai platform penyampaian materi pembelajaran dapat meningkat motivasi belajar peserta didik dan menjadi solusi untuk mengatasi kejenuhan belajar peserta didik. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan aplikasi instagram memberikan pengaruh positif terhadap pembelajaran, namun untuk melihat peningkatan prestasi siswa diperlukan perlakuan lebih lanjut (Ahmed, 2020).…”