Using social media to engage and develop the online learner in self-determined learning

Blaschke, Lisa Marie

doi:10.3402/rlt.v22.21635

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“…Moreover, studies acknowledge an increase of social media use in human activities (Blaschke 2014;Mnyanyi et al 2010). Regardless of the negative experience that users of social media may have experienced, a well-planned use brings positive benefits to the society (Chawinga 2017;Jovanovic & Chiong 2012).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…One of the areas to be benefited is the learning process. Social media provide the opportunity for educators to engage learners in online classrooms (Blaschke 2014;Bora & Ahmed 2013). In this study, it was important to understand how higher learning students adopt social media in the learning process.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, through the review of the literature, researchers were convinced that security is another important variable to the adoption of online platforms for service provision (Alabdulkareem 2015;Blaschke 2014). Generally, the subscribers of social media provide a lot of their personal information online, and the risk that such information could be misused, is high when you are in a social network (Achumba et al 2013).…”

Section: Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

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Factors affecting the use of social media in the learning process

Lubua

Semlambo

Pretorius

2017

S. Afr. j. inf. manag.

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Background: The study was established based on the inherent challenges of traditional learning systems, which require to be addressed. Arguably, social media can address many challenges of traditional learning if used properly. On this basis, it was important for the study to determine factors associated with the adoption of social media in learning.Objectives: This study determines the relationship between the ease of use and the usefulness of social media to its adoption. Moreover, it shows whether the perceived security of social media relates to its adoption in the learning environment of higher learning students. The objectives were met through testing hypotheses.Methods: Overall, the study was objective and followed the positivism philosophical stance. It adopted the survey research design. Data were collected through the use of a closed-end questionnaire and was tested using descriptive statistics and the One-Way ANOVA model. The generalisation of the results of tested hypotheses is allowed to the population with characteristics similar to that of the study.Results: Social media offer a good platform for the learning process. Moreover, necessary efforts are required to enhance the perception of users on the usefulness of social media, and improve their awareness of security issues because they relate with the adoption of social media. Also, the complexity of social media relates with to adoption. An ease of use platform enhances the adoption.Conclusion: Social media offer a suitable platform for the extension of traditional classes. Their use would be more effective provided that users are aware of maintaining their safety, able to apply social media tools and able to share the content useful to their learning process. Moreover, the study recommends further studies in specific social media.

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Section: Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

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Factors affecting the use of social media in the learning process

Lubua

Semlambo

Pretorius

2017

S. Afr. j. inf. manag.

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“…Blaschke [13] indicated that social media alone will not develop learners, rather it is a combination of course design and delivery with the technology that creates an environment for learning. Incorporating social media into an assignment can also positively reinforce student engagement [33].…”

Section: Perceptions Of Social Media Use In Curriculum Design and Leamentioning

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Identifying Opportunities to Integrate Digital Professionalism into Curriculum: A Comparison of Social Media Use by Health Profession Students at an Australian University in 2013 and 2016

2017

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Social media has become ubiquitous to modern life. Consequently, embedding digital professionalism into undergraduate health profession courses is now imperative and augmenting learning and teaching with mobile technology and social media on and off campus is a current curriculum focus. The aim of this study was to explore whether patterns of social media use for personal or informal learning by undergraduate health profession students enrolled at an Australian university across four campuses has changed over time. A previously validated online survey was administered in 2013 to a cohort of health profession students as part of an Australian survey. In 2016, the same survey was distributed to a later cohort of health profession students. Three open-ended questions to elicit descriptive information regarding the use of social media for study purposes were added to the later survey. A comparative analysis of both cohorts was undertaken and social media acceptance and penetration was shown to increase. Health profession students are now more interactive users of Facebook and Twitter, and they have become more familiar with career development sites, such as LinkedIn. The maturation of social media platforms within a three-year period has created realistic opportunities to integrate social media for personal and study purposes into the health profession education curriculum to ensure student understanding of the necessity for maintaining digital professionalism in the workplace.

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“…There are several potential benefits to using social media in college settings that catalyze student participation in social media, institutional events, and course related activities (Blaschke, 2012(Blaschke, , 2014. For example, students may configure their social media accounts to stream campus news and announcements to be notified about campus and community events and developments (Achen, 2015;Junco, 2012).…”

Section: Potential Academic Benefits Of Student Engagement In Social mentioning

confidence: 99%

Snap, Tweet and Post: College Student Social Media Perceptions and Heutagogic Practices and Uses

Nadelson

Berg

Fox

et al. 2017

IJHE

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The nearly ubiquitous access to technology and the diversity of social media sites has provided students with easy access to a wide range of information and opportunities for interaction with other individuals. The nature of social media creates a context in which students can determine when they view information, the duration of the viewing, where they view their social media and why they choose to view the media. The conditions of social media interactions present an opportunity for self-determined learning, or heutagogy. While heutagogy takes place multiple time during a student's average day, the self-determined nature of the learning may lead to issues associated with challenges to self-regulation and anti-social behaviors. To study student self-determined perceptions and engagement with social media we developed a mixed methods survey gathering quantitative and qualitative data from 71 undergraduate students. Our results reveal students do self-determine multiple aspect of their engagement with social media including the norms they use for engagement. We also found that the students perceived that they gave up other activities to engage in social media, and were likely to spend more time studying, exercising, and bettering themselves of they did not spend time interacting with social media.

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Using social media to engage and develop the online learner in self-determined learning

Cited by 111 publications

References 15 publications

Factors affecting the use of social media in the learning process

Factors affecting the use of social media in the learning process

Identifying Opportunities to Integrate Digital Professionalism into Curriculum: A Comparison of Social Media Use by Health Profession Students at an Australian University in 2013 and 2016

Snap, Tweet and Post: College Student Social Media Perceptions and Heutagogic Practices and Uses

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