Integrating social media as cooperative learning tool in higher education classrooms: An empirical study
Recently, Social Media (SM)’s adoption as educational instruments in Higher Education (HE) has been gaining popularity among researchers and practitioners. Nonetheless it has been adopted to support various learning approaches such as Cooperative Learning (CL). Despite the growing research in this f...
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| author | Mostafa Hamadi Jamal El-Den Sami Azam Narumon Sriratanaviriyakul |
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| description | Recently, Social Media (SM)’s adoption as educational instruments in Higher Education (HE) has been gaining popularity among researchers and practitioners. Nonetheless it has been adopted to support various learning approaches such as Cooperative Learning (CL). Despite the growing research in this field, few studies have proposed a comprehensive SM integration framework as well as empirical studies to evaluate its effectiveness. This paper examines how SM is being used as a pedagogical tool in HE and identifies major factors that drives SM’s inclusion in HE classrooms. In addition, the paper investigates the effectiveness of a previously proposed integration framework which was developed to promote CL using a popular SM platform, LinkedIn. A survey was administered to collect data from students in different subjects at a university in Australia. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was adopted for data analysis using IBM’s SPSS26 and AMOS26. One of the notable results of this study is the significant positive relation found between the use of the adopted integration framework and CL, SM challenges’ mitigation, students’ intention to use SM and their learning process. The findings of this study have important implications for practice and pave the way for future empirical studies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c5f03e0996ca4845b69795e73ad50a902022-12-22T00:19:16ZengElsevierJournal of King Saud University: Computer and Information Sciences1319-15782022-06-0134637223731Integrating social media as cooperative learning tool in higher education classrooms: An empirical studyMostafa Hamadi0Jamal El-Den1Sami Azam2Narumon Sriratanaviriyakul3Corresponding author.; Charles Darwin University, Ellengowan Dr, Casuarina, NT 0810, AustraliaCharles Darwin University, Ellengowan Dr, Casuarina, NT 0810, AustraliaCharles Darwin University, Ellengowan Dr, Casuarina, NT 0810, AustraliaCharles Darwin University, Ellengowan Dr, Casuarina, NT 0810, AustraliaRecently, Social Media (SM)’s adoption as educational instruments in Higher Education (HE) has been gaining popularity among researchers and practitioners. Nonetheless it has been adopted to support various learning approaches such as Cooperative Learning (CL). Despite the growing research in this field, few studies have proposed a comprehensive SM integration framework as well as empirical studies to evaluate its effectiveness. This paper examines how SM is being used as a pedagogical tool in HE and identifies major factors that drives SM’s inclusion in HE classrooms. In addition, the paper investigates the effectiveness of a previously proposed integration framework which was developed to promote CL using a popular SM platform, LinkedIn. A survey was administered to collect data from students in different subjects at a university in Australia. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was adopted for data analysis using IBM’s SPSS26 and AMOS26. One of the notable results of this study is the significant positive relation found between the use of the adopted integration framework and CL, SM challenges’ mitigation, students’ intention to use SM and their learning process. The findings of this study have important implications for practice and pave the way for future empirical studies.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319157820305838Social mediaHigher educationCooperative learningIntegration frameworkLinkedIn |
| spellingShingle | Mostafa Hamadi Jamal El-Den Sami Azam Narumon Sriratanaviriyakul Integrating social media as cooperative learning tool in higher education classrooms: An empirical study Journal of King Saud University: Computer and Information Sciences Social media Higher education Cooperative learning Integration framework |
| title | Integrating social media as cooperative learning tool in higher education classrooms: An empirical study |
| title_full | Integrating social media as cooperative learning tool in higher education classrooms: An empirical study |
| title_fullStr | Integrating social media as cooperative learning tool in higher education classrooms: An empirical study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Integrating social media as cooperative learning tool in higher education classrooms: An empirical study |
| title_short | Integrating social media as cooperative learning tool in higher education classrooms: An empirical study |
| title_sort | integrating social media as cooperative learning tool in higher education classrooms an empirical study |
| topic | Social media Higher education Cooperative learning Integration framework |
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