Facebook Usage for Educational Purposes / Soo Kum Yoke and Puteri Nur Hidayah Kamaludin

Facebook offers an online platform which users can use for various purposes besides socializing. Majority of students use Facebook for entertainment rather than for education. Thus, Facebook is seen to have negative effects to learning. Some researchers have found that Facebook can affect academi...

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Main Authors: Soo, Kum Yoke, Kamaludin, Puteri Nur Hidayah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kedah 2016
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30258/1/AJ_SOO%20KUM%20YOKE%20CPLT%20K%2016.pdf
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description Facebook offers an online platform which users can use for various purposes besides socializing. Majority of students use Facebook for entertainment rather than for education. Thus, Facebook is seen to have negative effects to learning. Some researchers have found that Facebook can affect academic achievements negatively. Yet others have shown that Facebook can provide opportunities to interact positively by promoting collaborative and cooperative learning to enhance learning outcomes. This study investigates the influence of Facebook on students’ attitude towards learning with the purpose of identifying the reasons that contribute to the impact of Facebook towards education among undergraduate students and the relationship between the use of Facebook and the academic performance. The research method applied is quantitative by using a survey for 30 undergraduates from different study programs. The data collected was analysed using descriptive analytical methods. The study found that there were a number of educational activities via Facebook that were done aside from using it for entertainment purposes and socializing.
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spelling oai:ir.uitm.edu.my:302582020-04-30T16:53:48Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30258/ Facebook Usage for Educational Purposes / Soo Kum Yoke and Puteri Nur Hidayah Kamaludin cpit Soo, Kum Yoke Kamaludin, Puteri Nur Hidayah Study and teaching Facebook offers an online platform which users can use for various purposes besides socializing. Majority of students use Facebook for entertainment rather than for education. Thus, Facebook is seen to have negative effects to learning. Some researchers have found that Facebook can affect academic achievements negatively. Yet others have shown that Facebook can provide opportunities to interact positively by promoting collaborative and cooperative learning to enhance learning outcomes. This study investigates the influence of Facebook on students’ attitude towards learning with the purpose of identifying the reasons that contribute to the impact of Facebook towards education among undergraduate students and the relationship between the use of Facebook and the academic performance. The research method applied is quantitative by using a survey for 30 undergraduates from different study programs. The data collected was analysed using descriptive analytical methods. The study found that there were a number of educational activities via Facebook that were done aside from using it for entertainment purposes and socializing. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kedah 2016 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30258/1/AJ_SOO%20KUM%20YOKE%20CPLT%20K%2016.pdf Facebook Usage for Educational Purposes / Soo Kum Yoke and Puteri Nur Hidayah Kamaludin. (2016) Journal of Creative Practices in Language Learning and Teaching (CPLT) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Journal_of_Creative_Practices_in_Language_Learning_and_Teaching_=28CPLT=29/>, 4 (2). pp. 61-68. ISSN 1823-464X https://cplt.uitm.edu.my/
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Facebook Usage for Educational Purposes / Soo Kum Yoke and Puteri Nur Hidayah Kamaludin
title Facebook Usage for Educational Purposes / Soo Kum Yoke and Puteri Nur Hidayah Kamaludin
title_full Facebook Usage for Educational Purposes / Soo Kum Yoke and Puteri Nur Hidayah Kamaludin
title_fullStr Facebook Usage for Educational Purposes / Soo Kum Yoke and Puteri Nur Hidayah Kamaludin
title_full_unstemmed Facebook Usage for Educational Purposes / Soo Kum Yoke and Puteri Nur Hidayah Kamaludin
title_short Facebook Usage for Educational Purposes / Soo Kum Yoke and Puteri Nur Hidayah Kamaludin
title_sort facebook usage for educational purposes soo kum yoke and puteri nur hidayah kamaludin
topic Study and teaching
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30258/1/AJ_SOO%20KUM%20YOKE%20CPLT%20K%2016.pdf
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