Understanding the role of social media in informal learning by researchers in Malaysian higher education
Social media is progressing rapidly, and it holds great potentials for everyday lives, including for educational purposes. These potentials can be harnessed in improving the acceptance of social media in informal learning. Informal learning has broken the barriers inherent in the old order of formal...
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| author | Mohmed Al-Sabaawi, Mohmed Y. Mohamed Dahlan, Halina Alshaher, Ali Abdulfattah Faisal Shehzad, Hafiz Muhammad |
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| description | Social media is progressing rapidly, and it holds great potentials for everyday lives, including for educational purposes. These potentials can be harnessed in improving the acceptance of social media in informal learning. Informal learning has broken the barriers inherent in the old order of formal learning. However, there is a lack of research in social media acceptance relating to informal learning for academic researchers. This research aims to develop an acceptance model of social media for informal learning from an academic researcher's perspective. To achieve this aim, this research integrates two theories as to the foundation for the development of the model: Technology acceptance model 3 and theory of constructivism. The proposed model was evaluated using the quantitative approach with social media users. The proposed model includes key technological, individual, and interactive factors. The findings of this study provide an understanding of the interaction of social media and informal learning. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-1015992023-07-22T02:53:34Z http://eprints.utm.my/101599/ Understanding the role of social media in informal learning by researchers in Malaysian higher education Mohmed Al-Sabaawi, Mohmed Y. Mohamed Dahlan, Halina Alshaher, Ali Abdulfattah Faisal Shehzad, Hafiz Muhammad HB615-715 Entrepreneurship. Risk and uncertainty. Property Social media is progressing rapidly, and it holds great potentials for everyday lives, including for educational purposes. These potentials can be harnessed in improving the acceptance of social media in informal learning. Informal learning has broken the barriers inherent in the old order of formal learning. However, there is a lack of research in social media acceptance relating to informal learning for academic researchers. This research aims to develop an acceptance model of social media for informal learning from an academic researcher's perspective. To achieve this aim, this research integrates two theories as to the foundation for the development of the model: Technology acceptance model 3 and theory of constructivism. The proposed model was evaluated using the quantitative approach with social media users. The proposed model includes key technological, individual, and interactive factors. The findings of this study provide an understanding of the interaction of social media and informal learning. Inderscience Publishers 2022 Article PeerReviewed Mohmed Al-Sabaawi, Mohmed Y. and Mohamed Dahlan, Halina and Alshaher, Ali Abdulfattah and Faisal Shehzad, Hafiz Muhammad (2022) Understanding the role of social media in informal learning by researchers in Malaysian higher education. International Journal of Innovation and Learning, 31 (2). pp. 166-188. ISSN 1471-8197 http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJIL.2022.120645 DOI: 10.1504/IJIL.2022.120645 |
| spellingShingle | HB615-715 Entrepreneurship. Risk and uncertainty. Property Mohmed Al-Sabaawi, Mohmed Y. Mohamed Dahlan, Halina Alshaher, Ali Abdulfattah Faisal Shehzad, Hafiz Muhammad Understanding the role of social media in informal learning by researchers in Malaysian higher education |
| title | Understanding the role of social media in informal learning by researchers in Malaysian higher education |
| title_full | Understanding the role of social media in informal learning by researchers in Malaysian higher education |
| title_fullStr | Understanding the role of social media in informal learning by researchers in Malaysian higher education |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding the role of social media in informal learning by researchers in Malaysian higher education |
| title_short | Understanding the role of social media in informal learning by researchers in Malaysian higher education |
| title_sort | understanding the role of social media in informal learning by researchers in malaysian higher education |
| topic | HB615-715 Entrepreneurship. Risk and uncertainty. Property |
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