Depicting students social presence on social networking site in course-related interaction
Social networking sites (SNS) are widely used among students, where its integration in higher education is increasing across years. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze students’ use of social presence (SP) expressions in blended learning environment using Facebook group as a medium of online disc...
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| description | Social networking sites (SNS) are widely used among students, where its integration in higher education is increasing across years. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze students’ use of social presence (SP) expressions in blended learning environment using Facebook group as a medium of online discussion. A total of 11 students and one instructor were involved in 7-week multimedia learning course in one of the Malaysian universities. The content of students’ online discussion on Facebook group was the source of the data in this study. The discussion content was transcribed, coded, and analyzed, and the frequencies of categories were calculated to determine students’ use of SP expressions. The findings of the study revealed that students focus on delivering more interactive response (IR) posts across all learning topics. Interestingly, although SNS are social in nature, this study revealed that students’ use of SP expressions on SNS was intended to improve course discussion interactivity rather than for pure socializing purpose. However, more theoretical topics triggered higher number of SP posts compared with technical focused topics. More importantly, the way students used SP expressions during course-related interaction through Facebook may contribute to improved performance in test. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-864462020-09-09T07:20:13Z http://eprints.utm.my/86446/ Depicting students social presence on social networking site in course-related interaction Al-Dheleai, Y. M. Tasir, Z. Jumaat, N. F. L Education (General) Social networking sites (SNS) are widely used among students, where its integration in higher education is increasing across years. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze students’ use of social presence (SP) expressions in blended learning environment using Facebook group as a medium of online discussion. A total of 11 students and one instructor were involved in 7-week multimedia learning course in one of the Malaysian universities. The content of students’ online discussion on Facebook group was the source of the data in this study. The discussion content was transcribed, coded, and analyzed, and the frequencies of categories were calculated to determine students’ use of SP expressions. The findings of the study revealed that students focus on delivering more interactive response (IR) posts across all learning topics. Interestingly, although SNS are social in nature, this study revealed that students’ use of SP expressions on SNS was intended to improve course discussion interactivity rather than for pure socializing purpose. However, more theoretical topics triggered higher number of SP posts compared with technical focused topics. More importantly, the way students used SP expressions during course-related interaction through Facebook may contribute to improved performance in test. SAGE Publications Inc. 2020 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/86446/1/YahyaMAlDheleai2020_DepictingStudentsSocialPresence.pdf Al-Dheleai, Y. M. and Tasir, Z. and Jumaat, N. F. (2020) Depicting students social presence on social networking site in course-related interaction. SAGE Open, 10 (1). ISSN 2158-2440 https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2158244019899094 DOI:10.1177/2158244019899094 |
| spellingShingle | L Education (General) Al-Dheleai, Y. M. Tasir, Z. Jumaat, N. F. Depicting students social presence on social networking site in course-related interaction |
| title | Depicting students social presence on social networking site in course-related interaction |
| title_full | Depicting students social presence on social networking site in course-related interaction |
| title_fullStr | Depicting students social presence on social networking site in course-related interaction |
| title_full_unstemmed | Depicting students social presence on social networking site in course-related interaction |
| title_short | Depicting students social presence on social networking site in course-related interaction |
| title_sort | depicting students social presence on social networking site in course related interaction |
| topic | L Education (General) |
| url | http://eprints.utm.my/86446/1/YahyaMAlDheleai2020_DepictingStudentsSocialPresence.pdf |
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