scholarly journals A Case Study on Week without Walls (WWW) in UiTM Negeri Sembilan: Critical Reading and Creative Writing beyond the Second Language Classrooms

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wan Zumusni Wan Mustapha ◽  
Mohd Nur Fitri Mohd Salim ◽  
Irma Ahmad ◽  
Sheela Paramasivam
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Second Language ◽  
Creative Writing ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
Language Classrooms ◽  
Flipped Classrooms ◽  
Use Of Social Media

Teaching and learning critical reading and creative writing in the second language have gone beyond the four walls of classrooms and language classrooms. Apart from flipped classrooms, where lessons and assignments can be conducted and done during weekends, public holidays and festive breaks, Universiti Teknologi MARA has moved another step in implementing Week without Walls (WWW) where students learn in a less structured way outside the classrooms. Qualitative method namely case study is used to design the research methodology for this study. The focus on the case study is to see how learning is demonstrated through the use of social media. The case study on diploma and degree students from three faculties found that WWW has increased motivation and interest in teaching and learning of second language reading and writing. Other than using the usual teaching videos, notes on the online platform, students are asked to read Reader’s Digest magazines and post a caption of an interesting article or activity they have read on the social media. Using social learning theory, analysis of the students’ narratives on social media postings reveal that given the freedom to demonstrate their learning experience, students can be creative by posting pictures and videos of what they have read on their social media and realize that learning is not just for assessments.

Investigating the Effects of Social Media on Higher Education with a Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (01) ◽  
pp. 2040023 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mamoun Masoud Abdulqader ◽  
Yousof Zohair Almunsour
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
The Other ◽  
Media In Education ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Teaching Learning

This research aims to investigate the effects of social media use on higher education teaching and learning as well as the students’ academic performance. A total of 275 students and faculty members from the College of Computer Science and Information Technology at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University took part in the study. The participants answered survey questions to analyse information on their use of social media in education and how that has affected their teaching, learning and grades. A majority of the participants reported that they used social media in training. However, they also stated that social media platforms were beneficial in academic matters. The number of participants who stated that the use of social media in learning helped improve their grades was 43%. The other 57% thought that social media had no impact on their grades or had an adverse effect or were undecided.

Social Media in Higher Education

2017 ◽  
pp. 255-277
Author(s):  
Enilda Romero-Hall
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
The Social ◽  
Twitter Account ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Social Networking Tools

This chapter discusses the current use of social media for professional growth, focusing on a case study that uses social media to increase instructional design graduate students' awareness and participation in professional growth opportunities. Social media metrics were analyzed from three social networking tools (Facebook Page, Twitter account, and/or Google+ community) that are used to communicate with the students in the program. Additional data was collected using an electronic questionnaire with open and closed-ended questions. The results show that graduate students' participation in the social media initiatives for professional growth provided awareness of self-directed, voluntary, and informal learning opportunities; engaged students in conversations with their peers and the instructors; and allowed the learners to expand their learning experience outside the traditional classroom format.

Social Media in Higher Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 553-575
Author(s):  
Enilda Romero-Hall
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
The Social ◽  
Twitter Account ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Social Networking Tools

This chapter discusses the current use of social media for professional growth, focusing on a case study that uses social media to increase instructional design graduate students' awareness and participation in professional growth opportunities. Social media metrics were analyzed from three social networking tools (Facebook Page, Twitter account, and/or Google+ community) that are used to communicate with the students in the program. Additional data was collected using an electronic questionnaire with open and closed-ended questions. The results show that graduate students' participation in the social media initiatives for professional growth provided awareness of self-directed, voluntary, and informal learning opportunities; engaged students in conversations with their peers and the instructors; and allowed the learners to expand their learning experience outside the traditional classroom format.

SOCIAL MEDIA ADOPTION IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A CASE STUDY OF UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA

2015 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamarul Faizal Hashim ◽  
Muhammad Afif Zamani ◽  
Muhammad Fuad Othman ◽  
Zaheruddin Othman ◽  
Alias Azhar
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Early Adopters ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Universiti Utara Malaysia ◽  
Method Approach

The use of social media within higher learning institute has resulted positive impacts on students engagement in teaching and learning activities. Current studies have acknowledged the importance of social media as one of the facilitating tools that promotes active participations among students. Although higher learning institution is introduce to new innovation, but when it comes to adopting they are always considered as late adopter. Thus, these studies examine the level of social media usage among lecturers for teaching purposes. Besides that, this study also examines the motives and barriers that hinder lecturers from using social media for teaching purposes. This study adopts a quantitative research method approach. The finding of this research found that 70% of UUM lecturers used social media for teaching purposes and most of them are categorized as early adopters.

A university library’s use of social media during a time of crisis

2017 ◽  
Vol 66 (6/7) ◽  
pp. 456-467
Author(s):  
Sabelo Chizwina ◽  
Benford Rabatseta ◽  
Siviwe Bangani ◽  
Mathew Moyo
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Library Users ◽  
Twitter Account ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
University Setting

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight how North Western University (NWU) Library used Facebook and Twitter to inform, educate and communicate with library users during the students’ protests #FeesMustFall Campaign. Design/methodology/approach This paper follows a case study approach to examine how Facebook and Twitter were used to inform, educate and communicate with library users during the #FeesMustFall Campaign. Data was obtained from the NWU Library’s Facebook Insights, the Facebook page itself and Twitter account, after which content was analysed. Findings The paper provides insights that the teaching and learning (educational) aspect still lags behind on social media usage in libraries. Given the period in question, the expectation would have been a higher percentage of posts that could be categorized as educational. Research limitations/implications The study is confined to one campus library of the NWU Libraries and the results cannot be generalised to the NWU. Practical implications Social media use policies should be developed and awareness created on their availability and meaning/implications to users. Originality/value This paper fulfils an identified need to study how social media can be used by academic libraries. The literature currently focuses on how Twitter has been used in library campaigns. This paper shows how Facebook can be used in a university setting during crises time.

scholarly journals PROPAGATING CRITICAL READING AND CREATIVE WRITING LITERACY USING READER’S DIGEST MAGAZINES

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 330-335
Author(s):  
Wan Zumusni Wan Mustapha ◽  
Sheela Paramasivam
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Creative Writing ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Team Building ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
Authentic Material ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Outdoor Setting ◽  
Sentence Construction ◽  
Esl Learners

Reading and writing have been seen as solitary, boring and individualized among ESL learners. Hence, teaching and learning critical reading and creative writing, can pose even a challenge to educators and learners of a second language, at all levels. The challenge is even greater in the digital era where students would rather spend time online on gadgets than flipping pages of magazines. As a receptive skill, reading a textbook outside the classroom would be next to impossible. This paper shares how second language educators can use an authentic material like Reader’s Digest magazines to propagate fun, engaging and outdoor critical reading and creative writing activities. It incorporates various elements such as team building, collaborative learning and problem-based learning while engaging students to learn vocabulary, sentence construction and paragraph writing in an outdoor setting.

scholarly journals Primary Pupils‟ Use of Social Media to learn ESL

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 2076-2080
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Original Data ◽  
Learning Preferences ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Asian Context ◽  
Use Of Social Media

The next generation of school-going pupils of elementary level will soon be made up of children from generation Alpha, born from the year 2010 to 2025. These technology-savvy young children will soon be dominating the classrooms demanding for digitalised instructional experiences. Technology-infused learning experience has been a prevalent concept in the education field in recent years. Many studies have been carried out to explore how social media and technology assists second language learning in the contexts of secondary and tertiary education. However, little is known about how elementary pupils learn English as a second language (ESL) using social media platforms, primarily in the Asian context. Therefore, the objective of this study is to investigate how Chinese primary school pupils learn English on social media. Drawing on the original data from a questionnaire survey and document analysis, the findings revealed that the research participants lack the experience of learning English on social media sites although they have access and the necessary competency in handling those sites. The implication derived from this study is that it would be advisable for teachers to steer and plan suitable instructional practices on social media platforms for elementary aged ESL learners in line with their learning preferences and needs.

scholarly journals Use of Social Media in Dental Education: A Single Institutional Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-152
Author(s):  
Nor Faharina Abdul Hamid ◽  
Azlan Jaafar
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Integration Of Technology ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

Educational landscape has changed drastically over the past decades with the integration of technology to support the role of educators. The objectives of this study were to examine the use of social media application among dental students and to investigate significant demographic variables with regard to social media use for academic purposes. All dental students across all academic years were invited to participate in a self-administered questionnaire (content validated, pre-tested) survey conducted online via Google Forms. Overall response rate was 67.8%. Of the 244 respondents, 99.1% owned smartphones, with a majority of them were iPhone and Android users. Notably, 91.4% of the respondents had access to internet data via a third generation (3G) mobile carrier and WiFi connection. A majority of the respondents (97.1%) used social media to communicate or connect with friends whereas 5.7% of them used it for business purposes. There was no significant association between gender, year of study and type of internet access with the mean of social media usage for academic purposes (p > 0.05). Most of the respondents preferred YouTube (74.6%) and Google (73.7%) for seeking information in their study. In conclusion, we found that majority of respondents had acknowledged the importance of social media in education. Our findings suggest the potential value of integrating social media in teaching and learning activities to enhance students’ learning experience.

scholarly journals Tweetez-Vous Francais?

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Caragh Bell ◽  
Kevin Cahill
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Second Language ◽  
Literacy Development ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Information Age ◽  
Diverse Community ◽  
Use Of Social Media

We are living in the information age; our teaching and learning must adapt to this shift (Rosen, 2010). There are over 100 million active users posting over 500 million tweets a day which validates Twitter as an authentic and worthwhile place for literacy development. Twitter offers an educator the opportunity to connect a class to the outside world; it connects the students themselves to a diverse community outside the microcosm of the classroom. This study looks at students’ thoughts on the use of social media – namely Twitter – to enhance the learning of a second language in a post-primary French classroom in Ireland. A controlled group of fifth years students took part in the study. They submitted reflective diaries via email and interviews were conducted and recorded. The results of this study suggests that the use of Twitter in language teaching has a future, but has to be implemented properly and gradually.

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