Learning in English Using Mobile Social Media Applications: A Case Study in Saudi Higher Education

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate an area of growing importance that is widely recognised in the literature relating to the issue of how to improve ways that assessments and feedback are provided to students within higher education. This paper reports on a study that aimed to explore the views of both educators (n=70) and students (n=540) on feedback and feed-forward at a UK university. The study also investigated their experience and attitudes to social media applications as a means of enhancing access to feedback within the context of mobile learning. Design/methodology/approach The research approach adopted in this study predominately conforms to a quantitative research design though embeds elements of qualitative research via a “mixed methods” approach. The overall methodology of the paper adheres to an exploratory case study in a higher education environment to identify various issues and approaches that could be addressed or enhanced to aid ways that assessments and feedback are disseminated to students within higher education. Findings Participants’ views were sought in relation to students receiving learning materials, as well as feedback from tutors directly to their smartphones and mobile devices. In addition, the study explored possible reasons for students not wanting to use social media and mobile devices for their learning and feedback. Overall, the results indicated a positive attitude on the part of educators and students to using mobile devices and social media applications for teaching and learning purposes. Research limitations/implications The case study presented in this paper draws on findings from one higher educational institution. Further research is required to determine the generalisability of the findings to allow comparison of the findings to be undertaken within other higher education institutions. Originality/value The originality of the paper is that it provides detailed empirical evidence and findings that provide several important implications in relation to enhancing the student learning experience and providing considerable improvements to the way that feedback is provided that make it more likely that students will take more notice to feedback and act upon it. This in turn enables educators to better plan and manage their teaching and student experience online and through students’ mobile devices. The value of this study is that it explores views of both educators and students, whereas many other previous studies tend to focus on the views of either educators or students.

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Success Factors of Social Media Applications (SMA): Case Study among UUM Students

Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education (TURCOMAT) ◽

10.17762/turcomat.v12i3.1303 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 2733-2745

Author(s):

Mazlan Mohd Sappri Et.al

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Service Quality ◽

User Satisfaction ◽

Mobile Application ◽

Information Quality ◽

Success Factors ◽

Reference Model ◽

Mobile App ◽

Media Applications

Social media application (SMA) shows several important functions that causing theincrement of usage among mobile application or mobile app users, especially among18 to 28 years-old users. This causing several developers to create their own SMA thathave been targeted to mobile app users. However, only several SMA managed tobecome popular and successful in term of usage, leaving other unpopular SMA in thelower rank of the Google PlayStore. SMA created by developer in Malaysia face thesame situation as mentioned before where those SMA were supposed to attractMalaysian mobile users more. To assess this situation, this study aims to identify thesuccess factors of SMA usage and develop a set of metric based on the success factorsusing research model that have been developed in the past. Information SystemSuccess Model (ISSM) were studied and chosen as the reference model for this studybecause the model is suitable and have been used by other researchers in studiesregarding social media and SMA. ISSM contains several success factors like systemquality, service quality and information quality that affect the user satisfaction and useof a system, where this model were modified in this study with the addition ofnetworking quality and perceive privacy factors. This study were conducted on 380Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) students and after analysing the data collected, allproposed success factors except of service quality were found to have a positive impacttowards user satisfaction and usage. The success factors were included in the metricdesign and the metric were presented in an evaluation form for SMA developer inMalaysia to evaluate and applied the metric in their SMA.

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Social Media in Tertiary Education

Global Perspectives on Social Media in Tertiary Learning and Teaching - Advances in Educational Technologies and Instructional Design ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-5826-2.ch001 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 1-19

Author(s):

Ann M. Simpson

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Social Media ◽

Media Use ◽

Tertiary Education ◽

Social Media Use ◽

Privacy Concerns ◽

Educational Environments ◽

Constant State ◽

Use Of Social Media ◽

Media Applications

Social media use is prevalent throughout the world and is now commonplace in higher education. The devices, support technologies, and social media applications used in higher education are in a constant state of change. Using social media in education creates new and sometimes challenging issues for institutions, instructors, and students. This chapter attempts to address some of the considerations and potential issues that impact our use of social media in the higher education classroom. It examines social media as an educational tool in higher education, possible pedagogies for social media use, potential educational contexts, and privacy concerns raised by social media use in educational environments. This chapter also provides a possible definition for social media and introduces some themes that will be explored in further detail in the following chapters.

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Web 2.0 Technologies and Marketing

Digital Marketing and Consumer Engagement ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-5187-4.ch037 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 733-755

Author(s):

Dora Simões ◽

Sandra Filipe

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Social Media ◽

Web 2.0 ◽

Social Media Marketing ◽

Statistical Techniques ◽

Brand Knowledge ◽

Media Type ◽

Use Of Social Media ◽

Portuguese Higher Education

This chapter reports on the use of social media marketing by pre-adults, setting off from a case study of pre-adults of different courses at a Portuguese higher education school. Data were collected through a questionnaire available online and analyzed with descriptive statistical techniques. Based on the pointed outlines, the aim is to evaluate longitudinally the types of social media used by pre-adults, the contexts in which they use each social media type, their opinions about the intentions of social media marketing and the influences of social media marketing on their brand knowledge, attitude and behaviour. Tendencies around concepts, tools and levels of attraction by the audiences, with focus on relationship marketing in the 2.0 era are revisited. Furthermore, the chapter presents the perception of pre-adults about social media marketing, and contributes with critical information that might help cast light over recent theories and practices of social media marketing.

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

Journal of Information & Knowledge Management ◽

10.1142/s0219649220400237 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 19 (01) ◽

pp. 2040023 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

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.

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Teachers’ private theories and their adoption of affordances of mobile social media: a qualitative multi-case study of teachers’ integration of WeChat in higher education in China

Educational Media International ◽

10.1080/09523987.2020.1824421 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 57 (3) ◽

pp. 208-232

Author(s):

Sijia Xue ◽

Daniel Churchill

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Social Media ◽

Higher Education In China ◽

Education In China

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The Emotional Impact of Social Media in Higher Education

International Journal of Higher Education ◽

10.5430/ijhe.v9n2p239 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 239

Author(s):

Darren Iwamoto ◽

Hans Chun

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Social Media ◽

Emotional Impact ◽

Unrealistic Expectation ◽

College And University ◽

Self Confidence ◽

Self Worth ◽

Negative Effect ◽

Media Applications ◽

The Relationship

College and university students have been observed increasing their usage of social media applications as it has become central to everyday life. Students can use different forms of social media to connect, share, and view a myriad of content. When influenced by posts, social media can have a significant impact on their lives. Social media can be a form of social support, but it can also have a negative effect on mental health. With the increase in use, social media can provoke individuals to begin self-comparing or gain an unrealistic expectation of themselves and other individuals. This can lead to lower self-esteem, self-confidence, and self-worth. This exploratory study attempts to determine the relationship between social media use and its impact on depression, anxiety, and stress amongst students in higher education.

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