Depicting Students' Social Presence on Social Networking Site in Course-Related Interaction

Autor/inn/en	Al-Dheleai, Yahya M.; Tasir, Zaidatun; Jumaat, Nurul Farhana
Titel	Depicting Students' Social Presence on Social Networking Site in Course-Related Interaction
Quelle	In: SAGE Open, 10 (2020) 1, (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Al-Dheleai, Yahya M.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2158-2440
DOI	10.1177/2158244019899094
Schlagwörter	Social Media; Higher Education; Interpersonal Relationship; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Group Discussion; Computer Mediated Communication; Interaction; Foreign Countries; College Students; College Faculty; Language Usage; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Medien; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Gruppendiskussion; Computerkonferenz; Interaktion; Ausland; Collegestudent; Fakultät; Sprachgebrauch
Abstract	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. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01