Facebook as a platform of social interactions for meaningful learning
Undeniably, Facebook has become a significant part of students' life in the 21st century. Therefore, interactions between instructors and students play a major role in learning through an online social learning environment like Facebook. Such an interaction is known as the key elements that can...
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my.utm.885072020-12-15T00:19:32Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/88507/ Facebook as a platform of social interactions for meaningful learning Jumaat, Nurul Farhana Ahmad, Noriesah Abu Samah, Norazrena Mohamad Ashari, Zakiah Ali, Dayana Farzeeha Abdullah, Abdul Halim L Education (General) Undeniably, Facebook has become a significant part of students' life in the 21st century. Therefore, interactions between instructors and students play a major role in learning through an online social learning environment like Facebook. Such an interaction is known as the key elements that can measure students' learning process, particularly in an online learning environment. Past researchers have agreed that a social networking site does not only promote social interaction but also have high potential to be used for teaching and learning purposes. However, interactions that occur in social networking sites are meaningless due to lack of proper guidance. Lack of proper guidance will lead to no or little intellectual growth among students because the students might be very likely to discuss unrelated topics. Therefore, the goal of this study is to discuss the social interactions that exist in Facebook and its potential as a platform to enhance meaningful learning among students. Kassel University Press GmbH 2019-01-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/88507/1/NurulFarhanaJumaat2019_FacebookasaPlatformofSocialInteractionsforMeaningful.pdf Jumaat, Nurul Farhana and Ahmad, Noriesah and Abu Samah, Norazrena and Mohamad Ashari, Zakiah and Ali, Dayana Farzeeha and Abdullah, Abdul Halim (2019) Facebook as a platform of social interactions for meaningful learning. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning, 14 (4). pp. 151-159. ISSN 1868-8799 https://online-journals.org/index.php/i-jet/article/view/9363 |
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Undeniably, Facebook has become a significant part of students' life in the 21st century. Therefore, interactions between instructors and students play a major role in learning through an online social learning environment like Facebook. Such an interaction is known as the key elements that can measure students' learning process, particularly in an online learning environment. Past researchers have agreed that a social networking site does not only promote social interaction but also have high potential to be used for teaching and learning purposes. However, interactions that occur in social networking sites are meaningless due to lack of proper guidance. Lack of proper guidance will lead to no or little intellectual growth among students because the students might be very likely to discuss unrelated topics. Therefore, the goal of this study is to discuss the social interactions that exist in Facebook and its potential as a platform to enhance meaningful learning among students. |
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