SOCIAL SOFTWARE TOOLS AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING AMONG THE STUDENTS: MALAYSIAN UNIVERSITIES PERSPECTIVES

• Main Author: KAEOMANEE, YOSSAWADEE
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/22760/1/2013-IT-SOCIAL%20SOFTWARE%20TOOLS%20AND%20KNOWLDGE%20SHARING%20AMONG%20THE%20STUDENTS-MALAYSIAN%20UNIVERSITIES%20PERSPECTIVES-YOSSAWADEE%20KAEMANEE.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/22760/

Knowledge sharing among students has become an essential activity which can result in the improvement of students' learning outcome. However, the current e-learning technology, such as the learning management system, applied in the Malaysian higher education institutions lacks the characteristics which could support this activity. On the other hand, the current generation of students is pervasively sharing information and knowledge through the social software tools such as Facebook, blogs, and content sharing sites etc. These tools have common characteristics which support knowledge and information sharing which are informal setting, communication, network and community, and user generated content. This study attempts to examine the relationships between the aforementioned characteristics and knowledge sharing behaviour of the students.