The purposes of this study are to find out functions achieved in social media-based activities for instructional purposes, and the faculty members' opinions towards the use of social media for such purposes. Samples include 31 faculty members, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University (SSRU), Bangkok, Thailand. A questionnaire is used to collect data. The study discloses 3 functions achieved in social media-based activities for instructional purposes with average time consumption of more than 5 times a week, namely retrieving contents for classroom instruction from websites and YouTube followed by presenting contents from websites and YouTube in classroom instruction, and communicating with students through Line. Moreover, the opinions of the samples towards the use of social media for instructional purposes indicate their perceived value of the usefulness of such media. The opinions with highest mean scores include delivering information, and contents to students followed by satisfying students' need to be tech-savvy, and facilitating communication and collaboration among teachers and students. It can be concluded that the faculty members perceive the technology usefulness of social media and make use of it to develop information retrieval skills and online relationships.Index Terms-Social media-based activities, social media for instructional purposes, tech-savvy, and the online community of inquiry.
The purpose of this study are to study the community’s and the monk’s satisfaction of the knowledge exchanging activity among ‘Home, Monastery and School’ learning organization, and to study the students’ satisfaction of the integration of such learning organization in the study of local tourist attractions and culture. Samples selected purposively include 51 subjects, namely 38 local people, 1 monk and 12 English Major Students attending the knowledge exchanging activity, at the Monastery. The data of this descriptive survey is collected from a questionnaire, and the statistics employed include percentage, mean, and S.D. The study discloses the findings as follows: 1) the overall level of the community’s and the monk’s satisfaction of the knowledge exchanging activity among ‘Home, Monastery, and School’ learning organization is in high level, while the overall students’ satisfaction in the integration of such learning organization in the study of local tourist attractions and culture is in highest level. 2) In terms of item analysis, the aspect of the community’s and monk’s satisfaction in highest level of mean scores includes passing on knowledge to next generation, while the aspect of the students’ satisfaction in highest level include exchanging knowledge in learning organization. It can be concluded that the integration of learning organization in classroom instructions enriches community’s life-long learning and students’ engagement as well as motivation.
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