Evaluating Web 2.0 technologies in higher education using students' perceptions and performance

Abstract

In this work, Web 2.0 technologies in higher education are evaluated using students' perceptions, satisfaction, performance and behaviour. The study evaluates the Web 2.0 tools as stand‐alone entities as well in terms of their cross‐operability and integration (confluence) to synergistic contributions towards the enhancement of student learning. Significant correlations and interdependencies on the students' behaviour over the used platform and their performance in various time points within the course time line have been revealed.

“Yes for sharing, no for teaching!”: Social Media in academic practices

“…Specific attention has been paid to the use of tools such as Blogs, Wikis, YouTube and social network sites like Facebook or Twitter (Avci & Askar, 2012;Gao, Luo, & Zhang, 2012;Manca & Ranieri, 2013;Ng'ambi & Lombe, 2012;Trentin, 2009). Several studies have reported positive affordances for teaching and learning (Brady, Holcomb, & Smith, 2010;Junco, 2012;Mbatha, 2014), underlining that an increased use of Social Media in higher education would lead to reconnecting academic institutions to the new generations of students (Karvounidis, Chimos, Bersimis, & Douligeris, 2014).…”

Social media and their use in learning: A comparative analysis between Australia and Malaysia from the learners’ perspectives

“…A more recent study by Sobaih, Moustafa, Ghandforoush and Khan (2016) found that social media can potentially benefit teaching and learning, but is under utilised in most faculties. In fact, several studies have reported positive affordances for teaching and learning using social media (Irwin et al, 2012;Junco, 2012;Karvounidis et al, 2014;Mbatha, 2014;Sobaih et al, 2016). Despite the benefits of social media in teaching and learning, the levels of adoption for professional and teaching purposes lag behind that of personal use (Mbatha, 2014;Roblyer et al, 2010;Rogers-Estable, 2014;Veletsianos & Kimmons, 2013).…”

“…A large number of students in higher education use social media (Aydin, 2012;Karvounidis, Chimos, Bersimis, & Douligeris, 2014;Mbatha, 2014;Roblyer, McDaniel, Webb, Herman, & Witty, 2010;Rogers-Estable, 2014). According to a Facebook spokesperson, approximately 297,000 users in 2011 identified themselves as academics (Roblyer et al, 2010).…”

Fisheries Volume 43 Number 3 March 2018

“…Research on social media use in education has revealed that three factors have positive effects on social media use by students: perceived usefulness, external pressure from peers and supervisors, and compatibility of task and technology (Cao et al 2013 ). Further, many failed to adopt social media because of the fear of being wrong, being criticized, or violating some social media norms , all of which then ignores the positive effects of social media on students' learning outcomes and their satisfaction in classroom settings (Cao et al 2013 ;Karvounidis et al 2014 ;Rahman et al 2016 ).…”