Usage of Social Media Tools for Collaborative Learning: The Effect on Learning Success With the Moderating Role of Cyberbullying

Sarwar, Binesh; Zulfiqar, Salman; Aziz, Saira; Chandia, Khurram Ejaz

doi:10.1177/0735633117748415

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“…But with the revolutionary discovery of the World Wide Web in 1991, accessibility of the internet became more widespread. Today, the internet is a global platform and a universal feature in the home, schools, and in the workplace reaching a worldwide user population of over 400 million [32,33]. This study therefore provided valuable insights into underlying determinants of consumer decision to adopt eHealth services in Malawi particularly through the internet.…”

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Examining Trust as a Key Determinant of eHealth Adoption in Malawi

Gadabu

Sunguh

Arkorful

et al. 2019

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Background There is value in having the general public take initiative in taking care of personal health. With the heavy burden of finances and shortage of healthcare personnel, patient-centered healthcare is increasingly becoming important especially through eHealth. The way technology is accepted and utilized may have significant hypothetical and concrete inferences. Thus, eHealth, like any other technology, has little value unless it is used. Nevertheless, there are many factors that potentially promote or hinder uptake and use of eHealth services. This study particularly focused on the role that trust plays in determining an individual’s decision to use eHealth services. Methods Using the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model as the primary model of inference, two new constructs were introduced to determine whether trust is a significant contributor in consumers’ decision to use eHealth. Through convenience sampling, participant responses were collected over a period of 6 weeks and evaluated using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) technique. Results A total of 400 responses were collected and outcomes of the analysis showed that Performance Expectancy (PE), Effort Expectancy (EE), Social Influence (SI), and Facilitating Conditions (FC), had an affirmative effect on Behavioral Intentions to use eHealth. Performance Expectancy indirectly had a positive effect on Behavioral Intentions to use eHealth services via Trust in Internet (ToI) and Trust in Online Healthcare Providers (ToH). However, ToI had an insignificant effect while ToH had a positive effect. Conclusion Trust is indeed an important element in a user’s determination to use eHealth services. However, it depends on what exactly it is that users place trust in. Consumers are less trusting in the internet to facilitate accessing health related services but are more trusting in online healthcare service providers to ably assist with relevant services. The study also shows that it is essential for key stakeholders such as public policy actors and web designers to take into consideration specific target groups and user preferences which will enhance greater engagement of eHealth services.

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Section: Descriptive Statisticsmentioning

confidence: 97%

Examining Trust as a Key Determinant of eHealth Adoption in Malawi

Gadabu

Sunguh

Arkorful

et al. 2019

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“…The reality of bullying within virtual learning environments has been buttressed by much existing research efforts. Sarwar, Zulfiqar, Aziz, and Ejaz Chandia (2019) discovered that "social media serves as a dynamic tool to expedite the development of learning environments by encouraging cooperation and communication among students which reinforce their learning behaviour and performance", but also that cyberbullying is "a dampening factor in the positive relationship between collaborative learning and learner performance". Lowry, Zhang, Wang, and Siponen (2016) investigated the possible reason(s) for this discovery by seeking to understand why adults engage in cyberbullying on social media; they discovered that this is traceable to an increased usage of social media, and the perception of anonymity within the virtual cyberspace.…”

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confidence: 99%

Cybersecurity, IT-aided Education, and TeLEs: Nexus, Vistas & Realities

Ogu¹,

Ogu²

2019

InSITE Conference

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Background: The current decade has witnessed rising spates of threats and attacks that have threatened the safety and security of cyberspace, thereby giving rise to contemporary discourses pertaining the realities that these ominous trends portend for technology innovation and digitalisation, in the emerging global digital society. In the process, the technological capabilities that have been used to effectively harness the efficiency that this virtual space provides for contemporary education and learning have been defamed. Aim/Purpose: This exploratory research interrogates the possible relationships between the contemporary concerns of global cyber security, and the realities and prospects of IAE and TeLEs, while elucidating the crucial factors that impose on such relationship(s). Methodology: This research adopts the qualitative research methodology with an exploratory approach to interrogate the various contemporary concerns of global cybersecurity as contained in existing literature, especially as it affects the proliferation and adoption of IT-aided education and Technology-enhanced Learning Environments (TeLEs); based on a systematic correlational analysis of key interposing concepts. Contribution: The research presents an overview of the current status and prospects of development of IAE and TeLEs, as well as the nature of the realities associated with contemporary concerns of global cybersecurity; then also discussing how these cybersecurity concerns impact on the wider adoption and implementation of IAE and TeLEs. Findings: The contemporary concerns of global cybersecurity that were discovered to impact on IAE and TeLEs include: Academic Dishonesty, Misconduct and Malpractice, Fake News, Steganography & Malware, and Cyberbullying. The interrogation of these concerns lead to an elucidation of the associated factors and interactions that have hampered the wider development and adoption of IAE and TeLEs for education, teaching and learning in the 21st century. These are properly positioned in reality by drawing on evidences and deductions from existing researches, and supported with real-life case studies to explain the implications of the portended realities for the emerging global information society. Recommendations for Practitioners & Researchers: The EMINDA cybersecurity framework for TeLEs is presented as a better way forward for lifting the future of IAE and TeLEs out of the quagmire it has been plunged into by the contemporary concerns of global cybersecurity. This framework synthesizes aspects of existing security strategies that have been deployed successfully to insure cybersecurity for various other digital and technological application domains. Impact on Society: The revolutionary impact of technology and digitization of teaching and learning in the modern era has come to stay, with exciting prospects for the future of the emerging global information society. At the same time, the realities of global cybersecurity have equally come to stay with rather daunting consequences and debilitating future prospects. This research presents a way forward even in light of these debilitating concomitant realities. Future Research: Future research would focus on implementing the EMINDA cybersecurity framework in a prototype TeLE, and evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of the framework in guaranteeing cybersecurity for a test case sample of participants that would feature in the evaluation.

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“…However, appropriations are not automatic as pre-determined by their designers, but they depend on the users-technologies interaction. According to the theory of technologies appropriations, technologies that successfully support and facilitate interconnected group processes stem have been found to be used properly and efficiently as opposed to only focusing on their infrastructures or merely making use of them [43]. Therefore, in the current times, in the face of IT revolution and developments, majority of companies have turned to the application of KMS architecture for the management of learning and business know-how, with policies established to assist knowledge workers' creation, organization, and availability of knowledge when and wherever required [44].…”

Section: A Adaptive Structuration Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Impact of Knowledge Sharing on the Relationship between Technological Factors and Supply Chain Performance

Zawaideh*

2019

IJRTE

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This study is an attempt to resolve the issue the mediating role of knowledge sharing on supply chain performance (SCP), by considering different technological factors, in the context of SMEs in Jordan. The study specifically examined the relationship between technological factors and SCP, with the mediating role of knowledge sharing among the SMEs. The study adopted a self-administered questionnaire as a data collection technique, with which data were gathered from 371 supply chain members of various SMEs in the Jordanian industries. Data was then exposed to analysis using AMOS and SEM. The obtained findings showed support for the formulated hypothesis, in that the findings indicated the mediating role of knowledge sharing on the technological factors-SCP relationship at the significance level of 1%. The findings also showed that IT infrastructure and social media usage (technological factors) had no direct significant relationship with SCP but the technological factors had a significant positive relationship with knowledge sharing at the significance level of 1%.

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Usage of Social Media Tools for Collaborative Learning: The Effect on Learning Success With the Moderating Role of Cyberbullying

Cited by 104 publications

References 104 publications

Examining Trust as a Key Determinant of eHealth Adoption in Malawi

Examining Trust as a Key Determinant of eHealth Adoption in Malawi

Cybersecurity, IT-aided Education, and TeLEs: Nexus, Vistas & Realities

Impact of Knowledge Sharing on the Relationship between Technological Factors and Supply Chain Performance

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