What foresees college students’ tendency to use facebook for diverse educational purposes?

Abstract

The present study investigates some factors affecting college students' tendency to use Facebook for different educational purposes. We reached 120 participants who were college students. Our sample comprised of 63 (52.5%) females and 57 (47.5%) males. We applied convenience sampling technique and an online questionnaire to collect data. Descriptive statistics, multiple regression analysis, and Structural Equation Modelling using IBM SPSS AMOS were utilized. The findings provide that GPA, Personal Use of Facebook for Studying and Socialization, Autonomy Psychological Need, and Academic Procrastination foresee college students' willingness to use Facebook in their courses. GPA and Personal Use of Facebook for studying are the most influential factors while Autonomy Psychological Need is the least impactful. We also examined the impact of these factors on different educational use types of Facebook: communication, collaboration, resources and material sharing. The results are discussed, and further recommendations for future research and implications are presented in the current study.

Structural equation modeling and confirmatory factor analysis of social media use and education

“…In addition, Facebook allow its users to utilize several interesting features in order to perform numerous activities and tasks such as creating personal profile for presenting themselves to others, nurturing existing relationships (friends, family members, coworkers, and acquaintances), uploading pictures and videos, posting status updates, expressing personal opinions and views in writing or through live streaming, establishing new relationships, creating Facebook pages/ groups representing public figures, institutions, organizations, businesses, brands or products and other entities (Cheung et al, 2011;Junco, 2015;Thompson & Lougheed, 2012;Tsay-Vogel, Shanahan, & Signorielli, 2016;Valkenburg et al, 2017). The purpose of Facebook adoption and usage differs greatly depending on users' interests, priorities, affiliations, attitudes and perceptions (Brailovskaia & Bierhoff, 2016;Hayes et al, 2015;Junco, 2015;Kuzma & Wright, 2013;Toker & Baturay, 2019;Wandeep et al, 2019).…”

“…Even though, Facebook platform offer tremendous educational potentials, Facebook has been extensively utilized for social activities (interaction with each other based on shared interests, backgrounds or characteristics) rather than using it as a substitute for educational purposes. However, the growing popularity of Facebook based social networking among college/university students across the globe has led social media communication researchers and educators to investigate and identify several determinants that may motivate and attract the students to embrace Facebook in educational contexts or to highlight its potential influences on students' non-academic and academic outcomes (Dabner, 2012;Toker & Baturay, 2019).…”

“…Researchers such as Bowers-Campbell (2008) described that educators can utilize Facebook to discuss students concerns and problems related to their assignments, examinations and other educational issues of shy or quiet students. Nonetheless, various studies indicated that the benefit of using Facebook based platform for teaching and learning activities extend beyond the social and cultural aspects (Erdem & Kibar, 2014;Toker & Baturay, 2019;Towner & Munoz, 2011). This view was further advocated by the results obtained by Towner and Munoz (2011) who observed that about half of the participants in that study responded that they use their Facebook educational groups not only for communicating and discussing social events, but also for formal learning purposes including sharing study material, communicating with concerned teachers about courses, exams and homework assignments.…”

A Social Media Analytics Framework to Increase Prospective Students’ Interests in STEM and TVET Education

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