{"title":"Study on Evaluating the Utilization of Social Media Tools (SMT) in Collaborative Learning Case Study: Faculty of Medicine, King Khalid University","authors":"Vasanthi Muniasamy, Intisar Magboul Ejalani, M. Anandhavalli, K. Gauthaman ","volume":97,"journal":"International Journal of Educational and Pedagogical Sciences","pagesStart":317,"pagesEnd":323,"ISSN":"1307-6892","URL":"https:\/\/publications.waset.org\/pdf\/10000649","abstract":"
Social Media (SM) is websites increasingly popular
\r\nand built to allow people to express themselves and to interact
\r\nsocially with others. Most SMT are dominated by youth particularly
\r\nCollege students. The proliferation of popular social media tools,
\r\nwhich can accessed from any communication devices has become
\r\npervasive in the lives of today’s student life. Connecting traditional
\r\neducation to social media tools are a relatively new era and any
\r\ncollaborative tool could be used for learning activities. This study
\r\nfocuses (i) how the social media tools are useful for the learning
\r\nactivities of the students of faculty of medicine in King Khalid
\r\nUniversity (ii) whether the social media affects the collaborative
\r\nlearning with interaction among students, among course instructor,
\r\ntheir engagement, perceived ease of use and perceived ease of
\r\nusefulness (TAM) (iii) overall, the students satisfy with this
\r\ncollaborative learning through Social media.<\/p>\r\n","references":"[1] Yee H., Luan W., Ayub A., & Mahmud R. (2009). A Review of the\r\nLiterature: determinants of Online Learning among Students. European\r\nJournal of Social Sciences. 8, 2. 246.\r\n[2] Al-Jarf, R. (2007, March). Cultural issues in online collaborative\r\nlearning in EFL. Paper presented at the 3rd International Online\r\nConference on Second and Foreign Language Teaching and Research\r\n[3] Ozkan, S. & Koseler, R. (2009). Multi-dimensional students\u2019 evaluation\r\nof e learning systems in the higher education context: An empirical\r\ninvestigation. Computers & Education (53) p. 1285\u2013 1296.\r\nhttp:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.compedu.2009.06.011\r\n[4] Waleed Mugahe Al-Rahmi and Mohd Shahizan Othman (2013)\r\n.Evaluating Student\u2019s Satisfaction of using Social Media through\r\nCollaborative Learning in Higher Education\u201d.\r\n[5] Chesney, T. (2006). An acceptance model for useful and fun information\r\nsystems. Human Technology, 2(2), 225-35\r\n[6] Davis, F. D. (1989). Perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and\r\nuser acceptance of information technology. MIS Quarterly, 13(3), 319-\r\n339.\r\n[7] Micheal M.Van Wyk, (2014). Using Social media in an open Distance\r\nLearning Teaching Practice Course. ISSN 2039-9340.M. Young, The\r\nTechincal Writers Handbook. Mill Valley, CA: University Science,\r\n1989.","publisher":"World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology","index":"Open Science Index 97, 2015"}