• DocumentCode
    3578697
  • Title

    Investigation of the utilisation of social networks in e-learning at universities

  • Author

    Azam, Sabah ; Fang Wang ; Ng, Jason

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., Brunel Univ., Uxbridge, UK
  • fYear
    2014
  • Firstpage
    441
  • Lastpage
    446
  • Abstract
    Over the years universities have considered to use social networks for learning purposes as most of their students now engage on them. However, questions on the impact social networks would have on learning and how they can be utilised further for more effective teaching and learning are still unclear. To solve these questions, an in-depth investigation has been conducted to understand the benefits and drawback of social network features available for students. The investigation results show that students strongly believe that social network features will help enhance learning and the key ways of utilising such features have been suggested.
  • Keywords
    computer aided instruction; educational institutions; social networking (online); e-learning; social network utilisation; universities; Electronic learning; Facebook; Layout; Learning systems; Media; E-learning; collaborative learning; social networks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Teaching, Assessment and Learning (TALE), 2014 International Conference on
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/TALE.2014.7062583
  • Filename
    7062583