Facebook for Educational Purposes: Its Actual Usage and Issues Encountered by Senior High School Students

Charlotte Mojar, Micca Ela Balagon, Rufaina Harun, Ranelle Sonet, Jake Visitacion and Romenick A. Molina
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Charlotte Mojar: Zamboanga City State Polytechnic College, Philippines
Micca Ela Balagon: Zamboanga City State Polytechnic College, Philippines
Rufaina Harun: Zamboanga City State Polytechnic College, Philippines
Ranelle Sonet: Zamboanga City State Polytechnic College, Philippines
Jake Visitacion: Zamboanga City State Polytechnic College, Philippines
Romenick A. Molina: Zamboanga City State Polytechnic College, Philippines

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2021, vol. 5, issue 4, 161-164

Abstract: The recent COVID-19 pandemic brought a lot of changes globally particularly in education sector. With this, teachers used different platforms to serve as an avenue for teaching – learning and one of which is the use of Facebook. This study utilized descriptive quantitative research. A total of210 student – respondents answered the questionnaire, which was adapted and modified from Nguyen (2017). Frequency, mean and t-test were used to analyze the generateddata.Results revealed that majority of the students used smartphone as a device to access Facebook and they were connected with their friends and teachers. They used Facebook daily and spend 1 to 6 hours per week. In addition, Facebook wasbeing used as learning platform. Most students used Facebook to get information and to communicate with their classmates about school-related topics. When data on actual usage of Facebook were grouped according to gender, significant difference exists, while, there was no significant differencewhen the data were grouped according to track. The common issues encountered by the students were poor internet connectivity, verification of education-related resources and easily distracted by other Facebook contents. When data were grouped according to gender and track, results revealed that there were no significant difference.

Date: 2021
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