Social Media Applications Affecting Students’ Academic Performance: A Model Developed for Sustainability in Higher Education

Mahdi M. Alamri, Mohammed Amin Almaiah and Waleed Mugahed Al-Rahmi
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Mahdi M. Alamri: Educational Technology, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
Mohammed Amin Almaiah: Computer and Information Science, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
Waleed Mugahed Al-Rahmi: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, School of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru 81310, Malaysia

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 16, 1-14

Abstract: Nowadays, social media applications (SMAs) which are quite popular among students have a significant influence on education sustainability. However, there is a lack of research that explores elements of the constructivist learning approach with the technology acceptance model (TAM) in higher education. Therefore, this research aimed to minimize the literature gap by examining the SMA factors used for active collaborative learning (ACL) and engagement (EN) to affect the students’ academic performance in measuring education sustainability, as well as examining their satisfaction from its use. This study employed constructivism theory and TAM as the investigation model, and applied a quantitative method and analysis through surveying 192 university students at King Faisal University. Using structural equation modeling (SEM), the responses were sorted into nine factors and analyzed to explain students’ academic performance in measuring education sustainability, as well as their satisfaction. The results were analyzed with structural equation modelling; it was shown that all the hypotheses were supported and positively related to sustainability for education, confirming significant relationships between the use of SMAs and the rest of the variables considered in our model (interactivity with peers (IN-P), interactivity with lecturers (IN-L), ACL, EN, perceived ease of use (PEOU), perceived usefulness (PU), SMA use, student satisfaction (SS), and students’ academic performance (SAP).

Keywords: social media applications (SMAs); students’ academic performance; sustainability for education; structural equation modelling (SEM) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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