Investigating the Effects of Social Media on Higher Education with a Case Study

Mamoun Masoud Abdulqader () and Yousof Zohair Almunsour ()
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Mamoun Masoud Abdulqader: Computer Information Systems Department, College of Computer Science and Information Technology, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Yousof Zohair Almunsour: Computer Information Systems Department, College of Computer Science and Information Technology, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Journal of Information & Knowledge Management (JIKM), 2020, vol. 19, issue 01, 1-11

Abstract: This research aims to investigate the effects of social media use on higher education teaching and learning as well as the students’ academic performance. A total of 275 students and faculty members from the College of Computer Science and Information Technology at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University took part in the study. The participants answered survey questions to analyse information on their use of social media in education and how that has affected their teaching, learning and grades. A majority of the participants reported that they used social media in training. However, they also stated that social media platforms were beneficial in academic matters. The number of participants who stated that the use of social media in learning helped improve their grades was 43%. The other 57% thought that social media had no impact on their grades or had an adverse effect or were undecided.

Keywords: Social media; education; university; learning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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