International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE)
Vol 8, No 3: September 2019

The power of social networking sites: Student involvement toward education

M. Norhailawati (Kolej Poly-Tech MARA Batu Pahat)
Lina Handayani (Universitas Ahmad Dahlan)
HU Kalsum (Kolej Poly-Tech MARA)
Zainuri Saringat (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia)
A. Aidahani (Kolej Poly-Tech MARA)
SH Bakri (Kolej Poly-Tech MARA)
Rully Charitas Indra Prahmana (Universitas Ahmad Dahlan)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Sep 2019

Abstract

Social networking web sites is not a new medium for users. The growth of this media helps students communicate and socialize with their friends or followers and used for education. The retention number of students is an issue or real problem in higher educational institutions since it is related to institution overall performance. This research focused on how students’ involvement in social network web site for educational purposes can have a positive effect to their studies and can help institution to retain number of students in the institution. During the research study, students did give full cooperation and involvement in the group that created and dedicated to their collaborative learning. Facebook is the social networking website that used to support learning. The research method applied was survey and the questionnaires distributed to 40 students who got probations result (the Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) was below 2.00) from various academic programs. The result showed that social network website plays an important role in education. The finding also showed that the probation students improve their CGPA and status, while the institution able to maintain their student retention number.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJERE

Publisher

Subject

Education

Description

The International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE) is an interdisciplinary publication of original research and writing on education which publishes papers to international audiences of educational researchers. The IJERE aims to provide a forum for scholarly understanding of ...