TY - JOUR
T1 - Investigating students’ collaborative work to continue to use the social networking site
AU - Hiele, Timothy Mcbush
AU - Widjaja, Andree E.
AU - Chen, Jengchung Victor
AU - Hariguna, Taqwa
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, World Academy of Research in Science and Engineering. All rights reserved.
Copyright:
Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - This study examines the students’ online group collaboration using an online social media and social networking site (SNS) – Facebook. The objective of this study is to assess students’ group collaborative assignment using the SNS as a platform to share information, ideas, and other related classroom activities. Moreover, this study also assesses the students’ intention to continue to use SNS for collaboration and learning activities. A total of 127 students were used as participants in this study. Furthermore, this study employs a PLS-SEM using a SmartPLS software package. The results show that sociability and Facebook quality have significantly influenced perceived effectiveness. Likewise, both sociability and perceived effectiveness are important determinants of satisfaction. In addition, satisfaction positively influences students’ attitude to use the Facebook. The results also show that both satisfaction and attitude toward Facebook are significant predictors for students to continue to use the Facebook platform as a tool for online group assessment. Overall, this study sheds light on the importance of students’ group collaboration using social networking site platform. This reflects an onus for students to embrace the presence of online social media and social networking sites as the tools for a learning environment.
AB - This study examines the students’ online group collaboration using an online social media and social networking site (SNS) – Facebook. The objective of this study is to assess students’ group collaborative assignment using the SNS as a platform to share information, ideas, and other related classroom activities. Moreover, this study also assesses the students’ intention to continue to use SNS for collaboration and learning activities. A total of 127 students were used as participants in this study. Furthermore, this study employs a PLS-SEM using a SmartPLS software package. The results show that sociability and Facebook quality have significantly influenced perceived effectiveness. Likewise, both sociability and perceived effectiveness are important determinants of satisfaction. In addition, satisfaction positively influences students’ attitude to use the Facebook. The results also show that both satisfaction and attitude toward Facebook are significant predictors for students to continue to use the Facebook platform as a tool for online group assessment. Overall, this study sheds light on the importance of students’ group collaboration using social networking site platform. This reflects an onus for students to embrace the presence of online social media and social networking sites as the tools for a learning environment.
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U2 - 10.30534/ijatcse/2019/6181.52019
DO - 10.30534/ijatcse/2019/6181.52019
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85075608839
SN - 2278-3091
VL - 8
SP - 375
EP - 386
JO - International Journal of Advanced Trends in Computer Science and Engineering
JF - International Journal of Advanced Trends in Computer Science and Engineering
IS - 1.5 Special Issue
ER -