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Malaysian University Students' Preferences of Social Media and LMS in Academia

Malaysian University Students' Preferences of Social Media and LMS in Academia

Shaidatul Akma Adi Kasuma, Mohamad Saifudin Mohamad Saleh, Ayuni Akhiar, Yanny Marliana Baba Ismail
Copyright: © 2018 |Volume: 8 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 17
ISSN: 1947-8518|EISSN: 1947-8526|EISBN13: 9781522544364|DOI: 10.4018/IJVPLE.2018010104
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Kasuma, Shaidatul Akma Adi, et al. "Malaysian University Students' Preferences of Social Media and LMS in Academia." IJVPLE vol.8, no.1 2018: pp.51-67. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJVPLE.2018010104

APA

Kasuma, S. A., Saleh, M. S., Akhiar, A., & Ismail, Y. M. (2018). Malaysian University Students' Preferences of Social Media and LMS in Academia. International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments (IJVPLE), 8(1), 51-67. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJVPLE.2018010104

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Kasuma, Shaidatul Akma Adi, et al. "Malaysian University Students' Preferences of Social Media and LMS in Academia," International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments (IJVPLE) 8, no.1: 51-67. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJVPLE.2018010104

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Abstract

Academic online portals of Learning Management System (LMS) and social media have become a necessity in many higher education institutions to tie classroom meetings with learning resources. This study examines Malaysian university students' preferences of social media and LMS for academic purposes. A set of questionnaires was distributed to 269 students at four Malaysian universities. The results show that the students preferred both social media and e-learning for academic purposes, although their interest in social media was slightly higher than that of e-learning. The students had a higher regard for the academic content shared with them, than the design of a social media or e-learning platform. This suggests that both social media and e-learning are highly suitable to be used in academic environment to cater to students' need for formal-informal learning.

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