Usefulness of Social Networking Sites towards Malaysian Tertiary Education’s Student Life of Learning and Social
Ilangovan Perumal1, Azween Abdullah2, Muthaloo Subramaniam3, Mahadevan Supramaniam4, Sugumaran Selladurai5
1Ilangovan Perumal, Department of Business, Accounting and Management, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Malaysia.
2Azween Abdullah, Department of Computing and IT, Innovation and Technology, Taylor‟s University, Subang Jaya, Malaysia.
3Muthaloo Subramaniam, Department of Business, Accounting and Management, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Malaysia.
4Mahadevan Supramaniam, Research and Innovation Management Centre & Institute of Graduate Studies, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Malaysia.
5Sugumaran Selladurai, Department of Business, Accounting and Management, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Malaysia.
Manuscript received on 27 September 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 09 November 2019 | Manuscript Published on 22 November 2019 | PP: 292-299 | Volume-8 Issue-6S3 September 2019 | Retrieval Number: F10470986S319/19©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijeat.F1047.0986S319
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Abstract: In this current generation, there is great popularity of student in using internet as well as the web 2.0 for different purposes in their daily life, for instance, the primary uses found are for the email, communication and academic-related work. Nonetheless, according to the past research, there determined there is loose relationship between the technology (such as the Facebook as the Web 2.0 technology)) used by the students for their learning purposes. Also, such studies are usually conducted in the Western countries rather than in the Asian countries such as Malaysia. Thus, the research aim is to determine the usefulness of the social networking sites toward Malaysia tertiary education’s student life of social and learning and to investigate whether Facebook could be a preferred SNS choice by the students in aiding their learning and social life. Self-administered questionnaires would be distributed to 200 students who studying at Malaysia tertiary education institution located across Klang Valley. As a result, this study has determined there is positive relationship between the usefulness of the social networking sites toward Malaysia student life of social and learning.
Keywords: Web 2.0, Social Networking, Social and Learning
Scope of the Article: Social Networks