Perspectives of University Students about Pedagogical Aspects of Facebook
Keywords:
Social networking sites, pedagogical aspects, educational needs, mobilityAbstract
Facebook is the most popular and widely used social networking site because it comprises diverse features. This study sought to observe the practical grounds for using Facebook as a promising pedagogical tool in the light of opinions collected through a survey method with a sample of 800 students from the University of Okara, Punjab Pakistan. The structural Equation Model proposed by Premadasa et al., (2018) is used to find out the relationship between Facebook usage and educational needs. The findings of the study show that Mobility (MO) is the most substantial factor in Facebook adoption; students find it convenient to handle all of their work including educational tasks in an interactive way while they have access to a smartphone. The most significant purpose of Facebook usage is maintaining “Social Relations". Results also reveal that the adoption of Facebook has a positive and significant relationship with the purposes of using Facebook while the purposes of Facebook have a positive and significant relationship with the educational usage of Facebook. But adoption of Facebook shows an insignificant relationship with educational usage of Facebook.
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