UTILISATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA FOR ACADEMIC ACTIVENESS AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN
UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, OYO STATE
Abstract
Social media has become a generally acceptable means of interaction allowing the design and interchange of user-generated content among students, yet many students have not appropriated its usefulness for academic activeness. The paucity of literature or empirical study that examined the use or utilization of technology, using social media among undergraduate students for learning activities created impetus for the study. The study adopted survey research type; was guided by 4 research questions, using multi-stage sampling procedure to select 120 undergraduate students from University of Ibadan. The instrument for data collection was validated among similar sample that yielded the Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient of r = 0.75. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics, t-test and correlation. The result reveals significance difference in the use of social media between Penultimate and final year students (df = 118) = 0.366, p > 0.05). No significant relationship exists between extent of use of social media and academics activeness (r = 0.077, p > 0.05), It was concluded that extent of use of social media and utilization is not a key determinant for students' academic activeness. It was recommended that stakeholders in higher institutions should give priority to emphasizing use of social Media for academic activeness and provision of appropriate ICT resources in University environment to facilitate learning.
Keywords: Social media, Utilisation, Undergraduate student, Academic activeness
Hannah Bosede Ogunrinde & J. Gbenga Adewale
UTILISATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA FOR ACADEMIC ACTIVENESS AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, OYO STATE
Abstract Social media has become a generally acceptable means of interaction allowing the design and interchange of user-generated content among students, yet many students have not appropriated its usefulness for academic activeness. The paucity of literature or empirical study that examined the use or utilization of technology, using social media among undergraduate students for learning activities created impetus for the study. The study adopted survey research type; was guided by 4 research questions, using multi-stage sampling procedure to select 120 undergraduate students from University of Ibadan. The instrument for data collection was validated among similar sample that yielded the Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient of r = 0.75. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics, t-test and correlation. The result reveals significance difference in the use of social media between Penultimate and final year students (df = 118) = 0.366, p > 0.05). No significant relationship exists between extent of use of social media and academics activeness (r = 0.077, p > 0.05), It was concluded that extent of use of social media and utilization is not a key determinant for students' academic activeness. It was recommended that stakeholders in higher institutions should give priority to emphasizing use of social Media for academic activeness and provision of appropriate ICT resources in University environment to facilitate learning. Keywords: Social media, Utilisation, Undergraduate student, Academic activeness