ERIC Number: EJ1077332
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 8
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ISSN: ISSN-1940-5847
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Lecturers' Experience of Using Social Media in Higher Education Courses
Seechaliao, Thapanee
Contemporary Issues in Education Research, v8 n4 p215-222 2015
This research paper presents lecturers' experience of using social media in higher education courses. The research methodology used a survey approach. The research instrument was a questionnaire about lecturers' experience of using social media in higher education courses. Thirty-one lecturers completed the questionnaire. The data were scored by frequency and percentage. The research results are as follows: 1) A slight majority of the lecturers were male. The largest age group was 30-35 years old. The most commonly held highest degree was a Master's. The most common academic position they held was "lecturer." The largest group was in the Department of Educational Technology and Communications. They had monthly incomes of 30,000 THB and over. They had experience of using social media, namely, Facebook, mostly through internet use on devices such as notebooks and desktops. 2) A majority of the lecturers had some experience using social media in higher education courses, mostly Facebook. However, they did not have teaching experience using social media in courses. The devices they used for facilitating social media use in courses were notebooks and desktops. Learners' role in using social media in courses was searching. Lecturers' roles were posting or creating, and commenting. Social media use in the courses was part of a blended approach that employed both regular and online instruction. The lecturers always searched for information and studied hard by themselves to cope with the problems of social media use in their courses and to enhance their skills in using social media in courses effectively.
Descriptors: Higher Education, Media Literacy, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Experience, Phenomenology, Teacher Surveys, Questionnaires, Gender Differences, Age Differences, Educational Attainment, Tenure, Salary Wage Differentials, Teacher Background, Teaching Skills, Social Media, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Thailand
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