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Perception Of Undergraduate Students In Nigerian Universities About Whatsapp Social Media As A Teaching And Learning Tool
[A STUDY OF FOUNTAIN UNIVERSITY AND OSUN STATE UNIVERSITY]
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1.2 Statement Of The Problem
The importance of
excellent communication in teaching and learning cannot be over
emphasized. Communication between professors and students can be
synchronous or asynchronous, according to Leonardi (2014). During class,
synchronous communication is most usual. Because instructors and
students are frequently in the same physical location, this is the case.
Synchronous communication occurs in schools with Learning Management
Systems (LMS) or video conferencing services, regardless of physical
location or the physical presence of learners at the specific place
(Zaidieh, 2012). He also stated that having a synchronous means of
communication between instructors and learners, particularly before or
after classes, is a challenge for schools without an LMS (Bere, 2016).
Other issues students have include finding it difficult to cope with the
LMS due to the amount of mobile data consumed throughout the study
session, as well as the fact that some students lack the necessary
systems to access the platform. Hence , WhatsApp tends to be a tool that
encourages synchronous communication: educators can engage with
students, student interactions with educators, and students can
communicate with peers (Deshen, 2014). According to El-Messiry (2016),
WhatsApp is one of the most widely utilized social networking
platforms. It supports text messages, phone and video calls, photo,
audio, and video file attachments, stickers or emoticons, and links to
website addresses (Clement, 2020). Because of the difficulties
universities have had with LMS and the substantial qualities of
WhatsApp, it has now been expanded to teaching and learning in tertiary
institutions in order to promote effective and unconstrained teaching
and learning. WhatsApp served as a platform for continual teaching and
learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is because the platform
allows educators to create and distribute educational writing content,
voice recordings, videos, and podcasts, with the added benefit that
students can read, watch, and listen to the contents as many times as
they want or need. (2019, Alasmari).
In view of the above the study
is focused on examining WhatsApp as a social media tool for teaching and
learning in tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
1.3 Objective Of The Study
The
purpose of the study is to examine perception of undergraduate students
in Nigerian universities about whatsapp social media as a teaching and
learning tool.
Specifically, the study will attain the following objectives:
To examine the perception of undergraduate student on if Whatsapp promotes effective online teaching and learning process
To evaluate the perception of undergraduate students on if Whatsapp allows learners and instructors to interact effectively.
To Identify the perception of undergraduate students on the benefits of Whatsapp as teaching and learning tool.
To ascertain the perception of undergraduate students on the challenges in the use of Whatsapp as a teaching and learning tool .
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study was carried out to examine the perception of undergraduate students in Nigerian universities about whatsapp social media as a teaching and learning tool using UNILAG as a case study. Specifically, the study examined the perception of undergraduate student on if Whatsapp promotes effective online teaching and learning process. The study also evaluate the perception of undergraduate students on if Whatsapp allows learners and instructors to interact effectively. The study further Identi ... Continue reading---
