Social Media for Knowledge Acquisition and Dissemination: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Collaborative Learning Driven Social Media Adoption

Frontiers in Psychology

Muhammad Azeem Ashraf¹  Donald Seinen²  Kashif Ullah Khan³  Muhammad Naeem Khan⁴  Rizwan Ahmed Laar⁵ 

[1] Research Institute of Educational Science, Hunan University, Changsha, China;School of Information Management, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China;School of Management Sciences, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Swabi, Pakistan;School of Social and Behavioral Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China;School of Sports Science and Physical Education, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China;

关键词: collaborative learning;    COVID-19;    electronic-learning;    social networking;    student community;    TAM;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2021.648253

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

During the COVID-19 outbreak, educational institutions were closed, and students worldwide were confined to their homes. In an educational environment, students depend on collaborative learning (CL) to improve their learning performance. This study aimed to increase the understanding of social media adoption among students during the COVID-19 pandemic for the purpose of CL. Social media provides a learning platform that enables students to easily communicate with their peers and subject specialists, and is conducive to students' CL. This study addresses the key concept of CL during the COVID-19 pandemic by assessing social media use among students in higher education. The relationship between social media use and students' performance is crucial to understanding the role of social media during a pandemic. This study is based on constructivism theory and the technology acceptance model. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the conceptual model using SmartPLS. The research findings indicate that social media plays an important role during the pandemic because it provides opportunities for students to enhance CL under the aforementioned situations. This study makes noteworthy theoretical and practical contributions.

【 授权许可】

CC BY