The Role of Social Media for Collaborative Learning to Improve Academic Performance of Students and Researchers
Al-Rahmi, Othman, and Yusuf
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adapted from (Moore, 2009) and finally, students' academic performance was measured using
three items adapted from (MacGeorge et al., 2008; Banks, 2006). See Table 1:
Table 1
Constructs, Items, and Confirmatory Factor Analysis Results
Constructs and items
FL
(> .50)
(CR)
(> .70)
(AVE)
(> .50)
Alpha
(>
.70)
Interactivity with group member (Liu et al., 2003; McMillan
& Hwang, 2002 )
Using Social media in class…
GM1. Facilitates interaction with group member
GM2. Gives me the opportunity to discuss with
group member
GM3. Allows the exchange of information with group member
0.812
0.887
0.883
0.757
0.532
0.884
Interactivity with supervisor (Liu et al., 2003; McMillan &
Hwang, 2002 )
Using Social media in class…
SU1. Facilitates interaction with
the supervisor
SU2. Gives me the opportunity to discuss with
the supervisor
SU3. Allows the exchange of information with the supervisor
0.783
0.862
0.761
0.844
0.645
0.734
Collaborative learning (So & Brush, 2008)
In this course...
CL1. I felt that I actively collaborated
in my learning
experience
0.689