The Role of Social Media for Collaborative Learning to Improve Academic Performance of Students and Researchers Al-Rahmi, Othman, and Yusuf This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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dimension of social media can enhance their academic performance. Equally important would be
to show lecturers the potential of social media to improve the learning experience and increase
the productivity of academic activities.
Conclusion and Future Work The present study’s framework is based on the constructivist theory to improving collaborative
learning and engagement through the interaction of research group members, interaction with
lecturers or supervisor, and intention to use social media. Social media can assist in enhancing
academic performance of students and researchers when lecturers and supervisors integrate
social media in their teaching methods. The findings showed that social media facilitates
collaborative learning and engagement and this improves the academic performance of students
and researchers, Moreover, future studies are advised to include additional elements to measure
factors influencing academic performance of students and researchers via collaborative learning
and engagement in Malaysian higher education.
Acknowledgements This material is based upon work supported by The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS),
Research Grant Agreement (RGA), under No: 14-317 RG/ITC/AS_C-- UNESCO FR:
3240283418.Also supported by Faculty of Marine, Hudaidah University, Hudaidah, Yemen.
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