The impact of online social networking on learning: a social integration perspective

Authors:
Stella Wen Tian;Angela Yan Yu;Douglas Vogel;Ron Chi-Wai Kwok
Affiliations:
Knowledge and Innovation Management Team, USTC-CityU Joint Advanced Research Center (Suzhou), 515 Zhishan Bldg., 166 Ren;ai Road, Suzhou, 215123, China.;Department of Information Systems, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong.;Department of Information Systems, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Venue:
International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations
Year:
2011

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Abstract

Relying on social integration theory, this paper develops a conceptual model to explain how college students' online social networking (i.e., using Facebook) influences their social and academic social integration, and learning outcomes. Several rounds of focus group discussions were conducted to explore college students' current online social networking experience and their attitude toward using Facebook for education. Our findings indicate that students' online social networking is straightforwardly influential to their social learning, while its influence on the academic learning might be realised through a gradual and longitudinal process.