ERIC Number: ED562212
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Oct
Pages: 7
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Available Date: N/A
Students' Usage of Facebook for Academic Purposes: A Case Study of Public and Private Universities in Thailand
Thongteeraparp, Ampai
International Association for Development of the Information Society, Paper presented at the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA) (Fort Worth, TX, Oct 22-24, 2013)
The objective of this research was to examine how Thai university students used Facebook for academic purposes and how public university students differed from private university students in this regard. This was an exploratory research where a questionnaire was used to collect data from 460 undergraduate students in Bangkok, Thailand. The data were then analyzed using Multivariate Analysis of Variance. The study found that Thai students used Facebook more to communicate and to share than to collaborate. This communication or sharing of information was more among the students than with their professors. It also found that private university students used Facebook to collaborate more than their counterparts at public universities. [For the full proceedings, see ED562107.]
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Media, Computer Uses in Education, Public Colleges, Private Colleges, Case Studies, Differences, Questionnaires, Undergraduate Students, Multivariate Analysis, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cooperation, Comparative Analysis
International Association for the Development of the Information Society. e-mail: secretariat@iadis.org; Web site: http://www.iadisportal.org
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Thailand (Bangkok)
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
Author Affiliations: N/A