USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA BY ACADEMICIANS

USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA BY ACADEMICIANS

Hseyin Odaba

Assoc. Prof., Atatrk University, Department of Information Management, Trkiye

The PlanIntroduction and Basic ConceptsSocial MediaSocial Media in EducationAims, Hypothesis and MethodFindings and Discussionsa. General Evaluation b. Sample EvaluationConclusion Social Media in Education-- a vital element in education-- social media give chance to share learning materials-- a kind of ideal tool which can provide equity for opportunity in educationAims, Hypothesis and MethodMain aims:-- Describing the social media awareness levels of both academicians and students,-- finding out the attitudes of this group related to the use of social media in the education.

Sub aims:1. What is the level of social media use in education among academicians?2. What are the expectations of students from academicians in terms of educational quality and what is the place and role of social media in these demands?

Aims, Hypothesis and MethodThe hypotheses:

- Among the academicians, the use of social media with educational purpose is accepted as pointless,- Among the academicians the level of social media use with educational purpose is in low level,- Students see social media as a useful tool in the area education,- Students find the level of their lecturers social media use in their educational practices insufficient.

Aims, Hypothesis and MethodFrequencyNPercentage%Social StatusAcademician11342,5Student15357,5Gender Women 9937,2Men 16461,7No answer31,1Area of EducationSocial Sciences11041,4Natural and Engineering Sciences 11744,0Medicine and Health Sciences 259,4Sports Sciences20,8No answer124,5AgeAcademicianLower age group (23-35)5649,6Upper age group (36-57)5548,7No answer21,8StudentLower age group (18-217448,4Upper age group (22-32)7347,7No answer63,9Total266100Findings and Discussions-- Likert type of questions are used in order to get two groups of data (Academicians and Students).

-- The first group of questions was asked to find out the participants attitudes and behavior towards to the social media as a whole.

-- The second group of questions is about to the most preferred social media applications of the participants and their evaluations related to these applications.

General Evaluation

Table 2: Efficacy of Social Media and Social Media UseGeneral EvaluationTable 3: Social Media Success

Sample EvaluationTable 4: Facebook Usage

Sample EvaluationTable 5: Blog and Cloud Usage

Sample EvaluationTable 6: Usage of YouTube and Twitter

Conclusion-- The first of hypothesis of research Among the academicians, the use of social media with educational purpose is accepted as pointless is verified substantially.

-- The second hypothesis Among the academicians the level of social media use with educational purpose is in low level is also confirmed to a large extent. Particularly the determination of students about the academicians behaviors can be taken into the consideration.

Conclusion-- Another hypothesis Students see social media as a useful tool in the area education is also verified in this study. It can be claimed that both academicians and students have similar tendency in terms of usefulness of social media in education. Conclusion-- Finally, the last hypothesis Students find the level of their lecturers social media use in their educational practices insufficient is verified according to the result of research.

-- Many academic studies show that there is positive correlation between social media usage in education and academic success. USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA BY ACADEMICIANS

Hseyin Odaba

Assoc. Prof., Atatrk University, Department of Information Management, Trkiye

I agree (%)I do not agree (%)I have no idea (%)

Academicians -- By using social media I have the opportunity to support students homework and projects more effectively. 39,818,66,2

-- My students who meet in social networks in the web have more academic success. 29,225,713,3

Student -- I have to opportunity to prepare more qualified papers by using social media.67,519,92,6

-- Since I communicate with my friend in social networks, I got more success in my courses.42,534,23,4

I agree (%)I do not agree (%)I have no idea (%)

Academician-- Facebook, is a useful platform to share course documents with students 29,240,78,0

-- Facebook gives me the opportunity to direct students instantly. 48,224,110,7

Student --Most of colleagues in my department use Facebook to share course documents with students. 23,858,97,9

-- Most of colleagues in my department use Facebook to send instant message or communicate with students. 28,545,08,6

I agree (%)I do not agree (% )I have no idea (%)

Academician -- Blog (wordpress, blogspot, bloger vb.) is a useful platform to share course documents with students and make announcements.62,57,111,6

-- Google Document/Drive is a useful platform which can be used for file management and sharing. 79,53,66,2

Student -- Most of lecturers in my department create a blog (wordpress, blogspot, bloger etc.) and share course documents with students by using it33,843,011,9

-- most of the lecturers in my department use Google Document/Drive to share file/document/course materials with students27,243,715,2

I agree (%)I do not agree (%)I have no idea (%)

Academician-- YouTube is a kind of useful platform that can be used for sharing educational videos. 67,914,34,5

-- Twitter is a useful platform to send instant messages with educational content to the students.39,328,611,6

Student -- Lecturers in my department use YouTube to share personal or departmental activities with students. 29,146,412,6

-- Lecturers in my department use Twitter to send instant messages to students.21,257,013,9