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Whatsapp As A Social Media Tool For Teaching And Learning In Tertiary Institutions In Nigeria
[A CASE STUDY OF UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT]
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The
emergence of Whatsapp has revolutionized communication and facilitating
teaching and learning activities in recent years. Social networking has
blended learning and has become one of the most significant
communication tools among young people; and is generally applied to the
practice of using both and in-person learning experiences when teaching
students. In a blended learning course, students might attend a class
taught by a teacher in a traditional classroom setting, while also
independently completing online components of the course outside of the
classroom. In this case, in-class time may be either replaced or
supplemented by online learning experiences, and students would learn
about the same topics online as they do in class, that is, the online
and in-person learning experiences would parallel and complement one
another (Edglossary, 2016). Applying Social Networking Sites (SNSs) in
teaching and learning offer a positive impact on the adoption of SNSs
and open the door to the new days of learning and teaching. Whatsapp is a
mobile application that allows users to communicate with them using
mobile gadget and computer. Whatsapp can be used for teaching and
learning for the following reasons:
Multiple platforms: smartphones (Operating system, Android), PC, Laptop, iPad, Tab, and Web.
Compatible file format: jpg, audio, movie, pdf, excel, word, PowerPoint.
Large files transfer.
Grouping facilities: 250 members, access to old/past messages, members add members.
Better storage capacity and management
Better memory system and management
Better security with the encryption.
Whatsapp
can also be accessed on the web and can be run easily run on a laptop,
which can be used to engage students as a means of innovative learning
mode and flipped learning mode. All messages, both incoming and outgoing
are sent by the users (students) and can be displayed on multiple
platforms concurrently. Whatsapp can also be used to conduct a flipped
learning mode before the class meeting, as a means of passing
information to students, and after the class lecture.
Selamat (2015) noted that whatsapp can be used to solve the following reasons and also used for blended learning:
Announcement
2. Forum i.e. whole class discussion 3. Quizzes 4. Open ended question
5. Group project report 6. Listening practice 7. Pronunciation practice
8. Speaking practice 9. Writing practice 10. Audio input/feedback 11.
Video input/feedback 12. Problem solving 13. Content/materials sharing
14. PowerPoint presentation.
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