The Nigerian Educational Psychologists

Vol. 21 Issue No. 1 August 2024 / Article


SOCIAL MEDIA AND LEARNING BEHAVIOR OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF KEBBI STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ALIERO NIGERIA

Muza S.H

Aliero H.S

B.U. Aliero

Abstract
The study was conducted on the social media and learning behavior of undergraduate students of Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero. The study was guided by the following research hypotheses; there is no significant relationship between Facebook usage and learning behavior of students, there is no significant relationship between WhatsApp usages and learning behavior of students, there is no significant relationship between Twitter usage and learning behavior of students. Correlational research design was employed in the study. The population of the study comprised of the entire undergraduate students of the Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero. A sample of 336 students was drawn from the population of 4,617 students. Stratified random sampling was used to determine the sample size of each faculty in the quantitative approach. Simple random sampling was used to select the actual students that will participate in the study. Social Networks and Learning Behavior Questionnaire (SNLBQ) was adopted from Abdullahi (2015). The hypotheses were statistically analysed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The findings of the study empirically revealed significant relationship exist between Facebook usage and students learning behavior (r = 0.501, p = 0.000), WhatsApp usage and students learning behavior are statistically correlated significantly negatively (r = 0.796, p = 0.001), and there is no significant relationship between twitter usage and students learning behavior (r = 0.006, p = 0.012). The study suggests that the social media should be restructured to include more privacy options, and there should be a review of the general strategic plan of the university and an ICT policy of the university to include the use of social media as an academic sharing plat form, the Facebook, WhatsApp and twitter application should be made available to the students at a cheaper rate due to significant effect of social media on the learning behavior of students in KSUSTA.

Keywords
Social Media, Learning, Behavior and Strategic plan.



Date Published

2024-08-01


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