대학생 SNS 활용의 학습실태, 학습경험 및 이용목적

Abstract

Objectives Although many previous studies have explored the positive effects of SNS, the potential role of SNS in education, and the content of learning experiences, there is a lack of research on major issues such as differences in learning experiences, improvements of learning experiences, and the purpose of use in SNS. Thus, this study aimed to identify the current status of college students’s use of SNS in learning situations, differences in specific learning experiences on SNS according to background variables, and the relationship between specific learning experiences and the purpose of SNS use.
 Methods Thus, this study collected data through a survey of 431 undergraduates and conducted frequency analysis, ANOVA, IPA, and network analysis.
 Results First, a large number of students used various SNS such as Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook for various periods of time and more in the evening. Second, differences in learning experiences on SNS are well showed in the background variable of personality, with extroverted personality having a greater effect than introverted personality. In the meantime, gender differences were not showed, and major showed very limited differences. Third, among the learning experiences, behavioral rules, resolving questions, and experiencing new fields were identified as areas that need to be urgently improved. Fourth, the related purposes of use vary depending on each learning experiences, but connection and expansion, acquisition of learning information/advice were related to all purposes of use, and centrality indicators of network analysis supported this.
 Conclusions In accordance with the results, related discussions were proposed and implications and recommendation for future studies were outlined.