Abstract
Student voice in this digital age and across higher learning institutions is increasing exponentially with the function of social media. Student voice provides a vibrant communication pathway to extended curriculum programme students in higher education institutions. Social media ensures active participation of extended curriculum programme students in generating views and ideas that define the higher learning environment and experience towards better learning conditions and outcomes. A systematic literature review was used in gathering scientific papers through trusted academic databases. The systematic literature review was conducted between the period of 1 April 2019 and 28 September 2019, by looking into the contents of articles covering the current research objectives. The study’s findings show that social media provides an effective and instant spread of the extended curriculum programme students’ voice across higher education learning institutions. It also allows the students in the extended curriculum programme to engage with each other and the institutional management promptly. Social media promotes extended curriculum programme students’ voice in reaching the right audience at the right time. The results of this study are key for extended curriculum programme students, lecturers, and university management in understanding and applying social media effectively and in bringing transformation to South African higher education institutions and beyond.
Highlights
Social media (SM) provides cutting-edge communication channels and voice for the young and old, especially extended curriculum programme students
The impact of social media platforms on extended curriculum programme (ECP) students is limited in academic literature and research; this study aims to understand and to provide answers to these questions: What is the role of social media in representing ECP student voices in the SM era? What are the implications of social media on ECP student voice? What are the strategic ways in which social media can be used effectively to promote ECP student voice? The questions need answers from scholars
The study findings show that social media has the potential to provide ECP students with the ability to:
Summary
Social media (SM) provides cutting-edge communication channels and voice for the young and old, especially extended curriculum programme students. Social media provides a voice for many students, especially the extended curriculum programme (ECP) students in developing countries, such as in the case of South Africa (SA). Most South African higher education institutions (SAHEIs) offer extended curriculum programmes (ECPs) that aim at providing students with additional academic and curriculum support such as tutorials, mentoring, guidance and assistance to improve the success and pass rate of students in English language, computer literacy, mathematics, and others. The programme has been offered to regular degree and diploma students, which leads to an additional one year of study. ECPs have grown and have graduated students in various fields of study
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