The effect of social-media on students' learning: a case study of a selected government college

Abstract

The world is moving forward with the massive use of modern technological amenities in every sphere of life, including the education sector. During the COVID-19 pandemic situation, the use of modern technologies in education has increased, most of which are based on social media. So, this study is aimed at assessing the overall effect of social media on students' learning at the selected government college. Mixed research method has been used in this study, whereby a convergent design is used for collecting and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data. It is found that respondents and interviewees, students and teachers, use social media for learning purposes. The effect, perception of the role, negative effect, and teachers' perception of using social media were mostly positive in this study, especially in the COVID-19 pandemic situation. Overall effect, perception about the role and negative effect has no correlation with the number of social media used and time spent on social media. However, some respondents and 3 interviewees think there are some drawbacks of using social media.