Abstract
In 21st century learning, students use educational technologies to apply knowledge to new situations, analyse information, collaborate, solve problems, and make decisions. Utilising emerging technologies, to provide expanded learning opportunities, is critical to the success of future generations. In this paper, the author will share the findings on the usage of CIDOS and Social Network Sites in teaching and learning processes at Malaysian Polytechnics. Two sets of questionnaires were distributed to a group of 84 diploma students and 41 lecturers from Politeknik Ibrahim Sultan, Politeknik Merlimau, Politeknik Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin, Politeknik Kota Kinabalu, and Politeknik Sultan Idris Shah.The results of the study show the existence of communication and interaction difficulties in existing Learning Management Systems (LMS). As a recommendation for future research, it is suggested to integrate current LMS with Facebook to support Online Collaborative Learning (OCL).
Highlights
The emergence of open source Learning Management System (LMS) platforms, such as Moodle, has drastically expanded the scope of e-learning; leading to a diversity of situations, adjusted to specific educational demands
We present the findings, based on the focus of this study, which is to discover the usage of CIDOS and Social Network Sites (SNSs) in teaching and learning processes at Malaysian Polytechnics
From the results, it was found that lecturers preferred to employ Social Network Sites to facilitate their communication rather than using LMS
Summary
The emergence of open source Learning Management System (LMS) platforms, such as Moodle, has drastically expanded the scope of e-learning; leading to a diversity of situations, adjusted to specific educational demands. An LMS provides students and lecturers with a set of tools for improving and managing the learning process (García-Peñalvo, J., Conde, Alier, & Casany, 2011) They provide a platform on the web, and many pedagogical activities can perform on them. Among the samples included in the study were Ungku Omar Polytechnic, Johor Bahru Polytechnic, and Shah Alam Polytechnic This result shows that the communication feature was the least used of all features, and lecturers preferred to employ Social Network Sites (SNSs) to facilitate their communication. Marijana et al, 2011; Al-Zoube, 2009; McCarthy, 2009), several studies have been conducted on integrating conventional LMSs, such as Moodle, with SNSs. Even though many educational researchers have looked into the potential of adapting SNSs in their teaching and learning processes, Discussion and future research is provided based on the findings of this study
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