Impact of Social Media Usage in e-learning towards Students' Academic Achievements during Pandemic Covid19

Wan Nor Haliza Wan Mokhtar; Norhayati Hussin; Hasnah Hashim; Nor Hafizah Muda

doi:10.21834/ebpj.v7iSI10.4112

Authors

Wan Nor Haliza Wan Mokhtar Faculty of Information Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Selangor, Kampus Puncak Perdana, 40150 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
Norhayati Hussin Kementerian Perusahaan Perladangan dan Komuniti, Putrajaya, Malaysia
Hasnah Hashim Faculty of Information Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Selangor, Kampus Puncak Perdana, 40150 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
Nor Hafizah Muda Faculty of Information Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Selangor, Kampus Puncak Perdana, 40150 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7iSI10.4112

Keywords:

Social Media, Student, Academic Achievement, Social Networking Sites (SNS)

Abstract

With the advancement of technology, social media positively and negatively influence students' academic achievement, mainly in higher institutions. The increased number of social media accounts shows that teenager mostly spends their time on social media. Thus, this paper will discuss and assess the impact of social media usage in an e-learning environment on student academic achievement in a higher education institution. Social media could be a tool or learning aid for them to improve their academic by joining online group learning, virtual meetings, and video conferencing to communicate with an expert within their field. The published and unpublished work has been dug out through online platforms to know and understand the impact of social media on student academic achievement.

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