The increasing numbers of international students studying in UCSI University
necessitates research into appropriate ways to support cultural diversity in teaching and
providing learning tools for them. International students usually face problems in
adapting to culturally different education system and this complicates the discipline
specific skills that they have come to learn. In addition to that, the number of contact
hours is known to be insufficient, especially for cases of large classes of freshmen, where
individual face-to-face could be a better way to bridge the cultural gap. Social networking
site is known to be able to bridge the cultural gap and build trust among students and
members of the faculty. It is also a platform for knowledge sharing when the students
start to accept that the interaction among members within the site could support their
learning activities. The question here is whether they are ready to accept social
networking site as a learning tool. This paper evaluates the international students’
acceptance on using the social networking site to support their learning activities, using
the UTAUT model, which postulates the constructs of performance expectancy, effort
expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions on using technology. These
constructs determine the behavioural intent, which influences the usage behaviour of the
technology. Effectiveness of social networking to support students’ learning activities in
higher education is expected to be highly dependent on the acceptance of the students in
various aspects, and this research reports the progress of students in accepting the
emerging technology as their learning tool. A variety of lessons concerning the use of
social networking site and how it can be linked to other online tools are presented,
especially in terms of building trust among students across culture differences.
Thoughtful consideration in planning the structure of collaboration tools is
recommended, not only for providing learning environment but also in terms of assisting
students in adapting to culture diversity.
The increasing numbers of international students studying in UCSI Universitynecessitates research into appropriate ways to support cultural diversity in teaching andproviding learning tools for them. International students usually face problems inadapting to culturally different education system and this complicates the disciplinespecific skills that they have come to learn. In addition to that, the number of contacthours is known to be insufficient, especially for cases of large classes of freshmen, whereindividual face-to-face could be a better way to bridge the cultural gap. Social networkingsite is known to be able to bridge the cultural gap and build trust among students andmembers of the faculty. It is also a platform for knowledge sharing when the studentsstart to accept that the interaction among members within the site could support theirlearning activities. The question here is whether they are ready to accept socialnetworking site as a learning tool. This paper evaluates the international students’acceptance on using the social networking site to support their learning activities, usingthe UTAUT model, which postulates the constructs of performance expectancy, effortexpectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions on using technology. Theseconstructs determine the behavioural intent, which influences the usage behaviour of thetechnology. Effectiveness of social networking to support students’ learning activities inอุดมศึกษาคาดว่าจะสูงขึ้นอยู่กับการยอมรับของนักเรียนในแง่มุมต่าง ๆ และงานวิจัยนี้รายงานความคืบหน้าของนักเรียนในการยอมรับการเทคโนโลยียังเป็นเครื่องมือการเรียนรู้ บทเรียนเกี่ยวกับการใช้ที่หลากหลายเว็บไซต์เครือข่ายสังคมและวิธีนั้นสามารถเชื่อมโยงกับเครื่องมือออนไลน์นำเสนอโดยเฉพาะในอาคารที่น่าเชื่อถือในหมู่นักศึกษาในความแตกต่างของวัฒนธรรมพิจารณาในการวางแผนโครงสร้างของเครื่องมือทำงานร่วมกันเป็นแนะนำ ไม่เพียงแต่ให้เรียนรู้สิ่งแวดล้อม แต่ในแง่ ของการให้ความช่วยเหลือนักเรียนในการปรับเพื่อความหลากหลายวัฒนธรรม
การแปล กรุณารอสักครู่..