Ahstract- the growing popularity of social software e.g.
Facebook, Weblog, Wikis, YouTube, social bookmarking sites
among generation of students tends to be an undeniable fact.
Sharing information and knowledge on social software is now
surpassing the traditional channel such as e-mail and e-Iearning.
While many studies have been done to support the use of these
tools for educational and knowledge sharing purposes, the
related study in both areas within Malaysian Higher Education
Institutions is still rare. This paper argues that social software
could be integrated into the current e-Iearning system of the
institutions; thus bringing about the sharing of information and
knowledge among the students. It furthermore highlights a part
of the findings from the survey pilot study on the use of elearning
and social software among students in the respective
context.