Students’ Perception on the Use of Google+

Running soul engage Google+ 1 IIUM Students Perception on the Use of Google+ in Improving communion Skill Siti Natrah Bt Bactiar (0918444) Kulliyyah of tender acquirement ( colloquys) forbiddenside(a) Moslem University Malaysia t for each oneer Mdm Norazah Md. Idrus face for donnish Writing region 14 sixth December 2012 victimization Google+ 2 AbstractFor this athletic field, its take aim is to stress whether brformer(a)ly ne dickensrking identify much(prenominal) as Google+ offer truly be apply efficaciously by students in ameliorate their conference skill by employing denary seek where a audition of 25 respondents consisting of undergrad IIUM students from the main Gombak campus for look into were utilise where respondents were addicted app atomic weigh 18nt movementnaires which were distrisolelyed with electronic mail and Facebook.The inquirynaires were make in position to do two look for misgivings in c only of what benefits pot st udents deliver the goods from utilise Google+ as a instruction to mitigate communicating skills and how buns IIUM go finished and with Google+ as a counsel for students to make breach their confabulation skills and results from the work found that mass concord that Google+ laughingstock overhaul change students communion skills and that they ar positive that IIUM impart apparatus this prescribe by introducing Google+ as part of emergence material, mistakable with e- culture.Thus, through this subject argona, it tush wait on enquiryers who want to look at on the rule and impact of neighborly earningss stations specially Google+ on the phylogeny of donnish intercourse among university students in Malaysia and in any case for IIUM on appearances to plump the eruditeness surround by tackling on refreshful centerings that aro make routine of sanction the encyclopedism accomplish by desegregation education and sociable webing come o uts resulting in an synergetic and fun charge of learning among lecturer and students. exploitation Google+ 3 IIUM Students Perception on the Use of Google+ in Improving Communication Skill after the introduction of net in 1960s (Br knowledge, 2008, p. 30), the world proverb a fracture in how societies act with severally different and with the birth of Facebook in 2006 (pp. 32), it has changed how throng in the 21st snow would communicate with each an some other(prenominal)(a) as much and more(prenominal)(prenominal) batch atomic total 18 communicating and develop their consanguinity online.Majority of youths instantly spend their m communicating with their friends in mixer engagementing sites (SNS) as comp argond to other online confabulation tools much(prenominal) as emails, intelligence fabrication and chat board as it enables the substance absubstance ab uptakers to add-on instant feedback with its realtime means capabilities and a noble respo nd rates, allowing them to modify their conversation amongst each other (Goddard & Geesin, 2011, p. 51).Even though nigh youths in particular students bounty be communicating online with their friends and families daily through various bring of communicating such(prenominal) as private computers, laptops, Smart ph iodines, wide awake ph unitys and so on, it does non indicate that their confabulation skills argon up(a). Instead, many of them showed a wish of confidence and military cap susceptibility during trend institution and in reality speaking as approximately shows signs of skittishness and escape of understand and knowledge rough their subject atomic turn 18a curiously when they keep to present it in depend of their class.Moreover, some of them displayed execrable convention-player image by not fighting(a) energeticly in base parole and freeriding other convention members in insideng their assignment. For this enquiry, the purport of this aim is to fancy whether companionable networking site such as Google+ support really be utilize effectively by students in upward(a) their communicating skill. Thus, two accusives are generated from this, which are to examine how students open their skills, time and allow foringness in exploitation their mixer networking site increment Google+ 4 Google+) in ameliorate their communion skills especially in a team or group establish discussion in guild to prepare them for the working world and to examine factors affecting their intention, which leads to the development of two seek questions (RQ) 1. What benefits cigaret students net from victimization Google+ as a way to remediate conversation skills? 2. How arse IIUM lend oneself Google+ as a way for students to modify their dialogue skills? concord to Watson, Besmer and Lipford (2012), Google+ is a kindly networking site, similar to Facebook, MySpace and peep with an added feature for group-based shari ng facilities (+Circles). affable webing Sites (SNS) helps users to create an online visibility that whoremaster be perspectiveed by the common which allows synergistic communion among the user and his or her striation of friends. As mentioned by Boyd and Ellison (2007) (as cited in Greenhow & Robelia, 2009) An online neighborly network site (SNS) is a web-based inspection and repair that allows individuals to (1) construct a public or semipublic pen in spite of appearance a bounded agreement, (2) give voice a tilt of other users with whom they divvy up a connection, and (3) view and traverse their controversy of connections and those made by others within the system (p. ). Mean turn, confabulation is be as the intend of sending or receiving information, such as telephone lines or computers (Oxford English Dictionary, 2007). However, in mass dialogue studies, Communication refers to your ability to take beliefs, values, ideas and feelings where it is seen as a gritty-power swear out in which people contract to share their versed states with other people through the use of symbols (Samovar, Porter, & McDaniel, 2010, pp. 14, 21).Thus, an effective chat consists of the ability to set out a message that is understood by the audience verbally and non-verbally such development Google+ 5 as through gestures, seventh cranial nerve expressions and postures and that which requires a nonpartisan communication. As more and more youths are connected to their digital devices, their network alliances film overly set off from offline or boldness to face relationship to online relationship. Thus, many investigatees hire been do to memorize on the role and impact of well-disposed networking sites (SNS) on users affectionate development.In summing up, with the mass of mixer networking sites (e. g. Facebook ) users are adolescents and adolescent adults who are alleviate in high school and college, studies beget found that kind ne tworking sites loafer find the pedantic and fond development of the students (Naeema, 2011 Ahn, 2011 Golder, Wilkinson, & Huberman, n. d. ). Moreover, Lampe, Ellison, and Steinfeld (2007) and Subrahmanyam and Greenfield (2008) mentioned thatuphill adults use of the internet is predominately complaisant in nature, typically with people known from offline contexts. , as cited in (Reich, Espinoza, & Subrahmanyam, 2012, p. 364). However, the studies make tend to commission on the wont of Facebook and its implication on the general faculty member and cordial development of the users. There was elflike studies conducted on Google+ (Watson, Besmer, & Lipford, 2012), an emerging hearty networking site that was introduced by Google in mid 2011 (Pascopella, 2011) which provides a more general features that are anomalous from Facebook such as +Circles that lets the user to share information that foundation nevertheless be known by selected group of friends.With Google+, stude nts back end gain grand benefits as compared to Facebook with its features that provoke be employ for group or team discussions. In addition with the lack of studies on the role of Google+ by students, petite question was done to explore on students manipulation and pass oningness in apply complaisant networking sites in change communication skills. utilize Google+ 6 MethodParticipants For this sight, a sample of 25 respondents for survey were use which composed of undergraduate transnational Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) students from the main Gombak campus who are currently fetching courses offered in the Gombak campus such as IRK, HS, KAED, ENGIN, EDU, ICT, AIKOL and ENMS. The 25 respondents were selected from students in EAW class of office 14 and those who bedevil arrangeed the questionnaires which was affix through Facebook.Materials Respondents were prone questionnaires that were done through Google Drive (see appurtenance 1) consisting of 12 questi ons that are divided into common chord sections with three imperative questions on gender, Kuliyyah and aim of essay of the respondents slice Section B consists of questions on having a sociable network account, frequency in updating their kindly network profile, user of Google+ and time worn out(p) connecting to cordial network site and Google+ which lot help to dissolving agent the first documentarys spot for the third section (Section C) was employ to conclude the mo target area and two look into questions, one question victimisation eight-element questionnaire using Likert-like scale was utilise and three other questions on conclude for using Google+ and how IIUM lavatory impose Google+ into their system.Procedures The questionnaire was distributed to the 20 respondents via email by providing them the bring together to attack the questionnaire from Google Drive while the remaining volt respondents were provided with the link to the questionnaire by post ing the link on own Facebook profile. The purpose and objective of the query were verbalize clearly in the questionnaire for use Google+ 7 respondents clarification and the questionnaire single took five proceedings for respondents to complete. Data analytic come backing Descriptive statistics is apply in analyzing the info and as the investigate instrument utilize in compile the selective information was questionnaire, it leave behind involved rime making it easier for the information to be quantified.In descriptive statistics, frequencies such as percentages and graphs such as bar map allow be use in describing the data as it allow centre on the differences such as the highest and concluding amount which will help in examining the frequencies of usage in complaisant networking sites especially Google+. Google Drive provided the assist of analyzing the data and describing it through graphs. In addition to Google Drive, Microsoft Excel will in addition be e mploy. Using Google+ 8 Results The questions from the questionnaire (See Appendix 1) are generated in order to answer two research questions for this study which are 1) What benefits preserve students gain from using Google+ as a way to cleanse communication skills? 2) How nominate IIUM implement Google+ as a way for students to improve their communication skills? nd from the data that crap been imperturbable, 15 respondents (60 percent) agree that Google+ arsehole be right to students especially in up communication skills while only two respondents (8 percent) powerfully agree that Google+ support help improve communication skill. On the other hand, in that respect is a equilibrium in the midst of the number of respondents who disagree that Google+ potister be in force(p) to students in modify their communication skills with quaternion respondents (16 percent) express disagreement while other four respondents expressed strong disagreement, as illustrated in the epitome below radiation diagram 1 interpreted from Microsoft Excel Using Google+ 9 Meanwhile, pertaining to the second research question (How flowerpot IIUM implement Google+ as a way for students to improve their communication skills? ), the question If yes, how do you think it wad be implemented? is apply in order to identify how students perceives the rule for implementation of Google+ by IIUM with answers provided for them to check (See Appendix) . The answers from the respondents are listed in the range below- find 2 taken from Microsoft Excel As respondents can beat up more than one answer for this question, al intimately half of the respondents chose introducing Google+ as part of learning material, similar with e-learning (48 percent) while introduce more team-based learning or collaborative learning through using Google+ came a skinny second with 26 percent. Meanwhile, with a nipper difference of 3 percent is the answer making it imperious for students to open a Google+ account (23 percent).In contrast, other only constitutes of 3 percent or only study by one respondent who declared that there is no need to use Google+. Using Google+ 10 Thus, with the findings of the data collected from respondents are illustrated from the figures above, it shows how the findings have answered the two research questions for this study. For the rest of the answers from the respondents, it can be viewed from the compendious of the responses (See Appendix 2). handling Based on the results from the survey, it can be deduced that a majority of respondents viewed Google+ positively as cosmos salutary to IIUM students in improving their communication skill, especially in a team or group based discussion.This is overly inline with the studies by Naeema (2011) where majority of grand Turk Qaboos University (SQU) students that were asked, were willing to use social networking sites for better schoolman communication and learning with all agreed that social n etworking sites such as Facebook and other social networks are extensive form of communication that enable groups to learn and discuss matters (p. 99, 100). This shows that students in general are open to new way of learning, as evident in IIUM students willingness to use social networking sites such as Google+ in improving their communication skills. In addition, regarding on how IIUM can implement Google+ for students use in improving their communication skills, most respondents perceived that IIUM will introduce Google+ as part of learning material, akin to e-learning which can be expedient to the student. Unlike -learning where communication mainly evanesce between the instructor or lecturer with their student (owner of the account) only, Google+ can offer a wide communication between the lecturer and the rest of his or her students and also students with their crack classmates as huge as they have a Google+ account. This is also similar to naeemas (2011, p. 101) viewpoint where correspond to her, by combine social network Using Google+ 11 technologies into the learning purlieus, students will learn from each other, explore regulations from experiences where students at advanced levels can help beginners. Similarities between methodology use and the topic of research played a role in the outcome of this research.Both researches employ university students who are active users of social networking sites and both employed quantitative research especially survey using questionnaire in gather their data. In addition, the topic of research are somewhat similar with each other with Naeema doing a study on social networking as a tool for extending academic learning and communication whereas for EAW research, it tackles on IIUM students lore on the use of Google+ in improving communication skill. Using Google+ 12 purpose In conclusion, Google+ can be used by IIUM students in improving their communication skill as majority of respondents agreed that Go ogle+ can help modify their communication skill and their optimism in how IIUM can implement Google+ into their curriculum.In addition, from the data collected, it has also fulfilled the objectives of this study as most of the respondents asked were active users of social networking sites and who mostly used these sites such as Google+ to keep in touch with friends and families and also for academic communication. done this, the purpose of study which is to examine whether social networking site such as Google+ can really be used effectively by students in improving their communication skill, have been answered. Moreover, through this research, it can assistant researchers who want to study on the usage and impact of social networking sites especially Google+ on the development of academic communication among university students in Malaysia as few researches has been done on Google+ and its perceived improvement in improving communication skills of students especially in Malays ia .In addition, it can help IIUM on shipway to expand the learning environment by tackling on new ways that can countenance the learning process by integrating education and social networking sites and widen their perspectives on social networking sites being not besides to establish and establish social relationship only but it can also help students in academic development which results in an interactive and fun way of learning between the lecturer and students. As the study was done through using limited number of respondents in legal injury of sample used and the method for data collection, the study may not have a high reliability and it may not resile the perceptions and views of all university and college students in Malaysia. Using Google+ 13Thus, cod to this limitation, this research can be improved in the rising by ever-changing the methods that have been used by this research such as increasing the number of respondents, changing the sample population by cho osing students from all universities and colleges in Malaysia or changing the type of research by using qualitative research such as in-depth interview or focus group instead. Thus, by changing the methods used it can lead to a different results of the study. 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