INTRODUCTION
between networks of people”. In previous years, the online world has changed
dramatically. Thanks to the invention of social media, young men and women
truly astonishing rate. However, every day, many students are spending
Link din, Tumblr and more. At first glance this may seem like a waste of time;
however it also helps students to develop important knowledge and social skills,
students utilize these sites on a daily basis. Many parents are worried that their
college students are spending too much time on Facebook and other social
media sites and not enough time studying. 1 In conclusion, it is good for people
people acknowledge what is happening within the social media, they get a clear
view of what to anticipate and whether or not it is something that would want or
would do whether or not it is something that would want or would do without it.
Social media has become part of the people’s lives. Thus, it is good to consider
the effects of social media since its activities will probably increase in the future.
increasing?
The Effects of Social Media in the Learning Outcomes of
the first year students of Daraga Community College
Progressive Community
Better Society
Figure 1
Teachers. This study will help the teachers of the school to know the influence
that social media has on their students, so as to assist them to enlighten and
Parents. The study is significant to parents in the sense that they will know the
Students. The study will enable the students aware of aside from the social
benefits of this social media sites, using the sites more necessary will pose
Community. They will also have knowledge about the effects of usage of social
Future researchers. This research study will guide themselves for conducting the
same research.
Definition of terms:
Social media – forms of electronic communication (such as web sites) through
messages, etc.
Leisure – enjoyable activities that you do when you are not working.
The focus of this work is to primarily study the effect of social media on
student learning outcomes. The research study will comprise of first year
students of Daraga Community College. The students were given unlimited time
to answer the questionnaire. This study will conduct from February to March
2018.
CHAPTER II
This part presents the review of related literature and studies which had become
the very basis for the researchers to pursue the present research work.
educational benefit. Blocking this social network was a form of protection for
setting, 2go and BB chat is seen by students and educators as frivolous time
wasting and distraction from school work. However there is no evidence of this;
69% of social media using teens and 85% adult said people are mostly kind to
one another. The national school board association reports that almost 60% of
the students who use social media sites talk about educational topics online and
more than 50% talk about school work. Yet the vast majority of school districts
has stringent rules against nearly all forms of social media during school hours.
which are now used for learning. Some sites like Ning for teachers and term wi-ki
College students have great interest in social media for example. For the purpose
Link din. Facebook is the most used social media sites by college students
followed by YouTube and Twitter. Moreover, Facebook alone reports that it has
now 500 million active users,50% of whom log on every day. One of the most
social media sites. As per the survey conducted 72% of high school and 78% of
associated with grades. It was also found that about two thirds of the students
with it& social media and grades of students. To examine this relationship the
students were divided into two groups, one group use twitter and the other
group did not use twitter account. It was used to make discussions about study
material, organize the study groups in a manner, also post the announcements
of class, and remain in touch with class fellows. Junco and his coworkers (2011)
surprised that the students of Twitter group achievegreater GPAs and higher
the person having smart phones are the most frequent users of social
networking sites and have easy access to these sites, more over it showed that
junior and senior student are more interesting to use twitter, LinkedIn and read
blogs. twitter and LinkedIn having more rating by older students to communicate
and shared information and material with their friends and the younger are
frequent user of Facebook for their different activities while usage of such media
students their study indicates that such Medias most commonly used by
and have multiple effects on student's life. The high speed and quickly approach
to internet and the development of smart phone technology are most important
drivers behind the adoption and connectivity with social networking websites and
conclude that SNS enhance their knowledge level. Heeter, (2006) a study at
learning habits for staff members online, students that are graduate and
undergraduate are also included. About 65 % of faculty and students both read
blogs but here faculty for personal information was more likely read them.
Students post for both educational and personal proposes. Faculty used online
photo sharing programs more than students such as Flicker, but about 50 % of
both groups used it. Students used Facebook 70 percent while faculty used less
more likely.4
statement, comScore said the Philippines has the highest social networking
usage in the Asia-Pacific region with more than 90% of its entire Web population
visiting a social networking site during the month of February 2010, followed by
This chapter describes the subjects of the study, sources of data and the
Research participants
Community College who have experience in using social media. The participant’s
consisted of 15 students.
Instrumentation
The data collected through a survey questionnaire to achieve the purpose of the
study. The questionnaire is one of the most common instrument for data
which the respondents are presumed to have knowledge. The questionnaire was
Part I contained the respondents personal data such as name, gender,year level
The researcher made a letter for the approval to conduct the study at Daraga
year students. The instruments were retrieved after they finished answering. A
The data were analyzed and interpreted with the use of frequency count,
P= x 100
CHAPTER IV
The Effects of Social Media in the Learning Outcomes of first year students of Daraga
Community College
This part presents the data gathered that analyzed and interpreted to explain
the data.
Table 1
Male Female
First year students,
Ages 19 to 29 years old 4 11 15
Table 1 shows that the respondents are ages 19-29 years old. The majority of
the respondents are females with a number of 11 representing 73% and the
Table 2
N=15
YouTube 2 13% 3
Facebook 7 46% 1
Instagram 1 7% 4
Skype 1 7% 4
Twitter 0 0% 0
Messenger 4 27% 2
From table 2 are the social media sites that most of the students use Facebook
has the highest number with 7 represents 46%, Messenger with 4 or 27%,
YouTube with 2 represents 13%, Instagram and Skype with the same number of
1 respondents and twitter has o% or no respondent’s uses twitter.
Table 3
4-8 hours 0 0%
they spend 2-5 hours using social media sites, 4 respondents or 27% spend 1-2
hours on social media. And it is good to know that no respondents are using
Table 4
Communicate 4 27% 1
The table 4 is about the purpose of using social media sites and the result in
Table 4 shows that 4 or 27% student confirmed that they use social media in the
new friends, Remain updated about what is trending, Pass leisure time has the
used it for relaxation purposes. The analysis indicates that the number of
students using social media continuously increasing because they use it for
Table 5
that by the use of social media sites their focus on their studies are reduce.
While affecting the academic performance and affecting the way of speaking and
Frequency TOTAL
Respondents
CHa
CHAPTER IV
The Effects of Social Media in the Learning Outcomes of the first year students of
Daraga Community College
This part of the research study presents the data gathered that analyzed and
interpreted.
Table 1
N=15
DARAGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
DARAGA, ALBAY
March 5, 2018
Dear Ma’am:
I would like to ask your permission to allow me to conduct a survey among the
first year students in Daraga Community College. This is in view of my research
study entitled, “The Effects of Social Media in the Learning Outcomes of the first
year students of Daraga Community College”.
Your approval to conduct this study will be greatly appreciated. Thank you in
advance for your interest and assistance with this research.
Respectfully yours,
Noted:
Joey M. Zamora
Professor
SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE
DIRECTION: kindly fill-up the needed data on the space provided and please
encircle the letter that correspond to your answer.
Part 1:
Name: ___________________________________
Part II.