Tiktok phenomenon among university students / Noor Syahirah Che Mansor …[et al.]

• Main Authors: Che Mansor, Noor Syahirah, Jamal, Nur Athirah, Mohamad Nasir, Nurul Iffah, Mohd Dangi, Sharifah Nurnadhrah
• Format: Monograph
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) 2020
• Subjects: Online social networks; Educational technology; Technology. Information technology. Internet in higher education
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/83707/1/83707.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/83707/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

Nowadays there are so many an application at the Apple app store and also Google play store. Since the pandemic of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), TikTok becomes viral all around the world during the quarantine time. It is because, during the quarantine, all people have so much time to create an interesting video by showing their talent in editing the video by giving skincare tips, home decor, exercise tips, cooking, life hack, and many more. Besides, on TikTok individuals can create many types of video in creative ways, and this what makes TikTok received a warm welcome in many parts of society including university society such as students and lecturers. The students and the lecturers can use this method as a platform for sharing information to make the learning process more interesting. We may use TikTok as a medium in the teaching-learning process to deliver some useful knowledge relevant to education. This is because it can be easy to draw the interest of students by using TikTok while allowing students to understand more during the learning process. On TikTok, students may use their video as a way to edit to make their video presentation more exciting, such as using the green screen, using interesting music or audio, and many more. In order to ensure that the teaching-learning process becomes more exciting and successful, lecturers and students now both need to embrace the latest technology trend. In addition, TikTok is not only beneficial for the learning process, but students can also use TikTok in curriculum activities, as they can support the club's activities by using the TikTok platform to launch their club. Next the university can also use TikTok as a medium to launch a university tour video that presents any location in the university such as the location of the building of the faculty, food court, hostel, and several more so that it can familiarize new students with all the campus location.