The use of computer mediated communication (CMC) among private college students / Hairunnisa Ma'amor, Siti Rohmah Tuha and Wan Nurul Madiana Mahfudz Jeffry

• Main Authors: Ma'amor, Hairunnisa, Tuha, Siti Rohmah, Mahfudz Jeffry, Wan Nurul Madiana
• Format: Student Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Computers in education. Information technology
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/85952/1/85952.PDF; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/85952/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

Computer-Mediated-Communication (CMC) is used to foster a collaborative learning environment in a number of courses at Kolej SHAHPUTRA, Kuantan. This paper examines factors such as motivation, knowledge, efficacy, skill coordination, attentiveness, expressiveness and selectivity that can influenced the use of CMC among the students. Some key issues and finding results were identified and discussed. CMC was nearly as good as face-to-face however students preferred to face-to-face delivery as a communication medium. It was also found out the selection of CMC medium among students were influenced mostly by speed followed by time, cost, facilities, capacity and features of CMC medium.