Using social media as a tool for improving academic performance through collaborative learning in Malaysian higher education

• Main Authors: Al-Rahmi, Waleed Mugahed, Othman, Mohd. Shahizan, Yusof, Lizawati Mi, Musa, Mahdi Alhaji
• Format: Article
• Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2015
• Subjects: QA76 Computer software
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/55921/; http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/res.v7n3p265
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Nowadays, many higher education institutions are still depending on the traditionally-based learning management systems that actually do not use full capabilities of social media in engaging researchers in collaborative learning. Due to recent rise in social media usage, especially among researchers...