Beyond mandatory use : probing the affordances of social media for formal learning in the voluntary context

• Main Authors: Zhou, Quan, Lee, Chei Sian, Sin, Joanna Sei‐Ching
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Communication; Social Media; Affordances
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/144776
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The integration of social media in formal education has received consistent interest in the recent decade. While most studies have focused on the mandatory use of social media as pedagogical tools, less explored is the context in which students voluntarily choose and use social media to supplement t...