THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON STUDENT LEARNING CASE STUDY: SMA YAPITA SURABAYA
Abstract: Nowadays student
and teacher in Indonesia
have a massive
use of smart phones,
tablet and other
portable device. All these
smart phones and
other portable devices are
equipped or ready
for social media applications
like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, WhatsApp,
and Instagram which are
part of what
is known as
Social Media. Social media
is a popular
method for communication amongst
students in Indonesia. However
excessive social media use
can raise questions
about whether academic
performance is affected. This paper aims
to investigate the
use of social
media in teaching and
learning as a
scaffolding tool, and the impact of
that on teachers
and students with case
study SMA Yapita Surabaya. The
study implemented a
30-item questionnaire aimed to
investigate student’s views in
smart devices use
and access, the current
use of social
website, the use
of the web, views
of the impact
of social media
on education, and views
of possible impact
of official use of
social media on
learning. It’s apparently that
smart phone is the best possible
device to enhance
the use of
social media in education,
where more than
three quarters of students
have smart phones.
For the internet access,
79% of students
have internet access on their smartphone, and only 32% of
them who have
internet access at home.
In regards the
social media application, it
is clear that
Facebook as a main
tool, with 89%
of the student
use this application. At
the end, this
research concludes that the
teacher and the
students need a series
of training session
to evaluate their own use of
social media, and to enhance their abilities to use available properties.
Author: Ulvi Rahma Isnaini,
Nur Aini Rakhmawati
Journal Code: jptkomputergg160001
