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Saudi Arabian Students' Attitudes to and Perceptions of Social Networking for Educational Purposes

机译：沙特阿拉伯学生对教育目的的社交网络态度和看法

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Web 2.0 applications, in the form of social networking sites, are increasingly being repurposed as academic tools in higher education institutions. In this context, social networking sites are used to support a number of key academic functions including the sharing of ideas between students and academic staff, the forming of dedicated study groups, the exchange of links and other academic objects and self-publication. While these tools are readily being adopted in mainstream Western contexts, little is currently known regarding whether - and how - social networking sites are used in other geo-cultural regions. This study sought to redress this research gap by investigating how often and in what ways Saudi Arabian students use social networking for learning purposes as well as how they perceive these instruments as educational instruments. The study was based on the analysis of results derived from focus group discussions with university students at four Saudi Arabian universities. The research found that Saudi Arabian students are aware of, and welcome, social networking sites and are starting to use them for academic purposes in the same way that university students do in more mainstream contexts. However, it is evident that, in Saudi Arabia, the utilization of these sites for teaching and learning purposes is not yet widespread, nor is it particularly sophisticated in terms of user knowledge of a range of social networking sites and their application to higher education. The study concluded that, due to students' enthusiastic reception of these sites, Saudi Arabia is well-placed to adopt them in a considered and organized manner, looking to global best practice usage. This study is part of a wider research project and the outcomes will be used as the basis of an in-depth survey which will be published in future research.
机译：以社交网站的形式，Web 2.0申请越来越多地被重新被作为高等教育机构的学术工具重新批准。在这种情况下，社交网站用于支持许多关键的学术职能，包括分享学生和学术人员之间的想法，形成专门的学习组，联系和其他学术对象的交流和自我出版物。虽然这些工具在主流的西方背景下很容易采用，但目前关于 - 以及如何 - 社交网站在其他地质文化区域中使用的情况。这项研究试图通过调查沙特阿拉伯学生使用社交网络的频率和何种方式来纠正这项研究差距以获得学习目的，以及他们如何将这些工具视为教育仪器。该研究基于在沙特阿拉伯大学与大学生焦点小组讨论的结果分析。该研究发现，沙特阿拉伯学生都知道，欢迎社交网站，并开始为学术目的使用它们，即大学生在更多主流环境中所做的同样的方式。然而，很明显，在沙特阿拉伯，这些网站用于教学和学习目的的利用尚不普遍，也不是在用户知识方面特别复杂，也不是对一系列社交网站的知识及其在高等教育的应用方面。这项研究得出结论，由于学生热烈招待这些地点，沙特阿拉伯是充分利用它们以考虑和有组织的方式采用的，旨在全球最佳实践使用。本研究是更广泛的研究项目的一部分，结果将被用作深入调查的基础，将在未来的研究中公布。

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