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Use Of Social Media In Dental Education: A Single Institutional Study

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dc.contributor.authorNor Faharina Abdul Hamiden_US
dc.contributor.authorAzlan Bin Jaafaren_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-28T03:33:36Z
dc.date.available2024-05-28T03:33:36Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.date.submitted2022-1-12
dc.descriptionVolume 16 Issue 2 (pages: 141-152)en_US
dc.description.abstractEducational landscape has changed drastically over the past decades with the integration of technology to support the role of educators. The objectives of this study were to examine the use of social media application among dental students and to investigate significant demographic variables with regard to social media use for academic purposes. All dental students across all academic years were invited to participate in a self-administered questionnaire (content validated, pre-tested) survey conducted online via Google Forms. Overall response rate was 67.8%. Of the 244 respondents, 99.1% owned smartphones, with a majority of them were iPhone and Android users. Notably, 91.4% of the respondents had access to internet data via a third generation (3G) mobile carrier and WiFi connection. A majority of the respondents (97.1%) used social media to communicate or connect with friends whereas 5.7% of them used it for business purposes. There was no significant association between gender, year of study and type of internet access with the mean of social media usage for academic purposes (p > 0.05). Most of the respondents preferred YouTube (74.6%) and Google (73.7%) for seeking information in their study. In conclusion, we found that majority of respondents had acknowledged the importance of social media in education. Our findings suggest the potential value of integrating social media in teaching and learning activities to enhance students’ learning experience.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.21315/aos2021.16.2.5
dc.identifier.epage152
dc.identifier.issn1823-8602
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.spage141
dc.identifier.urihttp://aos.usm.my/docs/Vol_16/aos.2020.0057.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/4681
dc.identifier.volume16
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherPenerbit Universiti Sains Malaysiaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofArchives Of Orofacial Scienceen_US
dc.subjectDental education; dentistry; educational technology; Malaysia; social mediaen_US
dc.titleUse Of Social Media In Dental Education: A Single Institutional Studyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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