WRITING ASSIGNMENT
ENGLISH PROFICIENCY 2
TITLE: WRITING ASSIGNMENT STUDENT’S NAME:
ANIS AMIRA BINTI HAZMAN MATRIC NO:
D20141067479
LECTURER:
MADAM SITI SHUHAIDA BT SHUKOR AT 31- LIVING SKILLS
FACULTY OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL
In the era of information and communication technology is rapidly increasing, social media is the information and communication channels that are widely used. In a study conducted found that many students are using social media for social purposes. However, at the same time they are also using them for educational purposes. The use of social media such as Facebook and Twitter for educational purposes has been welcomed and encouraged by the Minister of Higher Education, Datuk Seri Mohd Khaled Nordin (New Straits Times, 2012). This resulted from the current trend that could be found among students nowadays who respond faster to Facebook threads compared to official portals in universities. Social sites seemed to have become a necessity, no longer as a facility to interact with peers from around the world. According to Thompson (2007), social proprioception provides a sense of connectedness and awareness to others without direct communication although the communities are not within sight.
Nowadays, there were various type of social media that could be very useful for a learning platform. But, I would like to point my perspective on the most popular social media in Malaysia which is Facebook. An overview from Malaysian Digital Association (MDA) found that the number of registered users of the social networking site Facebook is 8 million people. This makes the social networking site Facebook as the most record number of registered users in Malaysia (Daily News Online, 21 November 2010). This amount is indirectly implied that Facebook is the most popular social networking site in Malaysia. From a student perspective, I think the use of social media as a learning platform in tertiary level education would be very useful
TITLE: WRITING ASSIGNMENT STUDENT’S NAME:
ANIS AMIRA BINTI HAZMAN MATRIC NO:
D20141067479
LECTURER:
MADAM SITI SHUHAIDA BT SHUKOR AT 31- LIVING SKILLS
FACULTY OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL
In the era of information and communication technology is rapidly increasing, social media is the information and communication channels that are widely used. In a study conducted found that many students are using social media for social purposes. However, at the same time they are also using them for educational purposes. The use of social media such as Facebook and Twitter for educational purposes has been welcomed and encouraged by the Minister of Higher Education, Datuk Seri Mohd Khaled Nordin (New Straits Times, 2012). This resulted from the current trend that could be found among students nowadays who respond faster to Facebook threads compared to official portals in universities. Social sites seemed to have become a necessity, no longer as a facility to interact with peers from around the world. According to Thompson (2007), social proprioception provides a sense of connectedness and awareness to others without direct communication although the communities are not within sight.
Nowadays, there were various type of social media that could be very useful for a learning platform. But, I would like to point my perspective on the most popular social media in Malaysia which is Facebook. An overview from Malaysian Digital Association (MDA) found that the number of registered users of the social networking site Facebook is 8 million people. This makes the social networking site Facebook as the most record number of registered users in Malaysia (Daily News Online, 21 November 2010). This amount is indirectly implied that Facebook is the most popular social networking site in Malaysia. From a student perspective, I think the use of social media as a learning platform in tertiary level education would be very useful