POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS’ INTENTION TO INTEGRATE SOCIAL MEDIA FOR LEARNING IN SOUTH-WEST, NIGERIA.

Abstract

Social media is a technology that appeared for fun and communication.  It has become instructional tool globally.  However, in spite of relevance, it has not been aware.    Therefore,   the study investigates postgraduate students’ intention to integrate social media for learning in South-west, Nigeria.    The research employed descriptive method of cross-sectional survey.  Purposive sampling was used in sampling 2,458 postgraduate students in 2015 across the universities in South-west, Nigeria via questionnaire.  The findings revealed that there were no significant differences between postgraduate students on intention to integrate social media for learning and also based on their area of study  t (2454) = 0.66, p = 0.02.  F (2, 2455) = 0.32, p>0.05.  The study concluded that postgraduate students’ have positive perception towards social media. It was however recommended that the use of social media should be encouraged in facilitating learning.

Key words: Area of study. Gender, Intention, Learning, Postgraduate students, Social media,