Social Media for Teaching and Learning within Higher Education Institution: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Literature (2008-2018)

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https://doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v12i7.9634

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Social media technology, higher education, teaching and learning, bibliometric analysis.

Abstract


Research on the topic of social media for teaching and learning in the higher education have received much attention from academia and practitioners. Social media technology was acknowledged not only as an important communication tool between faculty members and students but also shows great potential as the next social learning platform that better serves the teaching, learning and administration of a higher education institute. Its informal setting allows more flexibility for both students and faculty members to teach and learn anywhere and everywhere. Despite its important, little is known about how this research topic is evolving within the literature. Hence, using a bibliometric analysis technique this study examines the trends, topics, and challenges addressed by previous research for the past ten years (2008-2018). The paper ends by discussing future research directions related to this topic.

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Kamarul Faizal Hashim, University of Dubai

Kamarul Faizal Hashim, PhD is an Assistant Professor and the Chair of the IT Department, at the College of Engineering & IT, University of Dubai, UAE.  His research interests are in knowledge management, IS adoption behaviour, social media, e-government, mobile learning, social media analytics and smart city management.

Ammar Rashid, Ajman University

Ammar Rashid, PhD is an Associate Professor at the College of Information Technology, Ajman University, UAE.  His research interests are in business process innovation, customer knowledge management, business analytics, big data, data science, enterprise systems, and service systems.

Shadi Atalla, University of Dubai

Shadi Atalla, PhD is an Assistant Professor at the College of Engineering & IT, University of Dubai, UAE. His main research interests are in high-speed switching architectures, wireless networks, and Internet of Thing.

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2018-11-08

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Hashim, K. F., Rashid, A., & Atalla, S. (2018). Social Media for Teaching and Learning within Higher Education Institution: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Literature (2008-2018). International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM), 12(7), pp. 4–19. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v12i7.9634

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