Effectiveness of social media-assisted course on learning self-efficacy

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 14; no. 1; p. 10112
• Main Authors: Hu, Jiaying, Lai, Yicheng, Yi, Xiuhua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 02.05.2024; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/477; 631/477/2811; Adult; College students; Colleges & universities; Design; Design professional; Design students; Distance learning; Education; Female; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Learning; Learning self-efficacy; Male; multidisciplinary; Online learning; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Self Efficacy; Social discrimination learning; Social Media; Social networks; Social organization; Students; Students - psychology; Universities; Young Adult; Learning self-efficacy; Design students; Design professional; Online learning; Social media
• ISSN: 2045-2322; 2045-2322
• DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-60724-0

The social media platform and the information dissemination revolution have changed the thinking, needs, and methods of students, bringing development opportunities and challenges to higher education. This paper introduces social media into the classroom and uses quantitative analysis to investigate the relation between design college students’ learning self-efficacy and social media for design students, aiming to determine the effectiveness of social media platforms on self-efficacy. This study is conducted on university students in design media courses and is quasi-experimental, using a randomized pre-test and post-test control group design. The study participants are 73 second-year design undergraduates. Independent samples t-tests showed that the network interaction factors of social media had a significant impact on college students learning self-efficacy. The use of social media has a significant positive predictive effect on all dimensions of learning self-efficacy. Our analysis suggests that using the advantages and value of online social platforms, weakening the disadvantages of the network, scientifically using online learning resources, and combining traditional classrooms with the Internet can improve students' learning self-efficacy.