Use Of Social Media By Creative Arts Students For Learning And Creative Artwork Development

Social media is nowadays broadly used by young people. Majority of the young people are with social media sites as it enable them to stay connected with people around the globe anywhere and anytime. The features of social media sites where it allows different forms of content to be shared attract young people's attention and transform ways of communication and interaction between their users. Consequently, majority of higher learning institution are starting to use social media for teaching and learning. This paper explores how the creative arts students are engage in the social media for learning and creative artwork development. Using a mixed methodology, this study used a sample of 300 students from public and private universities and colleges through a questionnaire focusing on the use of social media for learning and creative artwork development specifically in communication and collaboration, information management, learning and problem solving as well as meaningful participation. Discussion sessions are also conducted with 10 students to get better insights. The findings of the study reveal that social media plays a role in getting local and international inputs and feedback for developing creative artwork

Creative Arts Students' Use of Social Media: Perspectives of Educators

The emergence of social media has made a tremendous change on lifestyle and communication practices in our society. Majority of the internet users today are hooked with social network sites in staying connected with people around the globe. New digital technologies and the social media also constantly change, changing communication and interaction between educators and learners. Social media enables the students and educators to be connected as it permits them to communicate on social media apart from the classroom setting. This paper explores the connections of educators and their students through social media as well as the perspectives o

Developing Creative Artwork Through The Use Of Social Media: A Case Study Of Arts Students In Penang

The use of social media as part of learning and information searching tool is increasing significantly among the students of higher learning institutions. This paper explores how the creative art students engage with the social media for creative purposes and presents selected findings of wider study on creative development in the digital era. Using a sample of 300 students from public and private universities and colleges, the study aims to look at two specific themes: (i) The ways students use social media as a platform for generating information and discussion; (ii) the hopes and fears of creative students in facilitating their ideas and works in this platform. Using a mixed methodology, the study uses questionnaires to unveil the students' knowledge and practices in developing creative artwork. Interviews are also conducted to get rich insights of some of the joy and triumphs as well as challenges and fears they confront when using social media for developing creative artwork. The findings reveal that social media creates a new platform for these students to conduct their discussion; it acts as one of the information resources for developing creative projects at both local and global levels. Further, social media provides a space for interaction in getting comments and feedback especially from people with different backgrounds for a better quality artwork. While social media is also one the new approaches for creative art students to promote and exhibit their artwork to a wider group of audience, they are also fearful of theft of creative ideas and issues of copyright and patent of their ideas. By way of conclusion, this paper discusses some of the opportunities and risks in using social media for students' creative artwork

Digital storytelling: engaging young people to communicate for digital media literacy

Digital stories are powerful forces in the lives of young people as they shape opinions, assumptions, and biases about the knowledge of everyday lives. This paper presents the findings of an exploratory project that saw secondary school students participating in a digital storytelling project. Underpinning this project was an interest in cultivating digital media literacy among young people. Data analysed included a self-assessment questionnaire, focus group discussions with young people and the production of short 1-3 minute digital stories on various issues related to online cultures. The first part of the article looks at the digital competences of young people. The findings of a self-assessment revealed that the respondents felt generally capable when working with information, and moderately capable of communication and safety but had difficulty with content creation and problem-solving skills.The findings of the second part of the study revealed that young people get much enjoyment and feel smart and knowledgeable as they scroll quickly through an online search on information, images, news, and stories. They are content consumers and content creators who enjoy dramatic engagements and can produce stories as communication texts. However, it was also found that the students confronted difficulties in evaluating the relevance and usefulness of information as well as in expressing their ideas through different modes of visual communication. By way of conclusion, this paper calls for the creation of a state-based advisory committee composed of educators, researchers and media practitioners who will work towards building digital media literacy

Utilizing Visual Images Of Autism Behavioral Symptoms In Facebook Application For Raising An Awareness Among Secondary School Teachers In Pulau Pinang

This paper highlights the outcomes of utilizing visual images of Autism behavioural symptoms using Facebook application to increase awareness among secondary school teachers in Pulau Pinang. The issues of identifying autism symptoms have always been questions to many of us. Autism always misinterpreted and associated with a group of complex disorders of brain development, these disorders are characterized in varying degrees, by difficulties in social interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication and repetitive behaviours. The conventional method in identifying autism symptoms was limited and too clinical to be understood by the societies. Furthermore, children diagnosed with autism tend to have different behaviour which difficult to recognised. By utilizing social media apps such as Facebook, it helped the teachers to increase their awareness towards basic symptoms of these children’s. Selected images of autism behavioural symptoms were hand drawn and posted to the Facebook application for the identification purposes from the respondents. This research investigated the effects of visual images on Facebook based on how many ‘Like’ or ‘Dislike’ features given by respondents. Based from the outcomes, it’s revealed that the use of visual images in Facebook application managed to increase the awareness towards identifying autism behavioural symptom

UTILIZING VISUAL IMAGES OF AUTISM BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS IN FACEBOOK APPLICATION FOR RAISING AN AWARENESS AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN PULAU PINANG

This paper highlights the outcomes of utilizing visual images of Autism behavioural symptoms using Facebook application to increase awareness among secondary school teachers in Pulau Pinang. The issues of identifying autism symptoms have always been questions to many of us. Autism always misinterpreted and associated with a group of complex disorders of brain development, these disorders are characterized in varying degrees, by difficulties in social interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication and repetitive behaviours. The conventional method in identifying autism symptoms was limited and too clinical to be understood by the societies. Furthermore, children diagnosed with autism tend to have different behaviour which difficult to recognised. By utilizing social media apps such as Facebook, it helped the teachers to increase their awareness towards basic symptoms of these children’s. Selected images of autism behavioural symptoms were hand drawn and posted to the Facebook application for the identification purposes from the respondents. This research investigated the effects of visual images on Facebook based on how many ‘Like’ or ‘Dislike’ features given by respondents. Based from the outcomes, it’s revealed that the use of visual images in Facebook application managed to increase the awareness towards identifying autism behavioural symptoms