富山大学・富理工博甲第163号・Shugufta Abrahim・2019/3/31・★論文非公開★富山大学201

Shugufta Abrahim

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学位論文の要約学位論文題目 Exploring the academic use of social media as virtual classroom and designing structural equation model and test confirmatory factor analysis system in relation to social networking technolo割（仮想教室としてのソーシャルメディアの学術的利用と、ソーシャルネットワーキング技術と関連した横造方程式モデルの設計と確証因子分析システムの検証に関する研究）数理 ・ヒューマンシステム科学専攻氏名 Shugufta Abrahim The exponential growth _of info1mation and communication technologies have如 sticalychanged the way we interact and communicate with each otl1er, the way we work, learn and even engage in social activities. Second generation web-based technologies ~eb 2.0) such as social media and networking sites have brought tremendous efects in every walk of hlllnan life in an unprecedented way worldwide. The social media technological effect is now reaching the educational settings because social networking sites rule tl1e lives of millions of students of al ages. Social networks provide online platf 01m that encourage the students to build virtual lives, make social relationships with others who share sinilru・ activities, interests, backgrounds. From elementary school touniversity level, social media is empowering students to share information in new ways and develop a new sense of social media community for educational practices. The needs and expectations of twenty-first century learners are changing rapidly and enormously. Indeed, new strategies of learning have started to atract the ongoing debate for inclusion of student-centered innovative web 2.0 technologies into different pedagogical practices. Many educators or educational researchers and practitioners al over the World are keen to in1plement social multimedia computing (social networking systems and computational games) into formal and info1mal educational purposes. Information transfer and knowledge sharing accompanied by persistent openness and a great deal of voluntary collaboration witl1 different stakeholders across geogi-aphical boundaries using multiple modalites, is what forces the exploration in this i.J.1terdisciplinazy field of informatics. The aim of this research work is to explore how online social media or virtual spaces influence on students'perception, atitude, acceptance and acade皿cbehavior in relation to social-networking sites血oughmotivation, achlevements and self-eficacy. Facebook (a popular social-networking site) was used as a model social media platform. In order to pe1fo皿 thisresearch work，出eproject was divided into furee phases. In出efu'St part oftlis study, I conducted an empilical research study an1ong由eusers of social media(University students in this case) i1 order to detennine出epotentials social networking technologies in education sector. Asurvey was carried out wi出88unde1部1duates,postgraduate and rese皿 hstudents at Uiliversity of Toyama, Japan to observe learners'perceptions and atitudes towards the usefulness of Facebook for 01line language learning. Data collected wi出出euse of struc皿edquestionnaire from r皿 dmnlyselected students. In出esecond part of this study, I constructed a research model based on existing literature on social-networking technology acceptance and behavior of students identified in pait one. We designed a structural equation model and test confumatocy factor analysis system in order to better explain how students could utilize social networking system(Facebook) for educational purposes. Thus, we seek to ex皿血e出eatitudes, perceptions and behaviors of Japanese students towards social-networking sites, and how students from non-English speaking backgrounds (especially Japanese students) at fue University of Toyama perceive出euse of Facebook for le叩血gEnglish as a foreign language. Our Structural Equation Modelling system based Facebook model outline由e relations among different types of mdependent, dependent vaiiables and constructs. We tested our model using adequate fiting indices like Goodness of Fit Index (GFI), Adjusted Goodness of Fit Index (AGFI), Root Mean Square Error of Approximation(RMSEA), Comparative Fit Index (CFI), Non-Normed Fit Index/Tucker Lewis index(NNF1/fLI) and Inc1四mentalFit Index(IFI). The results of tl1e proposed model confirmed出ehypo出esizedlatent st:J.uctures and出eoreticalvalidity of probed factors. Conclusions drawn from this study nught be useful to beter m1derstand出euse of social network tools in educational contexts. In出efinal part of this study, I created a Facebook based virtual classroom system to facilitate由eteacl血gof English as a foreign language to students from non-English backgrounds (es匹ialyJapanese students). This study was conducted at University of Toyama and 24 students participated in virtual classroom course. The results were ga出eredthrough由estudents'online activities and participation in出evirtual classroom course. Lastly, based on由eobtained results, recommendations on how this Social media system can be fuly implemented for tle benefits of由estudents and community at large are discussed. 

仮想教室としてソーシャルメディアの学術的利用と、ソーシャルネットワーキング技術と関連した構造方程式モデルの設計と確証因子分析システムの検証に関する研究

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仮想教室としてソーシャルメディアの学術的利用と、ソーシャルネットワーキング技術と関連した構造方程式モデルの設計と確証因子分析システムの検証に関する研究

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