Students currently classified with an average age between 17-20 years old. This age is categorized into the final generation of early generation Y and Z. For the educators, especially in college, now they have a very literate students with technology or gadgets, where it provide
benefits or otherwise. This generation IS ALSO called iGeneration, net generation or the internet generation (born in 1995-2010). The changing pattern of teaching by lecturers and educators to students involves technology continues to evolve in line with the development of generations of
stud en ts. This study tried to look at the influence of social media on student learning motivation, especially at the Universitas Terbuka. The number of respondents was 142
students. The result showed that mostly students were aware of social media and they used it for some reasons
