Using community website as an informal learning environment among Malaysian pharmacy students

Objective: This study was conducted to analyse students’ insight on informal learning by means of social networks and community websites. Methods: Survey forms were distributed to all 360 students of Kulliyyah of Pharmacy of IIUM. Data analysis has been done using IBM SPSS software 20, and descr...

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Main Authors: Al-lela, Omer Qutaiba, Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod, Alkoudmani, Ramez M., Awadh, Ammar Ihsan Jawad, Jamshed, Shazia Qasim, Al-Shami, Abdul Kareem
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spelling iium-432622017-06-20T00:57:15Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/43262/ Using community website as an informal learning environment among Malaysian pharmacy students Al-lela, Omer Qutaiba Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod Alkoudmani, Ramez M. Awadh, Ammar Ihsan Jawad Jamshed, Shazia Qasim Al-Shami, Abdul Kareem RS Pharmacy and materia medica Objective: This study was conducted to analyse students’ insight on informal learning by means of social networks and community websites. Methods: Survey forms were distributed to all 360 students of Kulliyyah of Pharmacy of IIUM. Data analysis has been done using IBM SPSS software 20, and descriptive statistics were used to study the demographic characteristics of the students in relation to their use of social networking sites (SNSs). Results: 240 students were answered. The results revealed that the highest rating with mean (SD) = 4.53 (0.63) were related to accessing course notes and other teaching materials. Most students agreed that SNSs were helpful to their courses, mean (SD) = 4.18 (0.73). Conclusion: The findings of the study indicate that pharmacy students at IIUM use SNSs and other community websites as tools for academic purposes. Science and Education Publishing 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/43262/2/education-3-5-20.pdf Al-lela, Omer Qutaiba and Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod and Alkoudmani, Ramez M. and Awadh, Ammar Ihsan Jawad and Jamshed, Shazia Qasim and Al-Shami, Abdul Kareem (2015) Using community website as an informal learning environment among Malaysian pharmacy students. American Journal of Educational Research, 3 (5). pp. 658-661. ISSN 2327-6150 http://www.sciepub.com/journal/EDUCATION 10.12691/education-3-5-20
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spellingShingle RS Pharmacy and materia medica
Al-lela, Omer Qutaiba
Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod
Alkoudmani, Ramez M.
Awadh, Ammar Ihsan Jawad
Jamshed, Shazia Qasim
Al-Shami, Abdul Kareem
Using community website as an informal learning environment among Malaysian pharmacy students
description Objective: This study was conducted to analyse students’ insight on informal learning by means of social networks and community websites. Methods: Survey forms were distributed to all 360 students of Kulliyyah of Pharmacy of IIUM. Data analysis has been done using IBM SPSS software 20, and descriptive statistics were used to study the demographic characteristics of the students in relation to their use of social networking sites (SNSs). Results: 240 students were answered. The results revealed that the highest rating with mean (SD) = 4.53 (0.63) were related to accessing course notes and other teaching materials. Most students agreed that SNSs were helpful to their courses, mean (SD) = 4.18 (0.73). Conclusion: The findings of the study indicate that pharmacy students at IIUM use SNSs and other community websites as tools for academic purposes.
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author Al-lela, Omer Qutaiba
Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod
Alkoudmani, Ramez M.
Awadh, Ammar Ihsan Jawad
Jamshed, Shazia Qasim
Al-Shami, Abdul Kareem
author_facet Al-lela, Omer Qutaiba
Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod
Alkoudmani, Ramez M.
Awadh, Ammar Ihsan Jawad
Jamshed, Shazia Qasim
Al-Shami, Abdul Kareem
author_sort Al-lela, Omer Qutaiba
title Using community website as an informal learning environment among Malaysian pharmacy students
title_short Using community website as an informal learning environment among Malaysian pharmacy students
title_full Using community website as an informal learning environment among Malaysian pharmacy students
title_fullStr Using community website as an informal learning environment among Malaysian pharmacy students
title_full_unstemmed Using community website as an informal learning environment among Malaysian pharmacy students
title_sort using community website as an informal learning environment among malaysian pharmacy students
publisher Science and Education Publishing
publishDate 2015
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/43262/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/43262/2/education-3-5-20.pdf
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