Understanding Social Media Competence in Higher Education: Development and Validation of an Instrument

Autor:	Jason MacLeod, Harrison Hao Yang, Shun Xu, Sha Zhu
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	Medical education Higher education business.industry 05 social sciences 050401 social sciences methods 050301 education Usability Interpersonal communication Computer Science Applications Education 0504 sociology Social media Psychology business 0503 education Competence (human resources)
Zdroj:	Journal of Educational Computing Research. 57:1935-1955
ISSN:	1541-4140 0735-6331
Popis:	The rapid integration of social media into personal, professional, and educational settings has catalyzed the need to assess social media competence. This study provides the rationale for developing an instrument to conduct such an assessment, and the research illustrates evidence of validity and reliability in assessing social media competence in the field of higher education. The instrument includes 28 items and 4 dimensions: technical usability, content interpretation, content generation, and anticipatory reflection. Data were collected from a sample of 622 college students. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted, and this study finds that the instrument shows no signs of deficiency in its validity or reliability when measuring social media competence. Accordingly, the instrument could be used to evaluate and improve levels of social media competence in higher education.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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