Stop...Yammer Time: Using Social Media to Help International Students Transition to Master's Level Study

Autor/inn/en	Bailey, Wayne; Reynolds, Cheryl; Szabo, Attila
Titel	Stop...Yammer Time: Using Social Media to Help International Students Transition to Master's Level Study
Quelle	In: Journal of Educators Online, 20 (2023) 1, (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Foreign Students; Acculturation; Student Adjustment; Graduate Students; Social Media; Masters Degrees; Barriers; Peer Relationship; Social Support Groups; Learner Engagement; Student Development; Computer Mediated Communication; Readiness; Interaction; Student Participation; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Akkulturation; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Graduate Study; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Soziale Medien; Peer-Beziehungen; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Computerkonferenz; Interaktion; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Großbritannien
Abstract	When transitioning from a familiar learning culture to a United Kingdom higher education (HE) culture, international students face a number of academic, cultural, and linguistic challenges. This paper considers the obstacles that international students experience and critically analyzes the use of social media to aid the academic transition of a group of postgraduate international students. Specifically, it analyzed the use of Yammer to support peer collaboration and communication to enhance academic development of a group of Southeast Asian international students undertaking an MA at a UK university in the North of England. The student feedback suggested that social support networks were important for academic engagement and development. This paper recommends more training on the affordances of Yammer, additional online tutor presence, and more scaffolded activities. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01