RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL MEDIA USE AND SELF-LEARNING OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, FACULTY OF EDUCATION, FACULTY OF EDUCATION, VONGCHAVALITKUL UNIVERSITY

Abstract

This research aimed to 1) study the level of social media use for learning among undergraduate students in the Faculty of Education, Wongchawalitkul University; 2) study the level of self-directed learning among undergraduate students in the Faculty of Education, Wongchawalitkul University; and 3) study the relationship between social media use for learning and self-directed learning among undergraduate students in the Faculty of Education, Wongchawalitkul University. The sample consisted of 208 undergraduate students in the Faculty of Education, Wongchawalitkul University. The sample was determined using Krejci and Morgan's completion table. Stratified random sampling was used, and proportional sampling was used within each stratum. The subject area was divided into disciplines, followed by simple random sampling. The research instruments used were questionnaires, means, standard deviations, and Pearson's product moment correlation coefficients.

          The results revealed that: 1) the overall and specific level of social media use for learning among undergraduate students in the Faculty of Education, Wongchawalitkul University, was high; 2) the self-directed learning level of undergraduate students in the Faculty of Education, Wongchawalitkul University, was high. Overall and in each aspect, the relationship is at a high level. 3) The relationship between the level of social media use for learning and self-directed learning among Wongchawalitkul University students is positive, with a moderate to high correlation coefficient of 0.478-0.785. Attitude has a higher positive relationship with self-directed learning among Faculty of Education students than frequency of use and purpose of use.