A Study of Learning Achievement using Social Media and Digital Video of Students in the Faculty of Education

Abstract

Social media is one of the most popular technology used for many purposes. It is widely used so people tend to expert in using various tools available on social media. It could be used for communication, discussions, making recommendations on web boards or chat. Therefore, social media has been applied in teaching and learning process in the current epidemic situation. In addition, video is one of the most popular type of media. It is able to present useful information for teaching and learning including text, images and animation. Students could perceive some knowledge in many ways trough looking and hearing. Currently, the video has been developed in form of a digital system that is easy to produce. Teachers can use a video camera, camera or camera on their smartphones to shoot digital video. After that, the digital video has been edited with a computer program in order to make the complete video with full of content that would be suitable in teaching. The teachers could post their videos on social media and let students come to study at any time. This research focuses on the study of learning achievement using social media and digital video of students in the faculty of Education. The sampling of the study were the university students in the faculty of Education, Phranakhon Si Ayutthaya Rajabhat University. The research instruments were social media, digital videos, questionnaires and the tests. The statistics used in the research were the Means, Standard Deviation and T-Test. The results of the study have been showed that students in the faculty of Education had higher learning achievement significantly.