Impact of Facebook as a Learning Tool on Learning Outcomes, Technology Acceptance, and Attitude

2. Related Work

Many studies highlighted the efficiency of using social networks, specifically Facebook, as a learning environment (Greenhow & Askari, 2017; Guzmán-Simón, García-Jiménez, & López-Cobo, 2017; Manca & Ranieri, 2017; Saif, Tlili, Essalmi & Jemni, 2017; Mufidah & Bin-Tahir, 2018). For instance, Kurniawan, Jingga and Prasetyo (2017) investigated the effect of Facebook as a learning environment on students’ learning motivation in an information system course. Results showed that Facebook has a positive effect on student learning motivation. In another study, Yang (2018) investigated the effect of Facebook activities, such as peer collaboration, on language acquisition of college students from an Asian university through experimental studies. Students who experienced learning languages using Facebook showed more engagement and participation, and they gained more self-confidence in learning English. Mufidah and Bin-Tahir (2018) also examined the efficiency of Facebook in increasing students’ Arabic language acquisition. The obtained results showed that the use of Facebook groups can positively affect students’ ability to write in the Arabic language. Furthermore, Din and Haron (2018) showed that Facebook can be a useful environment to support information retrieval as well as self-learning for students who have a high level of self-directed learning characteristic.