Students’ perspective of Social Media Role in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)

Abstract

In recent years, the smartphone ownership in developing country, for instance in Indonesia, is skyrocketing. However, there is an issue that the role of the smartphone was not in maximum use. Especially in the sophomore group, it is known that the majority of smartphone use was used, instead of learning, for social media. However, some researchers claim that such social media platform can be used for learning. This paper is to report the survey that is to capture the students’ perspective on the role of social media in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). The set of questioners was constructed to collect data on two main aspects. The first aspect was to measure the participants’ behaviours related to their social interactions through digital technology, and the second aspect was to gauge the participants’ perspectives of social media in TVET, and how they should utilise it in TVET setting. The survey collected 209 responses from sophomore students of two different technical-vocational high schools (TVHS) fields and locations. The survey finding shows that the majority of participants agreed that social media could be used for learning in the TVET. Another outcome proves that conceptually students in the TVHS are ready to use social media platform for learning.