TY - JOUR TI - Extending social networking into the secondary education sector AU - Kio, Su Iong T2 - British Journal of Educational Technology AB - Secondary schools do not have the same technical resources and capabilities as universities. They usually need to rely on ready-to-use tools to fulfill their information and communication technology (ICT) structure. Social networking site (SNS) has emerged as a practical solution to this need. However, few have collected empirical data on the application of SNS in a secondary school setting. This paper probes into the current condition of SNS usage among secondary school students using a sample of 851 students in Macau, a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China. Data in terms of access, profile and activities are collected. The activities on SNSs are analyzed by regression techniques to produce a prediction model relating perceived academic benefit and SNS activities. The model yields a strong positive relationship between that benefit and activities such as raising questions and engaging in study-related discussions. The model also yields a weak dependency on activities such as searching for information and entertainment. The paper also evaluates the actual academic utilization of a Facebook Group for one class of secondary school students for a period of one year. At the end of the year, various opinion parameters are measured, and improvements are observed in most parameters. DA - 2016/// PY - 2016 DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/bjet.12259 DP - Wiley Online Library VL - 47 IS - 4 SP - 721 EP - 733 LA - en SN - 1467-8535 UR - https://bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/bjet.12259 Y2 - 2021/02/10/09:38:52 ER -