Inclusion of Social Networking Sites into Higher Education: An empirical study from Chhattisgarh

Abstract

Social Networking Sites (SNS) is deeply penetrating into today’s culture and lifestyle of humans. It has not only left its marks in social life but also in education as well in the form of blended learning. Researchers are now striving to utilize SNS as pedagogy re-engineering tool for academics. In this study, an attempt is made to understand the perception of students and teacher community on the inclusion of SNS as a pedagogy tool into Higher Education Institutes (HEIs). For this purpose, a questionnaire survey was conducted into two HEIs of Chhattisgarh, one private and one government institute. The survey included students as well as teachers with a total of 255 stakeholders of the two HEIs. The findings of this research provide an insight to the quest of including SNS into HEIs.