期刊名称：Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology
印刷版ISSN：1992-8645
电子版ISSN：1817-3195
出版年度：2016
卷号：89
期号：2
出版社：Journal of Theoretical and Applied
摘要：The popularity of Facebook as the most used platform among university youth made it an acceptable platform for professional purposes. The use of Facebook for educational purpose is becoming more accepted to facilitate and ease online interaction with the learning participants. The purpose of this study is to investigate students� expectations towards the instructor role in learning interaction through Facebook and its correlation with students� academic performance. Quantitative data was collected from the respondents through survey method of data collection. The findings of the study reveal that students have positive expectations of instructor role on Facebook interaction. Additionally, the findings reveal that there are a correlation between instructor role of facilitating discourse and direct instruction with students� academic performance.
关键词：Facebook; Instructor Role in Online Interaction; Instructor-student Online Interaction; Academic Performance
