Abstract

In this era, the superficial use of information technology has been exposed, especially in education sector. This study aims at finding the relationship between the use of social media in collaborative learning and the academic performance among the B.Ed. college students. Convenient sampling was employed to obtain the sample. The sample size was120 from the B.Ed. Colleges in Madurai district. Data were collected on google form by using self-made tool by the researcher. Descriptive analysis, ‘t’ test and Pearson correlation were used for analyzing the data. The findings of the study stat that the usage of web 2.0 tools among prospective teachers is high and most of the prospective teachers use Facebook, GoogleDocs, Instagram, YouTube, WhatsApp, Wikis, Blog and Slideshare for their collaborating purposes. There is a significant difference between male and female, subject, locality and personal smart phone. The study concluded that social media are very essential in collaborative learning and enhance the activities like group discussion, clearing the doubts, understanding the course contents, preparing the PPTs, making notes and assignments. The study indicated that there is a significant relationship between the collaborative learning and academic achievement among the B.Ed. college students.

Keywords: Collaborative learning, Social media, B.Ed. college students.

[1] Assistant Professor in Education, St. Justin’s College of Education, Madurai