EXPLORING THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN ENHANCING THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

This research study was on Social media Usage in learning process of High School Students. Survey method was used to gather the data through questionnaire by following random sampling technique. The questionnaire was developed and pre-tested by the researcher under the guidance of research supervisor and administered to school students. The sample size of the study is 97 high school students, out of which 54 boys and 43 girls studying in different schools in Namakkal and one school in Karur district. In order to achieve the objective of the study is to measure the Social media usage in learning process of Students and to find the significant difference in Social media usage in learning process of high school students based on Gender, Parental Educational Qualification. The findings reveal that, the Social media usage in learning process of Students is of moderate nature. It is also revealed that there is no significant difference in Social media usage in learning process of Students with reference to Gender, Parental Educational Qualification.