Exploring Students Blended Learning Through Social Media

Résumé : Information technology (IT) has been used widely in many aspects of our daily life. After discuss politics related aspects for some articles. In this article author would like to discuss social media for students learning environment. Social media as a leading application on the internet has changed many aspects of life become more globalized. This article discusses the use of social media to support learning activities for students in the faculty of computer science. The author uses Facebook and WordPress as an alternative to electronic learning: 1) online attendance tool, 2) media storage and dissemination of course materials, 3) event scheduling for the lectures. Social media succeed to change the way of modern learning styles and environment. The results of this study are some learning activities such as : 1) Preparation, 2) Weekly meeting activities, 3) Course Page, 4) Social Media as Online Attendance Tool, 5) Social Media as Learning Repository and Dissemination, and 6) Social Media as Online Event Scheduling.