Attitudes toward Blended Learning and Social Media Use for Academic Purposes: An Exploratory Study

Up to date, a number of studies have investigated what students feel about using social media for classes and their general attitudes toward online learning. However, there seems to be limited research on the relationship between social media and eLearning. A survey study of Japanese college students from 5 different classes showed that attitudes toward blended learning may be related to attitudes toward social media use for academic purposes. The findings also indicated that attitudes toward other types of online learning methods or having an experience of using a Facebook class page are not related to attitudes toward social media use for academic purposes.