International Journal of Human Ecology

The Korean Home Economics Association (대한가정학회)
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Assessment of Student Perceptions of a Lecture Club on a Social Networking Website

  • Cho, Yun-Jin (Department of Fiber Industrial Design, Jinju National University) ;
  • Lee, Kyu-Hye (Department of Clothing and Textiles, Hanyang University)
  • Received : 2009.09.30
  • Accepted : 2009.12.07
  • Published : 2009.12.30
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Abstract

Efforts were made to improve the efficiency of college education through the use of information technology. This paper investigates student perceptions of a lecture club provided on a social networking website. For the empirical study, the instructor ran a lecture club for two consecutive semesters on Cyworld (www.cyworld.co.kr), a popular website among Korean youth. The research subjects were students enrolled in a Popular Culture & Fashion class. A questionnaire was distributed on the last day of the lectures. After excluding students with perfunctory responses and those who did not sign up for the community website, a total number of 297 questionnaires were used for analysis. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation analysis, one-way ANOVA analysis, Duncan test, and t-test were carried out, with the SPSS for Windows 12.0 being used for statistical analysis. The findings show that most students subscribed to the website and responded with a favorable attitude that the lecture club was helpful.

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