Using Social Networking to facilitate learning in CPUT for IT students Research Proposal

Using Social Networking to urge on reading in CPUT for IT students - Research Proposal representativee majorly because umpteen people can access the internet Students in the information and technology discussion section in CPUT should be given an opportunity to apply this social network in learning. This testament take into account a tremendous opportunity for the students to not only improve their performance because of the interesting way of learning but also get to share ideas that could assist individual students in their learning.Form the literature reviews that I have done so far, I have found out that there have been many researchers worldwide looking on social networking and university students. Anna Martinez conducted a research on this field but looked much on how students are using social networking on the social aspect only in the journal online social networking on campus. There has however been no research on using social networking to facilitate learning. My res earch go forth be on how social networking can facilitate learning.The proposed research approach is soft approach. It is aimed at getting the students view on using social networking to facilitate learning IT in CPUT. I will use formal and informal interviews as the primary research method. I will send out adverts on the school notice boards informing students that I am carrying the research. This will make it easy to capture interviewees and when I go to the classes to conduct interviews students will already be aware of what I am doing. I will record the interviews in tapes with each recording not more than fifteen minutes long. The questions asked will be majorly open ended, like for example, how do you think social networking can facilitate learning ?. The indigence for choosing subjects to be interviewed is that the students will have most of the information. Interviewing ten students form every year of study will be the most convenient number. The motivation for this the is fact that time might be an issue darn conducting the interviews. It is anticipated that different individuals will have