Determining The Perceptions of Distant Higher Education Students on Educational Dimension of Social Media and Their Social Media Use for Educational Purposes

The purpose of this study is to determine how distance education students use social media for educational purposes. In this context, Atatürk University Open Faculty students were determined as the population, and 587 students were included in the sampling. Data from students were collected by questionnaire. Within the scope of the aim, factor analysis, descriptive and relational analyzes were applied to the data, and the results were evaluated. In general, it is seen that students use social media more for communication and socialization purposes. It is also seen that students use social media as a part of their education because video and text-type materials and questions asked in previous exams are shared intensively on social media. As a result, it can be said that there is a meaningful relationship between perceptions about the educational dimension of social media and the time spent on social media on a daily basis