Follow Me: Using Social Media to Encourage Student Engagement at a Regional Law School

Title
Follow Me: Using Social Media to Encourage Student Engagement at a Regional Law School
Publication Date
2021
Author(s)
Day, Julia
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6750-5212
Email: jwerren@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:jwerren
McMillan, Mary
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2336-3985
Email: mrookle2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:mrookle2
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Australasian Law Academics Association
Place of publication
Australia
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/52136
Abstract
Social media is increasingly becoming an integral part of people's lives. Traditionally, social media usage has been viewed as a form of entertainment. It is clear though that social media is being utilised in many divergent settings, including within universities. We know, anecdotally, that university students are using social media in an informal setting in parallel with their units of study. The question this paper explores is whether this usage could be successfully transferred to a more formal setting. To investigate the attitudes law students have towards using social media within their teaching setting, the authors distributed a survey to academic staff and students at the University of New England. This article provides a general overview of the student survey responses. For the purposes of this article, we isolate our analysis to the attitudes of law students towards using social media within their legal study units. The authors conclude that, given the current university environment, it is prudent to trial using social media platforms to incite student interest.
Link
Citation
Journal of the Australasian Law Academics Association (JALAA), v.13/14, p. 46-61
ISSN
2652-6573
Start page
46
End page
61
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

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