The social benefits of online chat rooms for university students

An Explorative Study

Bibliographic Data

ID4545298
AuthorsA R Mubarak, Andrea Rohde (Flinders University), P Pakulski (Flinders University)
Year2009
Volume31
Issue2
Pages161-174
Publication date2009-04-27
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Higher Education Policy and Management (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1360-080X • E-ISSN: 1469-9508
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13600800802559310
OpenAlexW2135263218
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited4

The social environment prevailing within higher education institutions in Australia has seen many changes in recent years. Many factors have contributed to these changes and this paper explains the areas in which student life in Australia has changed and the challenges these changes have posed to students. This paper argues that universities in Australia and elsewhere need to prepare themselves to cope with the rapidly changing needs of their students. Information technological tools such as Internet chat room could be one of the cheapest and student-friendly tools which universities could use to meet the social and psychological needs of their students. A chat room was created for the students of Flinders University (Adelaide, Australia) and this paper explains the ways in which this chat room was used by the students. Based on the observations made, this paper highlights the fact that chat rooms could be a useful tool for universities in this day and age

Computer-mediated communication · Higher education · Mathematics education · Medical education · Multimedia · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · The Internet · World Wide Web · Applied Psychology · Communication in Education and Healthcare · Computer Science · Innovations in Educational Methods · Online and Blended Learning · Psychology

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