Collaborative Language Learning in the Cloud: A Study of Students’ Experiences and Perceptions on Group Collaboration

Abstract

Many studies emphasize that collaboration will continue to be essential for learning and working in the 21st century. Information and Communication Technology (ICT), including social media, creates new possibilities for digital-native students, allowing them to participate, interact, and collaborate to complete learning tasks, thereby facilitating the learning process and the learning experience. This study seeks to report on the collaboration of English language learners. Using qualitative and quantitative data to discuss the experiences and students’ satisfaction of using social media to enhance a collaborative learning environment in the teaching of foreign language cases. The result indicated that overall students performed positive perception on group collaboration that embedded through social media. This study contributes to an understanding of how students perceived collaboration and how they collaborate on learning task by utilize  social media