WhatsApp as a Work Tool in University Students: Uses and Redemonication

EasyChair Preprint 9257

Abstract

This research was carried out during the 2021/22 academic year at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and aims to show the usefulness of the WhatsApp social network by university students and the presence and influence of the emotional dimension in the intercommunications that occur between peers. The methodology applied is descriptive in nature, orienting the research approach from a quantitative perspective. The data are collected by means of a face-to-face survey to 159 university students of the Degree in Social Work, Master in Teacher Training and Degree in Teacher Training during the academic year 2021/22. The results obtained indicate that positive emotions increase the well-being of students in the teaching-learning process, increasing motivation and academic performance.

Keyphrases: Comunicación, Dimensión emocional, Motivación, WhatsApp, enseñanza-aprendizaje

@booklet{EasyChair:9257,
  author    = {José Carlos Suárez Ramírez},
  title     = {WhatsApp as a Work Tool in University Students: Uses and Redemonication},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 9257},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2022}}