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Social network has attracted and gained popularity among educators and students in East Malaysia in order to facilitate teaching and learning. Social network allows people to connect with each other on shared interests, activities, characteristics, and information. Very few studies had been conducted in East Malaysia with regards to social network usage and its correlation with academic performance and non-academic engagement. With such development, this paper attempts to determine the relationship between social network on academic performance and non-academic performance among undergraduate students in local higher institutions of learning in East Malaysia. A total of 331 self-administered questionnaires were distributed and received from selected respondents. The analysis had indicated that social network had a positive correlation with academic performance and non-academic performance. Besides, there is also a positive correlation between non-academic engagement and academic performance. In accordance with the findings, it is vital to ensure the infrastructure for networking is up to par with the current development of teaching and learning. In addition, educators and students should be encouraged to indulge deeper in using social network for the betterment of teaching and learning.
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Abdurahman, A.Z.A., Hassan, R.A., Sayuti, N.M., Abdullah, J. (2019). Social Network and Students: The Correlation Between Usage on Academic Performance and Non-academic Engagement. In: Mohamad Noor, M., Ahmad, B., Ismail, M., Hashim, H., Abdullah Baharum, M. (eds) Proceedings of the Regional Conference on Science, Technology and Social Sciences (RCSTSS 2016) . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0203-9_10
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