Tertiary Students’ Engagement with Professional Learning Networks and Emerging Technologies in Learning: The Case of a Coastal University in West Africa

Abstract

The main aim of this study was to investigate students’ views on their engagement with professional learning networks and emerging technologies for students’ use and how these impact their studies. A sample of 150 students from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana was used for study. Respondents were selected from second year to final year students pursuing undergraduate degree programmes from three different departments of the university. The research instrument used was a carefully constructed questionnaire. Undergraduate students generally exhibited positive attitude towards the use of professional learning networks and emerging technologies across the five attitudinal subscales they were measured on. As a result, from the findings, it is recommended that the use of professional learning networks and emerging technologies should be taken advantage of at all levels in a university curriculum.