The Usefulness and Students' Perception of TikTok Application as a Learning Tool in Higher Education

Numerous tools, such as Google Meet, Microsoft Team, Zoom, Skype, Google Hangout, and social media, have been utilized for online learning. TikTok is one social media that can be used for online learning. TikTok is a unique application that can be productively used for online learning processes. However, there's a lack of research to examine the usefulness of TikTok applications for online learning within Malaysian samples. Therefore, this study aims to identify the usefulness of TikTok as a learning tool and investigate the students' perceptions of online learning using TikTok in one education University in Malaysia. This study employed a cross-sectional survey as its research design as part of the quantitative research methodology. Note that 317 students enrolled in one education university in Malaysia make up the sample for this study. The questionnaire has been validated by two professionals. The results revealed that students have a positive perception of the usefulness of TikTok in online learning. The suggested approach achieved the mean of 3.924 and standard deviation of 0.918 in for the students' perception. In addition, the findings of this study also show that perceived information value using TikTok in online learning has the highest mean value.