eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Educational Research 2327-6150 2015-05-08 3 5 658 661 10.12691/education-3-5-20 EDUCATION20153520 article Omer Qutaiba B. Al-Lela omarallela@yahoo.com 1 Ramadan M. Al-Kalmi 2 Ramez M. Alkoudmani 2 Ammar Ihsan Awadh 2 Shazia Qasim Jamshed 2 Abdul Kareem Al-Shami 2 School of pharmacy-Faculty of Medical sciences, University of Duhok, Duhok- Kurdistan region, Iraq Department of Pharmacy Practice, Kulliyyah of Pharmacy, International Islamic University of Malaysia, Malaysia Objective: This study was conducted to analyse students' insight on informal learning by means of social networks and community websites. Methods: Survey forms were distributed to all 360 students of Kulliyyah of Pharmacy of IIUM. Data analysis has been done using IBM SPSS software 20, and descriptive statistics were used to study the demographic characteristics of the students in relation to their use of social networking sites (SNSs). Results: 240 students were answered. The results revealed that the highest rating with mean (SD) = 4.53 (0.63) were related to accessing course notes and other teaching materials. Most students agreed that SNSs were helpful to their courses, mean (SD) = 4.18 (0.73). Conclusion: The findings of the study indicate that pharmacy students at IIUM use SNSs and other community websites as tools for academic purposes. http://pubs.sciepub.com/education/3/5/20/education-3-5-20.pdf student network SNS teaching material Malaysia