Enriching Higher Education with Social Media: Development and Evaluation of a Social Media Toolkit

Autor/inn/en	Gülbahar, Yasemin; Rapp, Christian; Kilis, Selcan; Sitnikova, Anna
Titel	Enriching Higher Education with Social Media: Development and Evaluation of a Social Media Toolkit
Quelle	In: International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 18 (2017) 1, S.23-39 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1492-3831
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Social Media; Technology Uses in Education; Educational Technology; College Students; College Faculty; Foreign Countries; Cross Cultural Studies; Barriers; Teaching Methods; Technological Literacy; Guides; Attitude Measures; Feedback (Response); Program Effectiveness; Russia; Turkey; Germany; Switzerland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Soziale Medien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Unterrichtsmedien; Collegestudent; Fakultät; Ausland; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Technisches Wissen; Handbuch; Leitfaden; Russland; Türkei; Deutschland; Schweiz
Abstract	While ubiquitous in everyday use, in reality, social media usage within higher education teaching has expanded quite slowly. Analysis of social media usage of students and instructors for teaching, learning, and research purposes across four countries (Russia, Turkey, Germany, and Switzerland) showed that many higher education instructors actively use social media for private purposes. However, although they understand that their students also use it for learning purposes, and instructors sense the potential of social media in teaching, they mostly refrain from doing so due to various barriers. In response, an openly accessible trilingual Social Media Toolkit was developed which analyzes the teaching scenario with several questions, before suggesting, based on an algorithm, the best matching class of social media, complete with advice on how to use it for teaching purposes. This paper explains the rationale behind the toolkit, its development process, and examines instructors' perceptions towards it. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01