Social Media Use in Higher Education: A Review

Autor/inn/en	Zachos, Georgios; Paraskevopoulou-Kollia, Efrosyni-Alkisti; Anagnostopoulos, Ioannis
Titel	Social Media Use in Higher Education: A Review
Quelle	In: Education Sciences, 8 (2018), Artikel 194 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2227-7102
Schlagwörter	Social Media; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Learning Processes; Personality Traits; Cognitive Style; Integrated Learning Systems; Higher Education; Teaching Methods; Academic Achievement; Communication Strategies; Cooperation; Computer Mediated Communication + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Medien; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Learning process; Lernprozess; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schulleistung; Kommunikationsstrategie; Co-operation; Kooperation; Computerkonferenz
Abstract	Nowadays, social networks incessantly influence the lives of young people. Apart from entertainment and informational purposes, social networks have penetrated many fields of educational practices and processes. This review tries to highlight the use of social networks in higher education, as well as points out some factors involved. Moreover, through a literature review of related articles, we aim at providing insights into social network influences with regard to (a) the learning processes (support, educational processes, communication and collaboration enhancement, academic performance) from the side of students and educators; (b) the users' personality profile and learning style; (c) the social networks as online learning platforms (LMS--learning management system); and (d) their use in higher education. The conclusions reveal positive impacts in all of the above dimensions, thus indicating that the wider future use of online social networks (OSNs) in higher education is quite promising. However, teachers and higher education institutions have not yet been highly activated towards faster online social networks' (OSN) exploitation in their activities. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01