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The ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2009
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Personal Learning Environments, social media, and self-regulated learning: A natural formula for connecting formal and informal learning
Nada Dabbagh,Anastasia Kitsantas +1 more
TL;DR: A three-level pedagogical framework for using social media to create PLEs that support student self-regulated learning is provided and implications for future research in this area are provided.
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Mobile computing devices in higher education: Student perspectives on learning with cellphones, smartphones & social media
Joanne Gikas,Michael M. Grant +1 more
TL;DR: A portion of the findings on students' perceptions of learning with mobile computing devices and the roles social media played are presented.
Learning, Teaching, and Scholarship in a Digital Age Research News and Comment
TL;DR: Two important themes, learner participation and creativity and online identity formation, emerged and support a new wave of research questions and insights on how educational scholarship might be transformed with Web 2.0 are discussed.
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Net generation or Digital Natives: Is there a distinct new generation entering university?
TL;DR: It is found that the generation is not homogenous in its use and appreciation of new technologies and that there are significant variations amongst students that lie within the Net generation age band.
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The role of social media in higher education classes (real and virtual) – A literature review
TL;DR: This paper summarizes the scholarly writings as well as reviews the findings of empirical investigations on the utility and effectiveness of social media in the higher education class and discusses some limitations.
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