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The role of social media in higher education classes (real and virtual) – A literature review
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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.About:
This article is published in Computers in Human Behavior.The article was published on 2013-09-01. It has received 792 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Social media & Social media optimization.read more
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Social gamification in education: a gamified platform based on the Elgg framework
Antonio García Cabot,Eva García López,Sergio Caro Álvaro,Luis de Marcos Ortega,José Javier Martínez Herráiz +4 more
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Facebook Research: A Scientometric Assessment of Global Publications, 2005-14
TL;DR: Since its creation in February 2004, Facebook has become a spectacular success by creating a massive new domain in which millions of social interactions are played out every day, and the growth of Facebook shows little sign of abating.
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Facebook posts and design pedagogy: an egyptian case study of social media communication in support of an architectural studio
Ramy Bakir,Sara Alsaadani +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a framework to categorize posts created in Facebook groups created to support architectural design studio education and tailored to the architectural studio context, which may further facilitate the understanding of communication occurring on such Facebook groups and may be used in further analyses.
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Facebook as a Medium in English Learning as Foreign Language at IAIN Pontianak
TL;DR: In this article, Facebook sebagai suatu aplikasi dalam dunia internet awalnya diciptakan bukan media pembelajaran, tetapi dewasa ini Facebook telah dimodifikasi dan digunakan sebai media pengunanya oleh penggunanya.
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Putting a Brave Face on it: Social Media Technologies and Disruptive Innovation
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that social media technologies are a poor fit for higher education and argue that many users prefer to demarcate their learning and social identities on social media.
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Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation
Jeanne Lave,Etienne Wenger +1 more
TL;DR: This work has shown that legitimate peripheral participation in communities of practice is not confined to midwives, tailors, quartermasters, butchers, non-drinking alcoholics and the like.
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Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship
danah boyd,Nicole B. Ellison +1 more
TL;DR: This publication contains reprint articles for which IEEE does not hold copyright and which are likely to be copyrighted.
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Users of the world, unite! The challenges and opportunities of Social Media
TL;DR: A classification of Social Media is provided which groups applications currently subsumed under the generalized term into more specific categories by characteristic: collaborative projects, blogs, content communities, social networking sites, virtual game worlds, and virtual social worlds.
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The Benefits of Facebook “Friends:” Social Capital and College Students’ Use of Online Social Network Sites
TL;DR: Facebook usage was found to interact with measures of psychological well-being, suggesting that it might provide greater benefits for users experiencing low self-esteem and low life satisfaction.