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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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A Review of Nontraditional Teaching Methods: Flipped Classroom, Gamification, Case Study, Self-Learning, and Social Media
TL;DR: In this article, a review of the most frequently studied nontraditional teaching methods was conducted and the authors established significant guidelines for instructors who aim to optimize learners' achievements by adopting the most effective teaching styles based on their course objectives and the learners' abilities.
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Examining the acceptance and use of online social networks by preservice teachers within the context of unified theory of acceptance and use of technology model
TL;DR: The acceptance of SNSs by preservice teachers for educational purposes was affected respectively by social effect, performance expectation and effort expectation, and behavioral intention of using these technologies affected the actual use.
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Social media as a support for learning in universities: an empirical study of Facebook Groups
TL;DR: This article explored social media use for learning in universities, through a study of the use of Facebook groups by undergraduate students, and the objective of the research was specifically to understa....
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“Think globally, act locally”: A glocal approach to the development of social media literacy
TL;DR: It is concluded that there is a need for more expansive theoretical elaboration in the field, and a number of recommendations for investigating, understanding, and designing educational curricula and activities that support the development of social media literacy are provided.
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How Cyber Stalking and Cyber Bullying Affect Students’ Open Learning
Waleed Mugahed Al-Rahmi,Noraffandy Yahaya,Mahdi M. Alamri,Nada Ali Aljarboa,Yusri Kamin,Muhammad Sukri Saud +5 more
TL;DR: A negative relationship from social media use on open learning that was dampened by CB, which is considered a dampening factor and open learning was reported to be negatively influenced by perceived usefulness as CS was found to dampen the relationship with open learning.
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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.