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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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Recommendations for integrating social media into the foreign language classroom : from curriculum to syllabus design
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Social Media in Tertiary Education
TL;DR: In this article , the authors examine social media as an educational tool in higher education, possible pedagogies for social media use, potential educational contexts, and privacy concerns raised by social media usage in educational environments.
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The Role of Social Media Technologies in E-Learning
TL;DR: In this article , the authors examined how social media technologies can be used by both students and faculty to enhance interactivity in blended and online settings and offered insights on effective use of social media as a strategy for promoting interactivity and collaborative engagement.
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Saudi Female International College Students' Self-Identities through the Use of Social Media in the United States.
Tahani Alruwaili,Heng-Yu Ku +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored 14 Saudi female international college students' self-identities through social media use while they were studying in the United States and found that many participants indicated they experienced some changes to their identities after coming to the USA.
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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.