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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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Facebook and Moodle Integration into Instructional Media Design Courses: A Comparative Analysis of Students’ Learning Experiences using the Community of Inquiry (CoI) Model
TL;DR: Findings from quantitative and qualitative analysis indicated that students using either Moodle or Facebook as their learning platform had similar perceptions of teaching and cognitive presence; however, Facebook users had a better social presence using the CoI model than their Moodle counterparts.
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Role of social media in information-seeking behaviour of international students: A systematic literature review
TL;DR: The information-seeking behaviour of international students was highlighted with respect to social media as a source of information and the role of social media was highlighted.
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A synthesis of systematic review research on emerging learning environments and technologies.
TL;DR: This article synthesizes research on seven primary areas of emerging learning environments and technologies that include: social media, massive open online courses, special education technology, mobile learning, game-based learning and gamification, adaptive learning, and learning analytics and introduces the thirteen articles that were included in this special issue.
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A structure equation model among factors of teachers' technology integration practice and their TPCK
TL;DR: Analysis based on structural equation modeling showed that teachers' technology integration practice with ICT tools ( TI-ICT tools) maintained not only a direct link to TPCK scores but also an indirect association mediated by that with graphic and dynamic illustrations (TI-Graphic and dynamic visualizations).
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Using the WhatsApp Social Media Application for Active Learning
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the use of WhatsApp as part of a course gradable assignments and found that it is commonly used by students to collaborate on class assignments, and used it as a social media app for collaboration.
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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.