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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 media as an English language learning tool among foreign language learners in Libya: a study of opportunities and challenges
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a table of contents and a list of attributes for each of the attributes, including the attributes used in the declaration and the ABBREVIATIONS.
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Impact of the educational use of Facebook group on the high school students' proper usage of language
TL;DR: Results from this study indicated that that Facebook group was effective on issues such as development of writing abilities of students, communication and cooperation between teacher and students, and cooperation and communication among students.
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Development and validation of a social media and science learning survey
Rachel Moll,Wendy Nielsen +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the development and validation of a survey that examines science students' social media learning behaviours, which can help us understand how students actually use social media for learning science.
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The Effects of Social Networking Sites in Distance Learning on Learners' Academic Achievements
Büşra Özmen,Bünyamin Atıcı +1 more
TL;DR: It was seen that social network supported distance education activities created a more positive effect on the achievements of the learners than the distance learning activities, and it was concluded that the learning management systems used in distance education should be supported by social networking sites to increase the academic achievement of learners.
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Social Media and Higher Education - an International Perspective
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the importance of social media (SM) in the field of education and identify if the socio-demographic variables (gender, age, education level) influence the use of SM for educational purposes for students from various environments such as China, Poland, Spain, Turkey and the United States (US).
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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.