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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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Value of industry mentoring and resource commitment to the success of an undergraduate internship program: A case study from an Australian university
TL;DR: This article used the Transaction Cost Economic (TCE) model to examine how host organization-based factors influence the quality of a good internship from a student interns' perspective and found that the host organizations' resource commitment has a significant positive influence on the internship perceived success.
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Assisting Tutors to Utilize Web 2.0 Tools in Education.
TL;DR: An educational system that aims to assist teachers to develop e-Learning 2.0 knowledge and skills and thus turn them from just in-class trainers to skilled e-tutors.
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Reframing Management Education With Social Media
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an overview of popular social media platforms and their practical use in higher education, including Facebook, blogs, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn, wikis, Meetup, and Second Life.
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Social Media Usage Intensity and Academic Performance among Undergraduate Students in Saudi Arabia
TL;DR: In this article , the influence of social media networks (SMNs) on the academic performance of undergraduate students across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, taking gender differences into account, has been examined.
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Barriers in the Use of Social Media in Managing the Image of Educational Institutions
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify the main reasons for the low efficiency of using social media in the process of managing an image of an organization, with an example of educational institutions.
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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.