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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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Effects of textual and visual information in social media on international students’ choice of study destination : A qualitative study on how forms of information in social media affect international students’ decision-making with regards to the choice of study destination
TL;DR: In this article, the use of visual and textual information is very influential in social media marketing, and proper use of both visual and text information is important for communication and marketing, in particular for social media.
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Social networks sites adoption for education: A global perspective on the phenomenon through a literature review
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a global characterization on the adoption of social networks sites for educational activities, and for that they addressed not only the perspective of educational institutions, but also the perspective from both students and teachers.
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The Effect of using Facebook Markup Language (FBML) for Designing an E-Learning Model in Higher Education
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the use of Facebook Markup Language (FBML) to design an e-learning model to facilitate teaching and learning in an academic setting, and found that the FBML can support collaborative knowledge creation and improved the academic achievement of participatns.
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A comprehensive review on the role of online media in sustainable business development and decision making
TL;DR: A comprehensive review of the existing literature associated with the techniques, tools, and approaches used for business with the help of online media and to decision-making is presented in this paper .
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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.