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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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WhatsApp as Part of a Blended Learning Model to Help Programming Novices
TL;DR: It is believed that blended learning featuring a WhatsApp group may ease novices’ cognitive load and strengthen their foundational programming knowledge and skills and is a work in progress as the proposed blended learning model with WhatsApp incorporated is yet to be implemented.
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Comunidades virtuales de aprendizaje.El caso del proyecto de realidad aumentada: RAFODIUM
TL;DR: In this paper, el proceso de creacion de una comunidad virtual (CV) a traves del programa Google+, enmarcado en el Proyecto de Investigacion I+D del Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion del Gobierno de Espana (EDU2014_57446P): “Realidad Aumentada para Aumentar the Formacion, (RAFODIUN)”, is presented.
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Paradigm Shift: Introduction of a Social Media Network and Web 2.0 Technology into a College Classroom Environment
TL;DR: To accommodate 125 students in a computer classroom that only has 20 seats and computers, portable media devices with Web 2.0 technology, micro-blogs and a social media network were incorporated as part of the course curriculum.
An Analysis of Social Media Use Within and Outside of College English Classes in China
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a Table of Table of contents of the paper "Acknowledgments and acknowledgments of the authors of this paper: http://www.sal.org.
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Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation
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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
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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.