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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.
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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.

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The Use of Social Media: Issues, Challenges, and Strategies for Adult Teaching and Learning

TL;DR: Copying sensitive patient information onto removable devices such as flash drives, PDAs, etc. is a direct violation of the patient's privacy and confidentiality per the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
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‘To tweet or not to tweet?’ A comparison of academics’ and students’ usage of Twitter in academic contexts

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the disparity of usage between academics and students on Twitter and found that students made greater use of Twitter for passive reception of information rather than participation in learning activities.
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Use of Twitter across educational settings: a review of the literature

TL;DR: A review of 103 peer-reviewed scientific studies published over the last decade (2007-2017) that address the use of Twitter for educational purposes across formal and informal settings is presented in this paper.
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Ecosystem services in the Arctic: a thematic review

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a systematic review of the existing literature on Arctic Environmental Systems (ES), focusing on five key themes: general discussion of Arctic ES, social-ecological systems, ES valuation, ES synergies and/or trade-offs, and integrating the ES perspective into management.
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Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation

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

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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Mind in society

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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.
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