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Alshalawi, Abdullah S. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2022

Statistics indicated that social media applications are not being utilised by many faculties for teaching purposes. The purpose of this study was to investigate factors that influence the adoption of social media applications for teaching purposes in higher education and present the current status of this adoption. The Theory of Planned Behaviour…

Descriptors: Social Media, Teaching Methods, Higher Education, Technology Uses in Education

Shelton, Catharyn C.; Curcio, Rachelle; Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Schroeder, Stephanie E. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2022

Social media offers potential for educator professional learning, but platforms’ for-profit nature complicates this practice, especially for professional learning around justice-oriented pedagogies. This exploratory study investigated 551 publicly available Instagram posts shared by 11 purposefully sampled, justice-oriented education influencers…

Descriptors: Social Media, Photography, Culturally Relevant Education, Faculty Development

Al-Qaysi, Noor; Mohamad-Nordin, Norhisham; Al-Emran, Mostafa – Education and Information Technologies, 2020

Social learning refers to the learning delivered through social media applications. The examination of students’ attitudes towards using social media applications for learning activities is still not fully understood. For this reason, this research is carried out with the aim of measuring the students’ attitudes towards using social media from the…

Descriptors: Socialization, Social Media, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods

Lähdesmäki, Sirkku Anneli; Maunula, Minna – International Journal of Technology in Education and Science, 2022

High quality media education promotes media literacy and ensures citizens’ smooth participation and engagement in the digital society. Digital media include powerful communication and interaction platforms that require new literacy skills. This study examines what new literacies can be found in the opinion writings of student teachers in relation…

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Teachers, Media Literacy, Student Attitudes

Greenhow, Christine; Galvin, Sarah M.; Brandon, Diana L.; Askari, Emilia – Teachers College Record, 2020

Background and Context: The increasingly widespread use of social media to expand one’s social connections is a relatively new but important phenomenon that has implications for teaching, learning, and teachers’ professional knowledge and development in the 21st century. Educational research in this area is expanding, but further investigation is…

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Social Media, Educational Research, Foreign Countries

Huber, Brigitte; Borah, Porismita; de Zúñiga, Homero Gil – Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2022

Fake news poses a threat to democracy. The rise of social media and its lax content regulation have facilitated a dynamic environment where mis- and disinformation are spread. However, social media is also the place where false information may be corrected. Initial scholarly efforts begin to highlight what is needed for citizens to take corrective…

Descriptors: Media Literacy, News Reporting, Deception, Information Literacy

Puzanov, Vasyl; Volynets, Galyna; Lesiuk, Olha; Kharamurza, Daria; Vashyst, Kateryna; Sadivnycha, Maryna – Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, 2022

The purpose of the research is to determine the effectiveness of the practical application of social media based on Web 2.0 technologies, aimed at developing students’ English-speaking communicative competence. To implement the tasks and test the hypothesis put forward, the following scientific research methods were used: empirical (experimental…

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)

Lakmali, A. A. I.; Abeysekera, Nalin; Silva, D. A. C. Suranga – Asian Association of Open Universities Journal, 2021

Purpose: Customer social participation (CSP) is a new phenomenon that has emerged with the evolution of social media. Current literature designates customer participation in social media as “CSP”. Although CSP has been investigated in the online brand community context in social media, it has been little investigated in the context of…

Descriptors: Participation, Social Media, Groups, Undergraduate Students

Agbo, Friday J.; Olawumi, Olayemi; Balogun, Oluwafemi S.; Sanusi, Ismaila T.; Olaleye, Sunday A.; Sunday, Kissinger; Kolog, Emmanuel A.; Atsa’am, Donald D.; Adusei-Mensah, Frank; Adegbite, Ayobami; Ipeayeda, Funmilola W. – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2021

This study examined the use of a social media platform — WhatsApp — by computer science students for learning computing education in the context of a Nigerian education institution. Nowadays, a large community of students in higher education institutions has embraced the WhatsApp platform for social interactions which makes it a useful tool in…

Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Value Judgment, Undergraduate Students, Social Media

Waters, Stewart; Russell, William B.; Hensley, Matt – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2020

Today’s world is no doubt one that continues to be shaped and influenced by the rise of social media platforms. These platforms have spread throughout the lives of contemporary students and, unfortunately, have heightened the severity and prevalence of cyberbullying. The purpose of this paper is to explore the intersections between social studies,…

Descriptors: Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, Social Studies, Critical Thinking

Onions, Sian; Ferdinand, Matt – Teacher Education Advancement Network Journal, 2021

It is widely recognised that technology, including social media, has many positive benefits in education although online technologies, particularly imprudent use of social networking sites, may also present problems for those seeking employment as a newly qualified teacher (NQT). To counter this, trainee teachers are provided with guidance on the…

Descriptors: Differences, Principals, Beginning Teachers, Teacher Student Relationship

Brar, Raj – BU Journal of Graduate Studies in Education, 2022

Social media is an important part of all of our lives. However, there is no requirement for students in Manitoba to receive formalized education in regards to social media and its usage in the K-12 Canadian curriculum instruction. Such formalized education is extremely important for adolescents to understand the multiple facets of social media…

Descriptors: Social Media, Educational Technology, Adolescents, Foreign Countries

Hodges, Jaret; Simonsen, Mary; Ottwein, Jessica K. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2022

Social media continues to be an ever-present part of people’s lives. One of the largest social media websites, Reddit has more than 430 million unique visitors monthly. What is unknown to scholars is how gifted education fits into this modern form of communication. In our research, we examined how gifted education is discussed over Reddit using…

Descriptors: Gifted, Gifted Education, Social Media, Web Sites

Zablith, Fouad – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2022

While education increasingly relies on social media technologies to provide richer learning experiences, the rigid and course-centric design of curricula still imposes a challenge for students to construct meaningful connections between social media and formal learning. Building on the knowledge graphs’ potential to establish semantic links among…

Descriptors: Information Systems, Information Science Education, Business Schools, Social Media

Alenezi, Waleed; Brinthaupt, Thomas M. – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2022

The purpose of this study is to explore the use of social media by students in the Faculty of Education, University of Kuwait. The study was conducted within the context of the socio-cultural characteristics of Kuwait, and was underpinned by Alsaied’s (2017) Social Media — Learning Performance model, designed for female Arab students. A volunteer…

Descriptors: Social Media, Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries

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