Learning by Going Social: Do We Really Learn from Social Media?
Keywords:
technology; social media; social learning theory; emerging technology, education, social media, social learning theoriesAbstract
With the ever increasing ubiquity of smart phones and mobile
devices, social networking has become a trend that has captured
attention and interest of one and all. Young people, middle aged, and
older generations are all engaged to certain extent in some sort of social
networking over the web. While there are both pros and cons attached
to the use of social networks, the usage of social media interestingly has
always shown an upward trend in popularity and consumption. Are
there real benefits in getting connected to people using social networks?
Or does the use of web based social media actually isolate people and
diminish the necessity of meeting face to face? Do we really learn from
using social media? Does the use of social networks enhance
collaboration and promote motivation and collective intelligence and
learning? This research based discussion evaluates social media as an
emerging educational and performance improvement tool from the
perspective of social cognitive theory and social constructivist theories.
We discuss some existing research that used social media as a teaching
learning tool. We end this discussion with a decision making framework
matrix for educators contemplating using social media within their
course pedagogy.
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