User:Agribaudo/Social media in education

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Social media has allowed for expansion learning outside of the classroom through collaboration and innovation ''' by allowing students to be able to communicate and learn through a different platform other than Blackboard or Canvas. ''' One specific study, "exploring education-related use of social media," calls this "audience connectors." Audience connectors are shown to bring students together while studying through Whatsapp app and Facebook. This study shows that, "60 percent [of students in the study] agreed that technology changes education for the better." While social media can promote a beneficial education platform, there are downsides that present themselves, ''' in this study. ''' There is a concern that students are becoming good at "lifting material from the internet," rather than enhance their actual understanding. Another downside  this study presents  is the ever dwindling attention spans of students because of social media. A concern raised by the students of this study showed how many use spell-check as a crutch, and will see a trend of points taken off when spell-check is not an option.

Social media is important for students to learn and be part of a community when they are posting about a certain topic or using a hashtag to join a movement.

Social media has allowed for expansion learning outside of the classroom through collaboration and innovation. One specific study, "exploring education-related use of social media," calls this "audience connectors." Audience connectors are shown to bring students together while studying through Whatsapp app and Facebook. This study shows that, "60 percent [of students in the study] agreed that technology changes education for the better." While social media can promote a beneficial education platform, there are downsides that present themselves. There is a concern that students are becoming good at "lifting material from the internet," rather than enhance their actual understanding. Another downside is the ever dwindling attention spans of students because of social media. A concern raised by the students of this study showed how many use spell-check as a crutch, and will see a trend of points taken off when spell-check was not an option. ''' On the other hand, one study argues how for young children social media and school achievement are not associated because there are no long lasting drastic effects (Appel). '''

https://journals-sagepub-com.gonzaga.idm.oclc.org/doi/10.1177/0735633120972010

Greenhow, C., Lewin, C. (2016). Social media and education: Reconceptualizing the boundaries of formal and informal learning. Learning, Media and Technology, 41(1), 6–30

Barrot, Jessie S. "Scientific Mapping of Social Media in Education: A Decade of Exponential Growth." Journal of Educational Computing Research 59.4 (2021): 645-68. Web. https://journals-sagepub-com.gonzaga.idm.oclc.org/doi/10.1177/0735633120972010


 * 1) Appel, M., Marker, C., Gnambs, T. (2020). Are social media ruining our lives? A review of meta-analytic evidence. Review of General Psychology, 24(1), 60–74.

https://journals-sagepub-com.gonzaga.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10.1177/1089268019880891