Social media in everyday learning

Author(s):  
Tina Klomsri ◽  
Linn Grebäck ◽  
Matti Tedre
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caitlin Sam

The exponential advancements in Information and Communications Technology has led to its prevalence in education, especially with the arrival of COVID-19. Ubiquitous learning (u-learning) is everyday learning that happens irrespective of time and place and it is enabled by m-learning, elearning, and social computing such as social media. Due to its popularity, there has been an expansion of social media applications for u-learning. The aim of this research paper was to establish the most relevant social media applications for ulearning in schools. Data was collected from 260 respondents, which comprised learners, and instructors in high schools who were asked to rank 14 of the top social media applications for ubiquitous learning. Fuzzy TOPSIS (Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution) was the method employed for the ranking of the 14 of the most popular social media applications using 15 education requirements, 15 technology criteria, and 260 decision makers. The simulation was implemented on MATLAB R2020a. The results showed that YouTube was the most likely social media application to be selected for u-learning with a closeness coefficient of 0.9188 and that Viber was the least likely selected social media application with a closeness coefficient of 0.0165. The inferences of this research study will advise researchers in the intelligent decision support systems field to reduce the time and effort made by instructors and learners to select the most beneficial social media application for u-learning


2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 82-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasileios Paliktzoglou ◽  
Charalampos Giousmpasoglou ◽  
Evangelia Marinakou

Social media is used in many higher education institutions for educational purposes in numerous new and innovative ways. However, in Bahrain the number of higher education students who are aware of and use social media is not clear. It was therefore necessary to conduct an empirical study that would investigate the students' use of social media in higher education in Bahrain. Moreover, the actual adoption of social media in everyday learning situations still remain underexplored, especially in higher education settings. This paper describes a study conducted to investigate the influence of social media use by student in Bahrain. The aims of this study are to assess students' level of familiarity, engagement and frequency of use with social media. The data was collected using two questionnaires. The findings indicate that social media has introduce a new culture of learning among students. In addition, social media applications which are on the increase in usage by students for activities that include studying, access of education content, social communication.


ASHA Leader ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicki Clarke
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ASHA Leader ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  

As professionals who recognize and value the power and important of communications, audiologists and speech-language pathologists are perfectly positioned to leverage social media for public relations.


2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
Jane Anderson
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2011 ◽  
Vol 44 (7) ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
SALLY KOCH KUBETIN
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Author(s):  
Michaela Goecke

Zusammenfassung. Abstract: Hintergrund: Die Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung (BZgA) ist als Fachbehörde unter anderem für die Umsetzung nationaler Programme zur Suchtprävention zuständig. Die jährlichen Arbeitsprogramme werden mit dem Bundesministerium für Gesundheit abgestimmt und sehen aktuell vor dem Hintergrund der Public-Health-Relevanz Schwerpunkte in der Prävention der legalen Substanzen Tabak und Alkohol vor. Vorrangige Zielgruppen sind Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene, da sich bei ihnen riskante Konsummuster entwickeln und festigen können. Die Präventionsprogramme der BZgA umfassen schulische Angebote, Webportale, Social Media und Printmedien wie Informationsbroschüren. Aktuelle Situation: Die Corona-Pandemie hat Einfluss genommen auf die Suchtprävention der BZgA. Zu nennen ist die thematische Verzahnung im Kontext von Corona und ein veränderter inhaltlicher Beratungsbedarf – telefonisch und online. Auch die durch die Corona-Pandemie bedingten Kontaktbeschränkungen während des „Lockdowns“ sowie die neuen Rahmenbedingungen für ein persönliches Miteinander haben die Suchtprävention verändert. Interaktive Präventionsangebote in Schulen wurden ebenso wie die Unterstützung von Mitmachaktionen in Sportvereinen oder die Durchführung von Peer-Programmen ausgesetzt. Dafür rückte die Nutzung digitaler Möglichkeiten sowohl bei der Umsetzung von suchtpräventiven Angeboten als auch in der Kooperation und Vernetzung mit den Ländern in einen neuen Fokus. Die Corona-Krise kann perspektivisch auch eine Chance für mehr Digitalisierung in der Suchtprävention werden.


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