Welcome to Cloud2Class: Social Media in Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 121 (14) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Diana L. Brandon ◽  
Alan J. Daly ◽  
Kenneth A. Frank ◽  
Christine Greenhow ◽  
Sihua Hu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Media In Education ◽  
Practical Advice ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Cultural Boundaries ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Cross Current ◽  
Social Media In Education

This chapter welcomes the reader to the study of social media in education. It begins with a description of the background, ranging from general use of social media in today's society to the importance of social media in education. The study of social media in education will inevitably draw on interdisciplinary concepts and networks of relationships among ideas and people. Furthermore, social media can help researchers and educators cross current boundaries, such as the organizational boundary of the school, and the domains of teachers and leaders. Social media also reveals boundaries that have been reinforced or are emergent with social media, such as intergenerational and cross-cultural boundaries, and standard boundaries of chronology. The contributors themselves come from interdisciplinary backgrounds (all focused on education, but from computer science, technology, sociology, policy, psychology, etc.), and they consider their own agency in shaping the field of study of social media in education. This includes generating theory, raising ethical issues, and providing practical advice. After describing the organization of the yearbook, most importantly, this introduction directs readers to opportunities to engage the field (#cloud2class).

scholarly journals Use of social media in education among medical students in Saudi Arabia

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 343-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anas Khaleel Alsuraihi ◽  
Ahmed Saeed Almaqati ◽  
Sultan Adnan Abughanim ◽  
Nisreen Abdulrahman Jastaniah
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Media In Education ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Social Media In Education

Use of social media in education

BDJ ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 226 (6) ◽  
pp. 415-415
Author(s):  
Reena Wadia
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Media In Education ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Social Media In Education

scholarly journals The Use of Social Media Services at Scottish Universities

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Rennie
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
General Public ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Media In Education ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Media Services ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Social Media In Education

The opportunities for Scottish universities to engage with their staff, students and the general public using social media services is examined. The presence of public-facing social media links on university homepages was noted to be common to all institutions. Although the specific social media services identified varied considerably, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube were the most prevalent. Using a web-based survey, policies, practices and attitudes towards the use of social media in education by staff and students were explored. The results indicate that while the use of social media by Scottish universities is widespread, there is no consensus on who can use these services or for what purpose these services are encouraged. Neither are there clear official guidelines on the use of social media services for engaging with education and research. All the universities were consistent in their use of third-party social media services rather than using internal, bespoke applications. This paper documents a baseline for the emerging use of social media by universities and notes that the current situation is embryonic, inconsistent, and at times contradictory. A longitudinal study is recommended.

scholarly journals The Use Of Social Media For Health Research Purposes: Scoping Review (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charline Bour ◽  
Susanne Schmitz ◽  
Adrian Ahne ◽  
Camille Perchoux ◽  
Coralie Dessenne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Search Strategies ◽  
Annual Growth Rate ◽  
Ethical Perspective ◽  
Evidence Map ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Use Of Social Media

BACKGROUND As social media are increasingly used worldwide, more and more scientists are relying on them for their health-related projects. But so far, social media features, methodologies and ethical issues are unclear with no overview of this relatively young field of research. OBJECTIVE This scoping review aimed to provide an evidence map of the different uses of social media for health research purposes, their fields of applications and their analysis methods. METHODS We followed the scoping review methodologies developed by Arksey and O’Malley and the Joanna Briggs Institute. After developing search strategies based on keywords (e.g., Social media, health research), comprehensive searches were conducted in Pubmed/MEDLINE and Web of Science databases. We limited the search strategies to documents written in English and published between 2005/01/01 and 2020/04/09. After removing duplicates, articles were screened at title/abstract and at full text level by two independent reviewers. One reviewer extracted data that were descriptively analyzed to map the available evidence. RESULTS After screening 1237 titles and abstracts and 407 full-texts, 268 unique papers were included, dating from 2009 to 2020 with an average annual growth rate of 32.71% for the 2009-2019 period. Studies mainly came from America (64.55%, N=173/268, including 151 from the USA). Articles used machine learning or data mining techniques (N=60/268) to analyze the data, discussed opportunities and limitations of the use of social media for research (N=59/268), assessed the feasibility of recruitment strategies (N=45/268) or discussed ethical issues (N=16/268). Communicable (e.g., influenza, N=122/268) and then chronic (e.g., cancer, N=40/268) diseases were the two main areas of interest. CONCLUSIONS Since their early days, social media have been recognized as a resource of high potential for health research purposes but yet the field is still suffering from a strong heterogeneity in the methodologies used, which prevents the research from comparison and generalisability. For the field to be fully recognized as a valid, complementary approach to more traditional health research study designs, there is now a need for more guidance by types of applications of social media for health research, both from a methodological and an ethical perspective.

Religious implications of social media in education

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 271-293
Author(s):  
Scott Woodward ◽  
Royce Kimmons
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Media In Education ◽  
Social Media In Education
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