scholarly journals Educators Perspectives on Integrating Social Media to the ESL Classroom

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. p478
Author(s):  
Jorge F. Figueroa ◽  
Emarely Rosa-Dávila
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Emergent Technologies ◽  
University Level ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The University ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Esl Classroom

This article presents a study on the perspective of two higher education professors from Puerto Rico in the use of social media for the ESL classroom. It covers the millennial generation characteristics and its influence on the teaching and learning process at the university level. Several strategies within the use of social media and emergent technologies are presented. The study participants reflect on the use of social media in the classroom and present how beneficial it has been in student achievement, retention, and engagement. Several remarks are made within the use of social media for the classroom and participants expose their experiences in the ESL classroom at the university level.

scholarly journals Unwaged Posts in UK Universities: Controversies and Campaigns

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 533-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsten Forkert ◽  
Ana Lopes
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The University ◽  
Uk Higher Education

This article examines unwaged posts at UK universities, using recent examples of advertised job posts. While unpaid work is common in the UK higher education system, unwaged posts are not. The posts under scrutiny in this article differ from traditional honorary titles as they target early career academics, who are unlikely to have a paid position elsewhere, rather than established scholars. The article contextualizes the appearance of these posts in a climate of increasing marketization of higher education, entrenching managerialism in higher education institutions, and the casualization of academic work. We also discuss resistance to the posts, arguing that the controversy surrounding unpaid internships in the creative industries created a receptive environment for resisting unwaged posts in academia. We analyze the campaigns that were fought against the advertisement of the posts, mostly through social media and the University and College Union. We explore the tactics used and discuss the advantages and limitations of the use of social media, as well as the role of trade unions in the campaigns against these posts, and we reflect on what future campaigns can learn from these experiences.

Students’ Privacy Concerns on the Use of Social Media in Higher Education

2014 ◽  
pp. 54-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Aymerich-Franch ◽  
Maddalena Fedele
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The University ◽  
Video Calling ◽  
Correct Implementation

Social media is principally used by students in the private sphere. However, its implementation for educational purposes in higher education is rapidly expanding. This chapter looks into undergraduate students’ perceptions of using social media in the university context. In particular, it examines students’ privacy concerns regarding faculty use of social networks to support classroom work and video calling or online chats to meet for work discussion. Two-hundred-forty-four undergraduate students completed a survey and four focus groups were carried out. The results reveal that although students generally accept using social media in the instructional arena, privacy concerns can easily emerge. Educational institutions are encouraged to take these concerns seriously. Using applications specifically created for learning purposes and developing some guidelines for a correct implementation of these resources for the faculty to follow might contribute to alleviate these concerns.

Investigating the Effects of Social Media on Higher Education with a Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (01) ◽  
pp. 2040023 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mamoun Masoud Abdulqader ◽  
Yousof Zohair Almunsour
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
The Other ◽  
Media In Education ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Teaching Learning

This research aims to investigate the effects of social media use on higher education teaching and learning as well as the students’ academic performance. A total of 275 students and faculty members from the College of Computer Science and Information Technology at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University took part in the study. The participants answered survey questions to analyse information on their use of social media in education and how that has affected their teaching, learning and grades. A majority of the participants reported that they used social media in training. However, they also stated that social media platforms were beneficial in academic matters. The number of participants who stated that the use of social media in learning helped improve their grades was 43%. The other 57% thought that social media had no impact on their grades or had an adverse effect or were undecided.

Extending the Apprenticeship Model of Music Instruction in Higher Education With Facebook Groups

2018 ◽  
pp. 136-163
Author(s):  
Tamara R. Meredith ◽  
Scott J. Warren
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Music Instruction ◽  
Faculty Concerns ◽  
Apprenticeship Model ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Music Faculty ◽  
Media Channels ◽  
And Training

Although faculty may not believe that they are legitimately “teaching” while engaging with students via Facebook, results of interviews and publicly available Facebook data clearly document intentional music faculty activities that fit the description of teaching through enculturation. This situates the phenomenon of Facebook groups firmly within the larger apprenticeship model in use in music departments; the process of enculturation through Facebook is used to teach new apprentices how to become functional members of their musical communities. Recommendations generated from the research and discussed in this chapter include addressing faculty concerns about personal and professional risk, departmental development of guidelines for Facebook group use and management that is based in enculturation theory, and training for music faculty in the use of social media channels as opportunities for teaching and learning.

Students' Privacy Concerns on the Use of Social Media in Higher Education

2015 ◽  
pp. 1963-1984
Author(s):  
Laura Aymerich-Franch ◽  
Maddalena Fedele
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The University ◽  
Video Calling ◽  
Correct Implementation

Social media is principally used by students in the private sphere. However, its implementation for educational purposes in higher education is rapidly expanding. This chapter looks into undergraduate students' perceptions of using social media in the university context. In particular, it examines students' privacy concerns regarding faculty use of social networks to support classroom work and video calling or online chats to meet for work discussion. Two-hundred-forty-four undergraduate students completed a survey and four focus groups were carried out. The results reveal that although students generally accept using social media in the instructional arena, privacy concerns can easily emerge. Educational institutions are encouraged to take these concerns seriously. Using applications specifically created for learning purposes and developing some guidelines for a correct implementation of these resources for the faculty to follow might contribute to alleviate these concerns.

scholarly journals “I Teach Character in My Class”: Integrating Character Education in EFL Reading Classroom at Islamic Higher Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-102
Author(s):  
Siti Nuraeni Muhtar ◽  
Dahlya Indra Nurwanti ◽  
R. Nadia R. P. Dalimunthe
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Character Education ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Values Education ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
University Level ◽  
The University

This article explores teacher's experiences and students' perceptions of character and values education at the university level. This is a case study of how teacher integrates character education in EFL Reading Comprehension subject at Islamic higher education context. The data from ten students and a teacher are collected through an online interview and questionnaires. The result showed the characters implied in EFL Reading Comprehension Subject are eleven characters include learning method, critical thinking, independence, creativity, courage/self-confidence, communicativeness, responsibility, honesty, religiousness, cooperation, tolerance. Those characters are positively responded by the students in their learning process in the classroom. Besides, the teacher also integrated those values in the teaching and learning process to instill students' character education.

scholarly journals El papel de la actividad experimental en la enseñanza y aprendizaje del electromagnetismo en la educación superior -The results of the research are presented: "The role of experimental activity in teaching electromagnetics in higher education

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (22) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Beatriz Elena Osorio-Vélez ◽  
Jaime Alberto Osorio-Velez ◽  
Luz Stella Mejía-Aristizabal ◽  
Gloria Eugenia Campillo-Figueroa ◽  
Rodrigo Covaleda
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Educación Superior ◽  
Educacion Superior ◽  
Experimental Activity ◽  
Proposal A ◽  
University Level ◽  
The University

Se presentan los resultados del proyecto de investigación: “El papel de la actividad experimental en la enseñanza del electromagnetismo en la educación superior”. Su  objetivo fue diseñar una propuesta de enseñanza del electromagnetismo, basada en la actividad experimental que contribuya con el proceso enseñanza y aprendizaje a nivel universitario.  Para ello se trabajó con un grupo de estudiantes de ingeniería de dos  instituciones de Educación Superior: Institución Universitaria Pascual Bravo y la Universidad de Antioquia. Los estudiantes que hicieron parte de la propuesta, respondieron un cuestionario de cuatro preguntas sobre electromagnetismo.  Las preguntas fueron seleccionadas de acuerdo a investigaciones previas que sobre el mismo tema se realizaron en estudiantes que solamente habían realizado el curso teórico.  Los resultados de este último grupo, evidenció dificultades para explicar fenómenos relacionados con el electromagnetismo, mientras que el grupo de estudiantes que realizó el trabajo experimental, mostró una mejor comprensión del fenómeno, logrando estructurar y organizar sus explicaciones.ABSTRACT The results of the research are presented: "The role of experimental activity in teaching electromagnetics in higher education." Their goal was to design a proposal for teaching electromagnetism, based on the experimental activity that contributes to the teaching and learning process at the university level. To do this, we worked with a group of engineering students from two institutions of higher education: University Pascual Bravo Institute and the University of Antioquia. Students who were part of the proposal, a questionnaire of four questions on electromagnetism. The questions were selected based on previous research on the same topic were conducted in students who had just completed the theoretical course. The results of the latter group showed difficulty explaining phenomena related to electromagnetism, while the group of students who performed the experimental work, showed a better understanding of the phenomenon, managing to structure and organize their explanations.

Students' Privacy Concerns on the Use of Social Media in Higher Education

2014 ◽  
pp. 1327-1348
Author(s):  
Laura Aymerich-Franch ◽  
Maddalena Fedele
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The University ◽  
Video Calling ◽  
Correct Implementation

Social media is principally used by students in the private sphere. However, its implementation for educational purposes in higher education is rapidly expanding. This chapter looks into undergraduate students' perceptions of using social media in the university context. In particular, it examines students' privacy concerns regarding faculty use of social networks to support classroom work and video calling or online chats to meet for work discussion. Two-hundred-forty-four undergraduate students completed a survey and four focus groups were carried out. The results reveal that although students generally accept using social media in the instructional arena, privacy concerns can easily emerge. Educational institutions are encouraged to take these concerns seriously. Using applications specifically created for learning purposes and developing some guidelines for a correct implementation of these resources for the faculty to follow might contribute to alleviate these concerns.

Future Directions

2018 ◽  
pp. 118-135
Author(s):  
Ann M. Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Context ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Practical Guidelines ◽  
Gamified Learning ◽  
Use Of Social Media

This chapter considers future directions for emerging social media technologies and their potential for teaching and learning practice in higher education. While technologies that support social media constantly change, it provides some simple and practical guidelines to assist teachers with their practice and use of social media technologies in their classrooms. This chapter acknowledges the evolving nature of the technologies available in today's teaching and learning context as well as ones that are considered to impact higher educational learning and teaching in the future, including descriptions of augmented and virtual reality and gamification and gamified learning.

Students' Privacy Concerns on the Use of Social Media in Higher Education

2018 ◽  
pp. 128-151
Author(s):  
Laura Aymerich-Franch ◽  
Maddalena Fedele
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The University ◽  
Video Calling ◽  
Correct Implementation

Social media is principally used by students in the private sphere. However, its implementation for educational purposes in higher education is rapidly expanding. This chapter looks into undergraduate students' perceptions of using social media in the university context. In particular, it examines students' privacy concerns regarding faculty use of social networks to support classroom work and video calling or online chats to meet for work discussion. Two-hundred-forty-four undergraduate students completed a survey and four focus groups were carried out. The results reveal that although students generally accept using social media in the instructional arena, privacy concerns can easily emerge. Educational institutions are encouraged to take these concerns seriously. Using applications specifically created for learning purposes and developing some guidelines for a correct implementation of these resources for the faculty to follow might contribute to alleviate these concerns.

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