Social Networks in the Higher Education Framework- Understanding the University as an Organization

2012 ◽  
pp. 805-824 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Antonio Álvarez Bermejo ◽  
César Bernal Bravo ◽  
Manuel Jesús Rubia Mateos ◽  
Javier Roca Piera
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Restricted Group ◽  
University Degree ◽  
The University

Recent studies are focusing on how social networks impact the learning process and how students organize themselves to face collaborative tasks via these networks, as well as their impact on the learning outcomes of the students. In a number of these studies, learning social aspects are analyzed, showing, among other issues of interest, that participating in social networks positively affects students’ self-esteem. In this article it is shown how this applies to the university model being adopted in Europe. Nowadays, the student is limited by the class and by the restricted group of people enrolled in that same university degree. In which way can the university facilitate that students get to each other so that they can find aspects in common and therefore the set of relationships grows? This chapter shows how our university—Universidad de Almería, UAL—globalizes its campus providing access to every student, as well as how this social network is succeeding.

scholarly journals PENERAPAN PEMBELAJARAN ONLINE (DALAM JARINGAN) DI SEKOLAH DASAR

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (02) ◽  
pp. 50
Author(s):  
Octaviany Widyangsih
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Elementary Teachers ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Online Assessment ◽  
Online Implementation

Abstract: Pandemic Covid-19 made government implemented the regulation of education that learning process only conduct by distance education, thus one of the method in this programme was by online learning. The objective of this research was to digging information about the online learning process by elementary teachers. Using the descriptive qualitative method with subjects of 37 teachers in Bogor City. Data was collected by survey with 2 type of questions (open and closed questions). The results shows, that before pandemic Covid-19 the implementation of online learning in elementary schools were very low, but after pandemic the readiness of teachers regarding the goverment regulation is well accomodated even though teachers still have shortcoming with the authenticity of learning outcomes from assignments. Furthermore, teachers still cannot fully conduct evaluation by online assessment particularly to evaluate the affective and social aspects. Keywords: elementary school, instructional, online, implementation

scholarly journals The Use of Digital Portfolio in Higher Education before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (20) ◽  
pp. 10904
Author(s):  
Soledad Domene-Martos ◽  
Margarita Rodríguez-Gallego ◽  
David Caldevilla-Domínguez ◽  
Almudena Barrientos-Báez
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Kappa Coefficient ◽  
Initial Teacher Training ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Time Uncertainty ◽  
Digital Portfolio ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
The University

This study is focused on the advantages and disadvantages of using a digital portfolio to improve the learning and evaluation processes in the initial teacher training of 4th-year students in the University of Seville (Spain). One of the interests of this research was to compare the learning capacities perceived by the students to improve their learning process before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. A qualitative, descriptive methodology was applied, identifying the most relevant dimensions, categories and codes for the analysis, management and interpretation of the opinions of the students, with a research triangulation (Cohen’s kappa coefficient) and a coding performed using the ATLAS.ti 8.4 software. The results show that the advantages with greater percentage correspond to the following categories: learning, usefulness of OneDrive, autonomy and evaluation. The greatest disadvantages detected were: time, uncertainty, usefulness of OneDrive and autonomy. There are differences in the perceptions of the students, between before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, about the learning capacities developed with the use of digital portfolio, since they consider that they have acquired more significant learning, greater self-regulation of their learning and greater reflection capacity.

scholarly journals LIFE ON DISPLAY: WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO EXPOSE YOUR ACTIONS ON THE SOCIAL NETWORK

2021 ◽  
Vol 6(72) (4) ◽  
pp. 41-48
Author(s):  
A. E. Starchenko ◽  
M. V. Semina
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Reference Group ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
The Social ◽  
Personal Accounts ◽  
The Impact ◽  
To Receive

Social networks have emerged relatively recently in human life, but have already become an integral part of it. Companies tell about themselves, their activities, innovations, promotions and events in their profiles. This helps increase audience coverage, tell more about your brand, products, services. People in personal accounts have the opportunity to share their lives and creativity through photos, videos and texts. Now it is not necessary to receive higher education to become an operator, director or actor whose talent is recognized by society. It is enough to start a page on the social network and start sharing your knowledge and creativity. To find out why people post photos, videos and write texts on their social networks, a pilot sociological study was carried out. The method of deep interview with active users of social networks was chosen to carry out the study. The interview allowed getting unique information, to learn the opinion of users about social networks, the impact of the new way of communication on their life, to identify the reasons why users start and maintain profiles. The respondents were 20 users of social networks between the ages of 19 and 22. Interviewees have profiles on the most popular Instagram and Vkontakte networks. As a result of the analysis of the interview, a tendency was revealed to differ in the perception of users of their actions on the social network and similar actions of other users. Their content is perceived by them as opportunities to be in sight, as a resource to form their social status and an element of influence on their reference group. And the same content published by others is perceived as boasting.

Self-Guided Learning Process in Preschool: Challenges of the Practice

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antra Randoha ◽  
◽  
Dagnija Vigule
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Preschool Teachers ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Guided Learning ◽  
Learning Content ◽  
Key Skills ◽  
Significant Process ◽  
Teaching Learning

The mandatory teaching/learning content of the preschool lays emphasis on the child’s most essential interests and needs, acquiring them in such a process that leads to the formation of literacy or competence. Self-guided learning in the teaching/learning process appears as the major method that helps the pre-schooler acquire the content of all domains. According to the preschool guidelines, values and morals, general or transversal skills, cognitive, emotional and social aspects of the child’s actions that help to acquire knowledge, understanding and key skills for man’s functioning in important spheres of life and these are the key skills in the domains of language, social and civic, understanding of culture and self-expression in art, science, mathematics, technology, health and physical activities that form the mandatory teaching/learning content of preschool education. When acquiring all the necessary skills and knowledge, the child has to reach the planned learning outcomes that are attained in a self-guided learning process. Self-guided learning is one of the most essential modern competences or the individual’s readiness to adjust and apply the knowledge, skills and attitudes when solving different situations. Are preschools ready for this, does this process take place and do preschool teachers understand the concept “self-guided learning process” – this is the topicality that definitely should be paid attention to relating it to teacher education, the development of the self-guided learning model and its piloting in the preschool environment. A self-guided learning process should not be taken for granted because the child does not have such skills – to know / to feel how and what to do to start, for example, exploration. The child has not acquired these skills if the adult has not demonstrated how to do this. The child since young age should be gradually directed towards that – what and in which way to learn. The participation of the adult or teacher in this significant process is critical.

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.

New Perspectives on Communication During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2022 ◽  
pp. 76-94
Author(s):  
Nicoleta Duță
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Practical Approach ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University

This chapter approaches the problematic of communication in teaching-learning activities in higher education during the crisis generated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors have proposed to present a theoretical and practical approach to the effective communication in teaching, with the objective of knowing which are the opinions of students on communication skills and motivation of them in the classroom. The study included a total of 261 students from different faculties at the University of Bucharest, who were a Likert-scale survey in the period May -July 2020. Results of the analysis of research data shows that students have seen their ability to concentrate and motivation to perform tasks affected, but they did not leave university. In this respect, most difficulties were in carrying out teamwork than individual. The adaptations made by the university during confinement have been positively appreciated. The research findings coming according to recent studies confirm that without communication the teaching and learning process will not take place.

scholarly journals Implications of Assessing Student-Driven Projects: A Case Study of Possible Challenges and an Argument for Reflexivity

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofie Pedersen ◽  
Mads Hobye
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Assessment Criteria ◽  
Project Work ◽  
Research Focus ◽  
Assessment Criterion ◽  
External Examiner

Employing student-driven project work in a higher education setting challenges not only the way in which we understand students’ learning and how we define the expected learning outcomes, it also challenges our ways of assessing students’ learning. This paper will address this question specifically and illustrate with a case that highlights some of the challenges that may arise in practice when assessing student-driven, problem-based projects. The case involved an assessment situation in which a discrepancy arose between the internal and external examiner in relation to what was valued. The discrepancy had consequences not only for the concrete assessment of students’ work, but also for the validity of the problem-based university pedagogy in general, and it raised the question of how to assess students’ work adequately. The research focus of this study was to explore the implications of assessing student-driven projects within a progressive approach to higher education teaching, along with the potential underlying issues. We found a need for clear assessment criteria while insisting on a space for students’ creativity and reflexivity as essential parts of a learning process. The paper thus makes a case for the notion of reflexivity as an assessment criterion to be integrated into learning objectives.

scholarly journals Reflexões sobre a cibercultura no ensino superior: um olhar sobre os cursos de licenciatura

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (18) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
Elisabete Cerutti ◽  
Marcia Dalla Nora
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Digital Natives ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Academic Field ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University

O presente ensaio apresenta reflexões acerca da pesquisa sobre a cibercultura e as tecnologias no âmbito acadêmico. Como objetivo, busca refletir sobre o processo de ensino-aprendizagem através de recursos tecnológicos nos cursos de licenciatura e como os discentes desse curso percebem sua preparação para a futura docência com o uso dos artefatos digitais. A metodologia utilizada foi a qualitativa, com revisão bibliográfica e análise de dados a partir do questionário aplicado com os discentes dos cinco cursos investigados. Tendo como principais teóricos os autores Cerutti e Giraffa (2015), Kesnki (2003), Pretto e Pinto (2006) e Prensky (2016), que elucidam sobre a utilização das tecnologias no ambiente educacional, o texto apresenta o referencial teórico e a análise de dados. Como conclusão, percebemos que a aprendizagem sobre as tecnologias precisam ser suas vivências na própria Universidade, uma vez que mesmo nativos digitais, os acadêmicos não se percebem fazendo uso das mesmas em seus futuros espaços de docência. Palavras-chave: Cibercultura. Ensino Superior. Educação e tecnologias. Reflections on cyberculture in higher education: a look at undergraduate coursesThis essay presents reflections about research on cyberculture and technologies in the academic field. The objective is to reflect on the teaching-learning process through technological resources in undergraduate courses and how the students of this course perceive their preparation for future teaching with the use of digital artifacts. The methodology used was qualitative with bibliographic review and data analysis from the questionnaire applied with the students of the five courses investigated. The main authors are Cerutti and Giraffa (2015), Kesnki (2003), Pretto and Pinto (2006) and Prensky (2001), who elucidate the use of technologies in the educational environment, the text presents the theoretical reference and analysis of data. As a conclusion, we realize that learning about technologies must be their experiences in the University itself, since even digital natives, academics do not perceive making use of them in their future spaces of teaching.Keywords: Cyberculture. Higher education. Education and Technologies.

scholarly journals TEACHING STUDENTS LISTENING COMPREHENSION USING SOCIAL NETWORKS

2020 ◽  
pp. 202-209
Author(s):  
Маргарита Анатольевна Писаревская
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Experimental Work ◽  
Listening Comprehension ◽  
Network Services ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Language Community ◽  
Auditory Skills ◽  
Conditions Of Work

Изучена проблема формирования у обучающихся вузов аудитивных умений с помощью социальной сети. Разработан и апробирован комплекс упражнений по аудированию, интегрированный в социальную сеть «ВКонтакте», оценивается его эффективность. Проанализирован дидактический потенциал сетевых сервисов для обучения английскому языку (и в частности аудированию). Проведена опытно-экспериментальная работа. Разработан комплекс упражнений по аудированию для обучающихся направления 37.03.01 «Психология» с уровнем владения английским языком Pre-Intermediate (A2), который размещен в языковом сообществе «Boostyour Listening Here». Определены условия работы в этом сообществе для овладения аудитивными навыками и умениями по английскому языку. The problem of formation of auditory skills in students of higher education institutions with the help of a social network is studied. A set of listening exercises integrated into the Vkontakte social network has been developed and tested, and its effectiveness is evaluated. The didactic potential of network services for teaching English and, in particular, listening is analyzed. Experimental work was carried out. A set of listening exercises has been developed for students of the training program 37.03.01 «Psychology» with the level of proficiency in English Pre-Intermediate (A2), which is located in the language community «BoostyourListeningHere». The conditions of work in this community for mastering auditory skills and skills in English are defined.

scholarly journals Why do people apply for admission to Moscow universities? An analysis of the reasons and development of recommendations

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 105-119
Author(s):  
Evgeniya Jukova ◽  
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Maxim Kozyrev ◽  
Irina Ilina ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Survey Questionnaire ◽  
Internet Resources ◽  
Level Of Training ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The University ◽  
Source Of Information

When there is high competition between universities for applicants, research into the applicants’ motives becomes relevant. This research used a survey questionnaire, the results of which were subjected to correlation analysis. The survey involved students from four Moscow universities, differing in both rating and quality of admission. The main reasons why applicants choose their university were the availability of budget places and the cost of training. The source of information about the university is also important. Modern youth (and also their parents) focus mainly on Internet sites for applicants and on the university’s website social networks. The role of Internet resources will only increase in the future although traditional forms of attracting applicants, such as open days and Olympics should not be discounted. They attract at least a quarter of the admissions. The research revealed that school graduates who are strongly oriented toward higher education prepare for exams very seriously. More than two-thirds of all students surveyed noted several options for preparing for the exam. However, not all applications had a solid life position with regard to their future profession. Many have chosen those courses that are easier to pass. One of the important factors in making a choice and in preparation is the image of the university. The higher the rating of the university, the more motivated applicants it attracts and as a result, the level of training of graduates also increases. It is proposed that distance forms of participation in university events are developed so as to expand coverage.

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