Teaching and learning is heavily influenced by Information Communication and Technologies (ICTs). Students have become inseparable with their handheld devices and the most common of them is the smart phone. They engage social media to interact with their contacts. Is Social Media (SM) a Teaching and a Learning Distraction?
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Definitely no, because social media are used in education in several countries
Article Learning and teaching with social network sites: A decade of...
Conference Paper An Analysis of Social Media Usage in Teaching and Learning: ...
http://eprints.rclis.org/31058/1/Learning%20with%20social%20media%20OA.pdf
Best Regards Gedala Mulliah Naidoo
Definitely no, because social media are used in education in several countries
Article Learning and teaching with social network sites: A decade of...
Conference Paper An Analysis of Social Media Usage in Teaching and Learning: ...
http://eprints.rclis.org/31058/1/Learning%20with%20social%20media%20OA.pdf
Best Regards Gedala Mulliah Naidoo
Social media can be both a distraction and a tool for learning. I can do well in both ways. This is just because it is just a tool which can be harnessed for use in any area. In teaching and learning social media can be very useful if positively harnessed for purposes of learning. For a start Lecturers, Teachers or instructors can harness social media for purposes of learning by creating study groups on social platforms and add students to those groups. Learning material like questions and topics for discussion can then be posted to these groups. Students can then participate in these discussions giving their views. Thus learning can happen this way.
Students themselves can create their own learning groups whether they are working on a project or general knowledge sharing. Members can be given individual tasks to complete and update the group.
It is a TOOL IN LEARNING for instructors who are in tune with the availability of technology and incorporate them in into the classrooms as a learning and communication tool. It is a DISTRACTION for instructors who do not have class control ability.
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