Reinforcing social media based learning, knowledge acquisition and learning evaluation
Journal
Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences
Date Issued
2016-07-20
Author(s)
Abstract
The birth of current students coincides with the rise of the first social media websites, making young people the most competent
and the most frequent consumers and creators of social media content. Their savoir-faire in new technologies is a great
motivation to intensively use various e-learning 2.0 elements in the process of learning, teaching and knowledge acquisition. This
paper presents the experience from a study that stimulates the social media elements existing in the learning environment, and
reinforces the use of various techniques intended to enable focused online collaboration and knowledge acquisition. In order to
support cutting edge learning, the approach stimulates a pervasive access to scholarly articles, breaking news existing online, and
open educational resources.
The study has been performed for almost a decade in computer ethics courses attended by senior undergraduates from the
University of Skopje, Macedonia, and junior graduates from the University of Novi Sad, Serbia. The paper exhaustively
overviews the simulation of the social media inclusion in the learning process, as well as the activities performed during its
execution. The subjective student impression of all implemented techniques is contrasted with the teacher estimated amount of
acquired knowledge. The paper also emphasizes the benefits of the implemented approach, suggestions to educationalists
intending to employ it themselves, and finally the intentions of the further inclusion of social media in educational technologies.
and the most frequent consumers and creators of social media content. Their savoir-faire in new technologies is a great
motivation to intensively use various e-learning 2.0 elements in the process of learning, teaching and knowledge acquisition. This
paper presents the experience from a study that stimulates the social media elements existing in the learning environment, and
reinforces the use of various techniques intended to enable focused online collaboration and knowledge acquisition. In order to
support cutting edge learning, the approach stimulates a pervasive access to scholarly articles, breaking news existing online, and
open educational resources.
The study has been performed for almost a decade in computer ethics courses attended by senior undergraduates from the
University of Skopje, Macedonia, and junior graduates from the University of Novi Sad, Serbia. The paper exhaustively
overviews the simulation of the social media inclusion in the learning process, as well as the activities performed during its
execution. The subjective student impression of all implemented techniques is contrasted with the teacher estimated amount of
acquired knowledge. The paper also emphasizes the benefits of the implemented approach, suggestions to educationalists
intending to employ it themselves, and finally the intentions of the further inclusion of social media in educational technologies.
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