Can social media be used to enhance the process of learning?
Biggs (1999) - Attendance at university due to focus on degree/qualifications
Students lacking passion
Need for change in the way students learn
Jisc and the Higher Education Academy (2009) - Technology as a modern tool
Focus on enhancing the learning of students
Twopblog (2011) - Stress the high activity on Facebook and Twitter
Junco, Heibergert, & Loken (2011) - Lack of research regarding social media used in universities
Discovered that Twitter usage increases students' engagment
eBizMBA (2013) - Facebook and Twitter as the most popular social medias
Ebner, Lienhardt, Rohs & Meyer, 2010 - Twitter very accommodating of discussions for learners
Using a social media leads to students using that social media more frequently as they continue to use it
See a future where social medias can positively impact the learning in a higher education classroom
Schroeder, Minocha and Schneider (2010) - strengths and weaknesses of implementing social medias in the classroom
Chen and Chen (2012) - participants used Twitter as a means of feedback and discovered positive benefits
Anonymity of students
Accessibility for students
Connectivity for students
Lowe and Laffey (2011) - Twitter applied in a marketing classroom setting
Students responded positively to the use of Twitter
Enhanced the process of learning for students in the specific subject
Added to the overall enjoyment, communication, timeliness, and application of the course
Offers skill set for students targetting their desired careers
Failure to provide connection between usage and students' attitudes
Johnson (2011) - social tweets vs. scholarly tweets to determine credibility of the tutor
Personal tweets = greater credibility of the tutor