scholarly journals Analyzing Social Media And Learning Through Content And Social Network Analysis: A Faceted Methodological Approach

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 46-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anatoliy Gruzd ◽  
Drew Paulin ◽  
Caroline Haythornthwaite
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Network Analyses ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Multi Method Approach ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Method Approach ◽  
Potential Use

In just a short period of time, social media have altered many aspects of our daily lives, from how we form and maintain social relationships to how we discover, access and share information online. Now social media are also affecting how we teach and learn. In this paper, we discuss methods that can help researchers and educators evaluate and understand the observed and potential use of social media for teaching and learning through content and network analyses of social media texts and networks. This paper is based on a workshop given at the 2014 Learning Analytics and Knowledge conference, and presents an overview of the measures and potential of a multi-method approach for studying learning via social media. The theoretical discussion is augmented with study of the case of Twitter discussion from a cMOOC class.

SOCIAL MEDIA ADOPTION IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A CASE STUDY OF UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA

2015 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamarul Faizal Hashim ◽  
Muhammad Afif Zamani ◽  
Muhammad Fuad Othman ◽  
Zaheruddin Othman ◽  
Alias Azhar
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Early Adopters ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Universiti Utara Malaysia ◽  
Method Approach

The use of social media within higher learning institute has resulted positive impacts on students engagement in teaching and learning activities. Current studies have acknowledged the importance of social media as one of the facilitating tools that promotes active participations among students. Although higher learning institution is introduce to new innovation, but when it comes to adopting they are always considered as late adopter. Thus, these studies examine the level of social media usage among lecturers for teaching purposes. Besides that, this study also examines the motives and barriers that hinder lecturers from using social media for teaching purposes. This study adopts a quantitative research method approach. The finding of this research found that 70% of UUM lecturers used social media for teaching purposes and most of them are categorized as early adopters.

scholarly journals Use of Social Media By Nurse Educator Students: An Exploratory Survey

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mari Lahti ◽  
Heidi Haapaniemi-Kahala ◽  
Leena Salminen
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Second Life ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Nurse Educator ◽  
Depth Information ◽  
Questionnaire Response ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Innovative Teaching ◽  
Use Of Social Media

Background: Information and Communication Technology (ICT) opens up new possibilities for introducing innovative teaching and learning methods to deliver education in different educational areas. Use of internet and social media has grown rapidly and is a key way in how nurses and nurse educator students find information. However, the evidence is still lacking how nurse educator students use social media. Objective: The aim of this study is to describe nurse educator students’ use of social media and the ways in which their educational needs are related to social media. Method: The data were collected using a structured questionnaire that included one open question. Altogether, 49 nurse educator students completed and returned the questionnaire (response rate 96%). The quantitative data were analysed using statistical programme SPPS and content analysis. Results: While many nurse educator students reported using the tools of social media, others claimed that they do not use social media at all. Facebook was most common (53% use it every day) and YouTube (17%) the second most common form of social media used to support daily living. The participants reported using YouTube (6% use it every day) and Facebook (4%) most often as support in their studies. They reported using Second life as virtual reality form of social media, the least. The most common educational needs of nurse educator students include receiving more in-depth information about how to use social media, as well as more practice in using it. Conclusion: In the future, the education of the nurse educator students should include even more in-depth information about the forms of social media and about the advantages of using it in teaching. The education should encourage nurse educator students and provide them with more possibilities to train and make use of the benefits of social media as support in their daily lives and studies. There is need for more robust evidence of social media use in nurse educator students education.

scholarly journals Tax-funded digital government communication in Austria: Members of the government on Facebook

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 140-164
Author(s):  
Uta Russmann ◽  
Markus Hametner ◽  
Eduard Posch
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Party Politics ◽  
Digital Government ◽  
The Public ◽  
Government Communication ◽  
Quantitative Content ◽  
Multi Method Approach ◽  
The Government ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Method Approach

For a few years now, members of the government in Austria have been using Facebook to reach out to the public as well as to the mass media. Following normative guidelines and regulations, tax-funded government communication should be neutral, informative and autonomous of party politics. Using a multi-method approach, combining a structural analysis of formal criteria of Facebook accounts and an automated quantitative content analysis of Facebook postings, we investigated to what extent the official Facebook accounts of members of the last two Austrian governments were an exclusive tool for digital government communication. We found that not all representatives made use of Facebook. Moreover, tax-funded digital government communication on Facebook was not all neutral and autonomous of party politics. Based on our findings, we conclude that there is a lack of regulatory framework in Austria to govern tax-funded use of social media.

scholarly journals Global South teacher educators in digital landscape: implications on professional learning

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-28
Author(s):  
Maria Antonietta Impedovo ◽  
Sufiana Khatoon Malik ◽  
Kinley Kinley
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Professional Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Digital Resources ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Digital Landscape

Abstract This article explores Pakistani and Bhutanese teacher educators’ digital competences about the use of social media, digital resources and professional online communities and implications of this on professional learning. The two countries, less discussed in international educational literature, are facing a growing use of the Internet in teaching and learning. Data include a survey completed by 67 teacher educators from Pakistan and 37 teachers from Bhutan, as well as semi-structured interviews from both countries. This study provides evidence of how teachers’ interaction on social networks and the use of digital resources play a central role in the introduction of innovative pedagogical practices of teacher educators, and teacher educators remain interested in knowledge sharing through social media for their professional learning.

scholarly journals The Attitudes of Islamic Education Teachers Towards the Use of Social Media in Teaching and Learning

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 154
Author(s):  
Badr Abdullah Al-Harbi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Educational Processes ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Teaching Learning

The aim of this study was to identify and analyse the Islamic Education teachers’ attitudes, difficulties and purposes while using social media in the educational processes in the Saudi context. In doing so, this study adopted a quantitative, descriptive approach based on empirical data collected by means of a questionnaire. The study sample consisted of 124 teachers of Islamic Education in Hail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). While the participants reported positive attitudes towards the use of social media in the educational processes, the results showed their low use of social media which was limited mainly to personal purposes rather than using them for teaching learning activities. Based on the results, the study recommends developing teachers’ knowledge and skills to make them aware of the use of social media in education and encourage them to utilize them for teaching and learning activities. Since social media are ubiquitous and being widely used for personal reasons, their integration into the curricula and syllabi may further increase the teaching and learning of Islamic Education in Saudi Arabia.

scholarly journals Instagram Influencer Analysis for Top 5 Categories in Turkey

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (44) ◽  
pp. 22-36
Author(s):  
Busra ERTOGRUL ◽  
Gizem KILICSIZ ◽  
Aysun BOZANTA
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Digital Identity ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Marketing Tool ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
New Jobs

Social media platforms have become an inevitable part of our daily lives. Companies that noticed the intense use of social media platforms started to use them as a marketing tool. Even ordinary people have become famous by social media and companies have been sending their products to them to try and advertise. Many people have gained a considerable amount of money in this way and today new jobs are emerged like "Youtuber" and "Instagram Influencer". Therefore, ordinary people realized the power of social media and many people started to strength their digital identity over social media. The question raising in people’s mind is that “What is the difference between the influencers and the ordinary people who have also digital identity over social media?”. This study examined Instagram influencers for five categories namely fashion, makeup, photography, travel, and fitness in Turkey. As an exploratory study, the relationship between the influencers’ average number of posts, the number of likes, the number of views, the number of comments, number of followers, and the number of following were examined. As well as the engagement rates of the followers to the influencers were calculated. In addition, the words they mostly used in the captions of the posts were examined.

Social Media

2017 ◽  
pp. 29-43
Author(s):  
Gwakisa Andindilile Kamatula
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
Business Operations ◽  
Policies And Procedures ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Social Media Tools ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Effective Use

Information sharing via social media has become stylish, fashionable and unavoidable in all walks of life to date. Through Social media tools people can share information quickly and widely within a very short period of time. From desktop research and documentary review, the chapter establishes how effective use of social media can enhance knowledge sharing within government organizations in a bid to generate new possibilities and opportunities for their efficiency in business operations. The chapter concludes by proposing issues to be considered by modern governments as they embrace the proliferation of social media technologies for effective knowledge sharing which is of vital importance for their success. It has however been emphasized on the necessity of developing and implementing social media policies and procedures.

Use of Social Media in Online Learning

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Agah Tugrul Korucu ◽  
Handan Atun
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Limited Range ◽  
Digital Native ◽  
New Material ◽  
Social Media Tools ◽  
Digital Competencies ◽  
Use Of Social Media

Social media tools are used to visualize resources especially. However, there is a limited range of created content in social media, instructors and students have a tendency to use shared materials rather than edit an existed material or create a new material. However, this does not change the situation of social media in education, it is proved that social media improves teaching and learning process. Therefore, researchers stressed that instructions should consider supporting academic staff with technical and pedagogical guidance as the academicians do not meet the requirements of digital native students. Their web self-efficacy and digital competencies should be improved (Manca & Ranieri, 2016a; Manca & Ranieri, 2016b).

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