ENHANCING E-LEARNING USING SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS

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作者
Onete, Bogdan [1 ]
Teodorescu, Ioana [1 ]
Vasile, Viorel [1 ]
机构
[1] Bucharest Univ Econ Studies, 6th Romana Sq, Bucharest, Romania
来源
ELEARNING VISION 2020!, VOL II | 2016年
关键词
e-learning; social media; online; education;
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G40 [教育学];
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040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
This paper aims to identify and to analyze the positive outcomes of social media tools for elearning platforms. Social media has endless benefits as youngsters today are permanently connected to new technology and applications. Young generation is connected online worldwide making new friends, interacting with new business contacts or just keeping in touch with family and relatives. In this way, people share information in real time. Although Facebook is a global phenomenon whose main mission is to develop social networking among people, it cannot be overlooked that its main purpose is a complementary indicator to add value to e-learning strategies. Until now, Facebook has proven that this kind of social network enhance support for e-learning because virtual classmates connect with each other and may build professional relationships, but also in sharing study of information in a pleasant and easy manner. This research will be focused on the advantages of integrating Facebook into e-learning experiences. The reasons of incorporating Facebook in web learning sessions stand as it follows: Facebook is a tool everyone nowadays is familiar with, it encourages social learning by sharing free content, it is not expensive in terms of costs and passive members of e-learning platforms become more motivated and popular in expressing opinions and ideas. Facebook environment has created an online community not only to be updated to latest news and events, but also has expanded rapidly towards education and training. This fact demonstrates that students at this moment adapt and develop more friendly methods of learning.
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页数:7
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