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The communication of the homework assigned to elementary school students between teachers and parents is limited given that there are no electronic alternatives originated within the elementary schools in the State of Zacatecas México. Therefore the homework is a generally unknown activity for the parents. For this reason to improve the communication process between teachers and parents we developed...
Blended learning is a combination of multiple different instructional modalities, teaching methods and e-learning to develop a new learning model suitable for teaching in class. In this study, a teaching strategy for architectural design education is developed based on the theories of knowledge conversion and blended learning. This strategy is composed of offline teaching activities and teaching/learning...
In this article, the authors present an innovative system based on social media and high-quality multimedia content delivery designed to enhance the educational experiences of students in cultural centers and museums. The system brings together students who are viewing an educational movie and a panel of experts who might be geographically dispersed and engages them in an exciting social media experience...
Web 2.0 platforms are seen to have an emerging role in transforming teaching and learning. Specific technologies and services contributing to higher education include blogs, micro blogs, wikis, and the syndication of content through RSS, social bookmarking, media sharing, social networking sites and other social software collaborations. These can aid educators to teach by providing tools that help...
Social media is an important technological and cultural development with which the new generation of students are intimately familiar and use on a daily basis. As a communications tool social media has vast and varied potential and capabilities. That potential should also be unlocked in the educational space. The social media platforms of Facebook and Twitter were used in undergraduate units at Qatar...
The purpose of this research is to study impact of Social Networking Service (SNS) in higher education, and find out how WhatsApp can create a positive effect when used in education and to study its impact on student learning. This experimental study was carried out in university of Bahrain at undergraduate and graduate levels. The study was conducted on one semester which last for 14 weeks. The teachers...
The growing trends and the rapid developments of technological innovation have led to a new way of communication. These developments have seen individuals and organizations spending a lot of money on technological devices, software and applications much higher than ever before. On the other hand, institutions of learning are also advancing with technological innovations by shifting away from the face-to-face...
The current level of technological evolution and the mass use of social networks sites (SNS), both by individual users and by organizations, brings to light a window of opportunity for the use of these technologies in educational activities. By analysing the existing scientific literature that focus on the adoption of SNS both at individual and organizational level, we were able to identify a gap...
Many researchers said that determining learning styles enhance the learning development and makes learning easier for students. Learning management systems (LMS) are very successful in e-learning even though it does not include learning styles. As learning styles must be taken into consideration in LMS, students’ behavior in online courses needs to be analyzed and observed. In the beginning we show...
Nowadays, the usefulness of the social network is very widespread. Besides used to socialize, business and advertising, the social network is also used for learning. In this study, Facebook is used as a medium of learning. E-learning applications have been embedded into Facebook as Facebook applications. This is to facilitate access to e-learning applications. Previous research has shown that web...
Over the years universities have considered to use social networks for learning purposes as most of their students now engage on them. However, questions on the impact social networks would have on learning and how they can be utilised further for more effective teaching and learning are still unclear. To solve these questions, an in-depth investigation has been conducted to understand the benefits...
Due to the innovative interactive and collaborative features of Social Networking Sites (SNSs), several opportunities are available to support student engagement and student learning. Despite the pedagogical advantages of these social technologies to support educational use and the high level of use among students in higher education institutions, they often inefficiently used in education. As a result,...
Facebook® is a popular social network. There are approximately 1 billion registered users as of 2013. On the other hand, developing countries are starting to take advan- tage of the free platform and capabilities provided through facebook. The Island Kingdom of Tonga located in the South Pacific is also taking advantage of this social network. The secondary students of the Kingdom of Tonga are also...
The new generation of e-learning, commonly referred to as s-learning aims at the elimination of physical, social and cultural barriers and harnessing the potential of Web 2.0 in education. Allows a strong motivation for learning shortening distances between people and creating communities that share the same learning interests and goals. This paper introduces the concept of Social Learning and propose...
In general, the implementation of second generation web technologies enabled the user to have an active role in creating and sharing online resources on global scale with the ability to self-manage the personal online reputation and create different digital identity in the virtual world. Privacy, responsibility, trust and security are just some of the problems of the new technology. Unlike the implementation...
A Facebook Group was established to sensitize medical laboratory scientists in Nigeria to eLearning courses accredited for continuing professional development. In 11 months, over 6,000 members joined the Group to learn how to access and navigate the courses. Research will focus on analyzing the social networks within the Group to identify key influencers and more efficiently spread accurate information.
Internet has played an important role inrestructuring the education by introducing e-learning.Electronic learning has multiple benefits like convenience ofuse, private learning facility, cost effectiveness and provisionof virtual environment. It gives users the ability to collectquantifiable and sensible information material. They canexamine, distribute and customize e-learning knowledgefrom multiple...
E-learning is one of the pillars of modern higher education and there are many systems that support e-learning and many applications. Today the scope of e-learning goes more and more beyond individual universities. Study programs are often installed in a consortium of cooperating universities. In this case students and staff need access to e-learning platforms of different universities.
This paper explores the role of Social Networking Sites (SNS) in e-learning by investigating the attitudes, behaviors, knowledge and views of computing students towards the use of SNS in e-learning. Data was collected from an online survey and interviews, and analyzed to discover the practices, tendencies and the current status of the use of SNS in e-learning as well as how these can be improved....
Learning through Social Network Sites, like Facebook, is a trending topic nowadays, especially since many studies report that students spend more time online in this type of sites. In this article, a case study of a collaborative learning activity with university professors is presented in the context of an online course. From a CSCL perspective, we present results of interaction comparing Social...
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