DocumentCode
3052512
Title
Social networks´ role in online education
Author
Varol, Asaf ; Ahmed, Nova
Author_Institution
Dept. of Software Eng., Firat Univ., Elazg, Turkey
fYear
2013
fDate
23-25 Oct. 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
Since students of online education do not meet face to face in a classroom environment, students get engaged to the classes via third party content or learning management tools. It is evident that young people spend most of their time on Social Networking websites when they are connected to internet. These sites provide free of speech environment without any restrictions. Moreover, the research in this area points out that the students are being more social when they use one of these Social Networking websites. Based on this findings, one can say using Social Networking in online education may provide an active cyber classroom environment with positive learning outcomes. Therefore, this paper is focusing on the role of Social Networking websites affect on student betrothal in online education.
Keywords
computer aided instruction; distance learning; social networking (online); active cyber classroom environment; online education; positive learning outcomes; social networks Websites; Collaborative work; Communities; Educational institutions; Electronic mail; Fellows; Social network services; Distance Learning; Online Education; Social Networking;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Application of Information and Communication Technologies (AICT), 2013 7th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Baku
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-6419-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICAICT.2013.6722696
Filename
6722696
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