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
Link To Document :
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