Social Media – the invasion
Social networking websites, or
social media, has changed our lives drastically over the past few years. Every
other internet user such that student, teacher, paper writing online experts,
job person or any one that
we come across has an account on one or more social networking websites, and
people spend a lot of time on these social networks, updating statuses, posting
pictures and other files, and looking up what other people are up to. Social
media has practically invaded the life of the average internet user. It is now
a part of almost everything the user does, and that includes education.
Studies and Social Networking
Studies and social networking –
the link may not seem very evident, but you will be surprised at how much
social networking websites are now involved in the studies. Students make up a
large number of internet users, and that means a large portion of the people
who use social networking websites are also students. Their educational
activities are also interlinked now with their activities on social media.
Groups
A lot of groups on social
networking websites are related to education. Some of them are class groups,
where students share information or files, or discuss class activities and
course-related stuff. Some other groups are dedicated towards merely sharing
information and knowledge on a particular subject. There are groups that are
just focused upon sharing eBooks, and also groups that are project-related.
Pages
There are many pages on social
media that share information, knowledge and educational resources publicly, and
anyone who likes those pages or subscribes, gets these things in their newsfeed
regularly.
Such pages are not limited to a
particular topic or a particular field, but pages can be found on a very
assorted variety of topics, covering a vast share of information. The thing
about these is that the updates on the pages appear in the newsfeed, so even
those who do not like to make much effort, benefit.
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