How Social Media is Useful for Students


How Students Benefit From Using Social Media


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One reason social media is so popular is that it allows people to personalize the way they experience and interact with the Web. Tools like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram used to be almost exclusively used to take a break from academics, but social media is increasingly being leveraged as a study tool, especially for today's tech-savvy students. Our recent research around college study trends found that over 70% of students feel that the technology they use to study should be as tailored to their needs as social media feeds. We're fast working to achieve this with significant student experience updates to our ALEKS and Connect adaptive learning platforms, and with 2015 finals fast approaching we've also come up with some practical ideas to help students use social media for more personalized and collaborative studying

Create a community: It's common for many students to be challenged by the same learning concept or course assignment. Social media can help centralize the collective knowledge of an entire class to make studying and communicating more efficient for everyone. Designate a course or study group hashtag, such as #Bio101Finals. Start a contact list or group for the class to collaborate and share study tips. Invite professors who use social media to follow the group conversation or join chats. Remember that thousands of students everywhere are studying the same thing right now -- study networks don't have to be limited to students from just one school.

social media has become an important means of communication, particularly for young people. In early 2013 social media giant Facebook reported that it had exceeded a billion monthly users, most of whom accessed the site through smartphones or mobile devices at least some of the time. Facebook and other social media platforms are an integral part of how today’s students express themselves, organise their schedules and communicate with their friends. However, despite appearances, social media isn’t just for entertainment; social networking has educational applications, including helping students study for exams. A 2012 survey conducted by Online Colleges determined that two thirds of faculty members surveyed had used social media in the classroom. Here are just a few of the ways in which social media can help students with their studies. Organisation One application of social media in the seminar room is scheduling: educators can create class Facebook pages which host announcements of upcoming assignments and deadlines, and a course Twitter feed can provide students with up-to-the-minute information on classwork and other relevant events. Creating social media spaces for courses also allows students to talk to one another about their work, which can be extremely useful when a test is looming. Communication Outside of class, most students who discuss work probably do so face-to-face, by email or using other person-to-person methods. This can result in a situation familiar to many teachers: the most enthusiastic students pull away from their peers, reinforcing one another’s success and leaving students who are struggling behind. 

Using social media for class communication opens up class discussion to include all students – and possibly teachers as well. Students can use Twitter or Facebook accounts to talk about what they’ve learned in class, asking questions and providing each other with assistance. For those who require more unconventional methods to help them revise, activities such as this can be of great benefit. Resources Educators who reported using social media often used it to provide materials students could both study in class and continue to use at home, which is often the case for those studying for a postgraduate degree. For example, video sharing sites like YouTube allow students to watch documentaries, scientific demonstrations, historical footage and more. A one-line link in a social media post can connect the student to this resource, something that would have been impractical prior to the advent of social media. Students can then discuss their thoughts or ask their peers questions by leaving replies under the link, which can be a fantastic way to expand on ideas prior to an exam. Other useful tools for this kind of task include photo-sharing services such as Flickr. There are also thousands of blogs and social feeds that exist for many subjects and are excellent for bolstering existing learning. For example, museum accounts on Tumblr.

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