Social networking is not only about updating about our present profile or letting our group of friends and community know about our whereabouts. The process of online education is vastly enhanced and facilitated by social networking. Learners as social networking users can benefit from enhanced education experience and promotion of collaborative learning,
1. The New & Smart Technology
for Learning
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2. The Future ….
•1989 : The Future is Multi- Media
•1999: The Future is the Web
•2009: The future is smart mobile
3. Key Emerging Technologies
• User Created Content
•Multi-media
•Social Networking
•Mobile Phones
•The new emerging
online publications
4. What is social media?
Social Media is the collective online communication channel dedicated to
community based input, interaction, content sharing and collaboration.
The website applications dedicated to forums, micro-blogging, social
networking, blogging and wikis all come under the different types of
social media.
5. Social Media Tools for Education
Social Media has become an indispensable tool of communication to
ensure sharing of information, research and social connectedness with
students. The idea is to enhance the learning experience of the
students supporting programs like distance education and learning
abroad.
6. The Evolution of Multi-media
Multi-media
brought the world
into classroom…
……and smart
technologies are
designed to take
the classroom
Into the world.
9. Social Networking in
Education
Provides a casual place for learning
Encourages students to express their own thoughts
Provides effective collaboration & communication
Enhance student’s learning experiences
Build an online learning community
Offers immersion in a foreign language environment
10. Conclusion
Using social networking in class could build a
sense of community among learners.
Using social networking promotes greater
connection and information sharing among students
Social media users share among themselves
day in and day out, giving and receiving
information at rapid speeds
Using social media to cultivate and demonstrate
deep learning is possible
Students develop a capacity for practical
reasoning when using social media