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SOCIAL MEDIA FOR LEARNING

SOCIAL MEDIA FOR LEARNING

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Odukoya Temitope

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By Odukoya Temitope

SOCIAL MEDIA FOR LEARNING

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There are many different ways to use social media for education. Social media has various uses in the classroom as well as to help market and promote schools and universities.

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Social media and technology are integral parts of daily life, and integrating the use of these into the classroom is more natural than before, given how acclimated many students are to them.

Each social media platform offers many different ways to be used in the classroom, from sharing announcements to holding live lectures, and so much more.

Benefits of social media in education

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First, social media provides a smoother, more direct communication tool between students, teachers and parents, who can check in and ask or respond to questions.

Social media allows for more e-learning opportunities as well. As remote jobs and online classes are becoming more popular, training students to work from a distance is an important lesson, and social media can help with that.There are many different ways to use social media for education. Social media has various uses in the classroom as well as to help market and promote schools and universities.

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Social media in the classroom

First, let’s talk about the different ways that social media can be used directly in the classroom. There are many social media tools for education that can be taken advantage of for students of any age, from elementary all the way through college.

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Use a Facebook Page to broadcast updates and alerts.

Social media in the classroom

Facebook can be the perfect social media platform to incorporate into the classroom. Instead of putting instructors and students alike through a new learning curve when dealing with a traditional online classroom dashboard, stick to something everyone already knows.

Have students follow the class’s Facebook Page, and the instructor can use it to post class updates, share homework assignments and encourage discussion.

By Odukoya Temitope

SOCIAL MEDIA FOR LEARNING

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