Meanwhile, universities and other education institutions are now integrating social media marketing courses to their panel, hoping to catch students’ attention.
As the evolution manifests in all domains, education is very affected by it. In the last years students used the social media networks a lot. More than 50% of students that have been active on internet have reported that social media helped them to perform in their activity by discussing about school topics.
Meanwhile, universities and other education institutions are now integrating social media marketing courses to their panel, hoping to catch students’ attention. On the other hand, as in for undergraduate and postgraduate students looking for a job, it can be very easy by searching it on the Internet. We give a plus in this case to social media networks because we save a lot of time and energy
Furthermore, as suggested bbcactive.com, we must feel obligated to ask whether social media can be considered “teaching tool” and not as “simple distraction”.
On one hand, not all the students are the same, when we are thinking at the temptation that can distract you from your studies such as games, videos, music. Parents are often being told their children will get better results if their spend less time spent on social media networks. Indeed, a negative impact of social media it is caused by diminishing the interaction and direct contact between humans. Using often social media for interactions is causing a negative impact on interpersonal level between humans.
To conclude, education and social media can be smartly combined to bring kids and teenagers better e-learning facilities; however, social media use must be controlled by education providers to make sure students are not loosing focus over their studies.
Indeed it’s complicated to answer between simple distraction and education tools as long as people – especially the youth – are not taking school initiatives seriously.
Nice post about a real issue that happens everyday. I personally don´t like to share my personal data or to put my location on but I think they are great when it´s about sharing a great time saver when you need to join your friends, family or loved ones. As long as data collecting is only used with no harm there is nothing to be afraid about.
A very interesting article! I believe that nowadays social media is part of our lives, even to find a job. For instance, I am the one that uses Facebook to look for a job (freelance job) or just to catch up news from my country. It’s scary how social media has introduced on our lives, and it’s nothing to do. We need to be responsible way.