Theme: Social media

Theme: Social media
Plan
1. Use of social media as an education tool:
2. Objectives of the Study
3. Hypothesis of the study
4. Review of Literature

A Research Paper on Social media:

An Innovative Educational Tool
Abstract
The topic “Social media: an innovative education tool” was undertaken to study the
relevance and importance of social media which is an in-thing among the educational
sector. In an era, where the glocal is the word to define common platform for the
people around the world to share and exchange their beliefs, culture, traditions,
knowledge, views, etc. The study concludes that our education system needs change
and social media should be widely utilized for the educational purposes. It is mainly
used for the purpose of making presentations followed by assignment updates, better
research and connectivity.
Keywords: Social media, Social learning, glocal, Educators, Innovation
Introduction
The world is becoming ‘glocal’ from global
and is squeezing its economic, social
and political boundaries thus giving it a common platform for development.
The convergence of the media has expanded the usage of internet that gave
birth to social media. Social media, a concept that has given people a common
platform for sharing their news, views and opinions regarding the happenings
around them. Not only this, social media is also being used by the advertisers
and companies for their promotions, professionals for searching and recruiting,
students for internships, amateurs for
professional work, parents and educators
as social learning tools, etc.
“Social Learning” tools is a phrase that reflects main goal of using social
networking functionality in the education setting. One simple way to define
a social networking platform might be, “a tool that lets students, parents, and
educators collaborate online”. The innovative use of social media doesn’t
stop here; the students also use it for making blogs, making professional
links, announcing and making class announcements, sharing information with
students, parents and educators, etc.