Intended for practitioners, researchers, and students, this reference presents research on teaching challenges encountered in recent times in understanding the place for social media in education. Topics include: the implementation of a university 2.0 model, using new Web-based technologies in strategies of teaching gender studies, using Facebook in teaching, use of social media by children and teenagers, learning with and through social networks in higher education, cyberbullying, and media and communication research facing social media. Editors are Monica Patrut and Bogdan Patrut (Vasile Alecsandri U. of Bacau, Romania).
– Annotation ©2013 Book News Inc. Portland, OR
The editors have compiled an impressive overview of the use of social media in higher education. This resource is an excellent starting point for educators who want and need to understand the valuable contributions that social media can make to the academic curriculum.
– Alice Crosetto, American Reference Books Annual
This title collates numerous studies focused on social media and illustrates the advantages of using social media in higher education. This book is well organized and lends itself successfully to the study of different social media. In addition, the authors offer extraordinary viewpoints to rethink the academic work environment based on social media tools and applications, such as Twitter and Facebook, in accordance with the needs of students. Overall, the book provides teachers, researchers, educators, as well as software developers, up-to-date content about the impact of different social media tools on the current educational environment.
– Dr. Chia-Wen Tsai, Professor Pei-Di Shen and Yi-Chun Chiang, Ming Chuan University, Taiwan