Education and social media : toward a digital future  /
Agur, Colin,editor.
Sonnevend, Julia,editor.
Greenhow, Christine,editor.
How are widely popular social media such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram transforming how teachers teach, how kids learn, and the very foundations of education? What controversies surround the integration of social media in students' lives? The past decade has brought increased access to new media, and with this new opportunities and challenges for education. In this work, leading scholars from education, law, communications, sociology, and cultural studies explore the digital transformation now taking place in a variety of educational contexts.
Specialized.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
How are widely popular social media such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram transforming how teachers teach, how kids learn, and the very foundations of education? What controversies surround the integration of social media in students' lives? The past decade has brought increased access to new media, and with this new opportunities and challenges for education. In this work, leading scholars from education, law, communications, sociology, and cultural studies explore the digital transformation now taking place in a variety of educational contexts.
Specialized.
Includes bibliographical references (page 246) and index.
The Digital Transformation of Education / Jack M. Balkin and Julia Sonnevend -- Addressing the Social Envelope : Education and the Digital Divide / Mark Warschauer -- Do You See What I see? : Visibility of Practices through Social Media / Danah Boyd -- ICTs Education in Developing Countries : The Case Study of India / Colin Agur -- Social Media Education in News Organizations : Experimentations at the BBC / Valerie Belair-Gagnon -- Social Media and Challenges to Traditional Educational Models / Chris Dede -- Reframing Privacy and Youth Media Practices / John Palfrey -- The Growth of Online Universities : How to Solve the Accreditation Dilemma, Protect Students, and Expand Access to Higher Education / Yite John Lu and Nicholas Bramble -- Copyright Reform and Educational Progress / Nicholas Bramble -- Do We Really Need Media Education 2.0? : Teaching Media in the Age of Participatory Culture / David Buckingham -- A Model for International, Tuition-Free, Open Education Powered by Social Media : The Case of University of the People (UoPeople) / Shai Reshef -- Technology and the Economics of Education / Daniel Greenwood -- Social Media and Education on a Massive Scale : The Case of MOOCs / Minh Mai, Adam Poppe, and Christine Greenhow -- Social Media and Teacher Education : The Case of STARTALK / Jiahang Li -- Teens' Participatory Play : Digital Media Learning through Civic Engagement / Benjamin Gleason -- Conclusion : Making the New Status Quo : Social Media in Education / Ri Pierce-Grove.
Description based on print version record.
Social media.
Educational technology
Web-based instruction
Internet in education