Opportunities and Threats of Social Networking in Higher Education

• Autorzy: Piotr Rodak , Wojciech Kubasik
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Higher education is progressively using social media in education on a higher level to endorse teaching, training, learning development and education procedures. Most of the online applications offer different kind of mind incitement with social media background and also add more interaction between students and educators. Moreover, apart from the benefits of introducing a social program in the educational environment, can also have a negative influence on students, teachers and education institution as a whole. Aim of this paper is to examine the various consequences of a social program in the environment of the higher education level course in order to identify the associated benefits, but also potential disadvantages. (fragment of text)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Higher education; Social networking

PL

Szkolnictwo wyższe; Serwisy społecznościowe

• Czasopismo: Scientific Publications / University of Economics in Katowice
• Rocznik: 2015
• Tom: New Media in Higher Education Market
• Strony: 289--294

Twórcy

autor

Piotr Rodak

• The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education in Katowice, Poland

autor

Wojciech Kubasik

• The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education in Katowice, Poland

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