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The Social Network Classroom

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Technology Enhanced Learning. Quality of Teaching and Educational Reform (TECH-EDUCATION 2010)

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Online social networking is an important part in the everyday life of college students. Despite the increasing popularity of online social networking among students and faculty members, its educational benefits are largely untested. This paper presents our experience in using social networking applications and video content distribution websites as a complement of traditional classroom education. In particular, the solution has been based on effective adaptation, extension and integration of Facebook, Twitter, Blogger YouTube and iTunes services for delivering educational material to students on mobile platforms like iPods and 3rd generation mobile phones. The goals of the proposed educational platform, described in this paper, are to make the learning experience more engaging, to encourage collaborative work and knowledge sharing among students, and to provide an interactive platform for the educators to reach students and deliver lecture material in a totally new way.

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  1. Department of Computer and Information Science, Linköping University, Sweden

    Peter Bunus

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  1. The American College of Greece, Gerakas Attikis, Greece

    Miltiadis D. Lytras

  2. University of Oviedo, Spain

    Patricia Ordonez De Pablos

  3. ESSEC Business School, Cergy Pontoise Cedex, France

    David Avison

  4. Villanova University, Villanova, PA, USA

    Janice Sipior

  5. Dept. Human Informatics and Cognitive Sciences, Waseda University, 2-579-15 Mikajima, Tokorozawa, 359-1192, Saitama, Japan

    Qun Jin

  6. Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal

  7. Staffordshire University, Becaonside, Stafford, UK

    Lorna Uden

  8. Nagoya University of Commerce and Business, Japan

    Michael Thomas

  9. Trieste University, Italy

    Sara Cervai

  10. The American College of Greece, Aghia Paraskevi, Greece

    David Horner

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Bunus, P. (2010). The Social Network Classroom. In: Lytras, M.D., et al. Technology Enhanced Learning. Quality of Teaching and Educational Reform. TECH-EDUCATION 2010. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 73. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13166-0_73

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