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Institutions of higher education pride themselves in their ability to educate, serve, and meet the needs of the students in which it serves. This analysis shows collaboration on college/university campuses to foster success among first year students. With higher education today being in a state of dynamic change, it becomes crucial that faculty members recognize that their long time traditional roles have become somewhat non-existent. That is to say that there must be a relinquishing of past ideas and procedures.

In the article, “Pros and Cons of Social Media in the Classroom,” writer Karen Lederer informs readers about the continuous debate on the role social media should play in education. She states using social media as an educational tool enriches the learning experience in schools by allowing a new way for students and teachers to interact. Social media like facebook allow users to dialog, exchange ideas, and find answers to questions. Lederer lists the cons of having social media in classes, which are it enhances student engagement, improves communication among students and teachers, and prepares students for successful employment. Due to students being fluent in the web and social networking, teachers can create an environment online that students can be comfortable in. Also, it would engage and create opportunities for students who are intimidated or shy by allowing them to surface ideas on the web instead of raising their hands, which Lederer

By engaging students, professionals and connecting businesses with consumers worldwide. Social media allow people to communicate with friends using online communication, which has created and developed many relationships. In some cases, it is difficult to reach a person via phone or email, but a simple post on social media usually receives immediate attention. Teenagers are major contributors to this new form of communications and they spend hours actively participating in social media platforms. “52% of online teens say social media have helped their friendships. 88% say being online helps them stay in touch with friends they don't see regularly.” (Morpus) Also, this increase in social media traffic is “aided by the convenience and constant access provided by mobile devices. 92% of teens report going online daily including 24% who say they go online “almost constantly,” according to a new study from Pew Research Center. 56% of teens defined in this report as those ages 13 to 17 go online several times a day. (Pew) This overwhelming data supports the need to utilize the power and accessible of social media to connect mentors, mentees, school, and financial

This study used purposive samples since they had a specific criteria of college freshmen between the ages of 18-19 years old, have a public Facebook account that has been active with posts within the past 30 days, have an email address or phone number either posted on Facebook or in the specific university directory (Whitehill, 2013, p.123). In order to be a part of the study the student had to meet these requirements since the researchers were finding information about the transition of college freshmen.

Many students agree that social networking is an essential tool in education today. Feedback has become a vital tool amongst students and teachers in networking whether it’s Facebook, Myspace, or Twitter (Carey, n.d.). In a recent study, it stated that 59% of students who belong to “social networking sites” admitted that when there on the Internet they explore topics to communicate about such as college preparation and occupations. Another study shows that 50% of students use social networking to improve on their studies and teachers have found that this has helped students become more successful in their reading and writing vocabulary (“Social,”

Unlike distance learning which a tool that delivers education to students is; social media is a form of communication that many of our students utilize to learn about matters that are going on around the campus and around the world. As stated by Ratliff, (2011) “Communication with student on campuses of higher education continues to drastically change” (p.1). There are many colleges and universities around the country that use social media to communicate a variety of information to its’ students. There are several social media outlets like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube that are popular with all ages, races, and gender of students. With new technology come new challenges, “individuals now communicate differently, research differently, and socialize differently” (Ratliff, 2011, p. 1). Student affairs professionals not only must keep up with new regulations, changes in policy, but they also should keep up with the different communication that students engage in. As stated by Ratliff, (2011), “The prevalent terms used to describe social media include: information sharing, electronic communication, and social interaction” (p.2).

It is evident that there is a new generation of students known as members of the "digital and network generation," who are surrounded by information and communication technologies that include Internet, smartphones, and mass media. Course Facebook groups are used to facilitate communications among students, to foster a positive social climate in the classroom, to create dialogue and to engage students, and to serve as a learning tool. The paper examines the level of achievements of students and their satisfaction as part of an educational Facebook group.

At any given time of day, anyone can access an abundant amount of information at the click of a button. Men, women, kids, teenagers, adults and even the elderly are learning how to use the internet to their advantage. Among all the benefits the internet has provided to us, online communication has proven to be the most beneficial. Social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace have made it easy for everyone to stay in contact with each other. Regardless of how far apart a family member or friend is, everyone is just one click away. If someone is not having a good day, they can share their feelings with everyone in a matter of seconds. These social networking sites have become quite popular among adolescents. They allow teens to stay more connected with their friends outside of school. Now teens have become more obsessed with their friends Facebook or Twitter status than engaging in outdoor activities like football or

The web is no longer a read only product, it now has the ability to be interactive and particpatory. Users are able to interact over the internet with each other with instant messaging and emails and use social networks to share news, videos, and photos with others, bringing people with common interest, opinions, and experiences together and closer. Some of the most popular social networks include Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn. Currently social networks are mostly used to keep in touch with friends, colleagues, peers and family, there are far more benefits, that the social media platform can provide. This paper explores the topic of social media in modern education. There are benefits and

The internet has grown world-wide in the past couple years. Since July 2011, there have been over 750 million profiles on Face book, more than 100 million users on LinkedIn, around 180 million posts on twitter and about 3 billion views on YouTube daily(Chen & Bryer, 2012). The most effective page on social media has been proven to be Facebook because it allows one account to share images, videos, and posts etc. to all of the friends on the page (Chen, 2010). Students use Facebook for personal reasons mainly, however now it is mostly being used for academic reasons. Research has shown that clubs, groups, and news are being created and sent out from students to other students. The surge of the internet definitely changes the amount of students participating in academic groups and the whole college learning experience (Prescott, 2014).

Approximately one in every thirteen people in the world has a Facebook account. With this being said, it puts into perspective just how popular social networking is. As of 2011, over 500,000,000 people were registered on Facebook, and over half of them log in daily. With this being said, the demographic changes with age. Younger people and elderly people are less likely to have a Facebook, while 48% of adults age 18 to 34 have them. That’s almost half of that age bracket, an astonishing find to the popularity of social networking. But why do 72% of internet users in the U.S. have a Facebook? The answer is that it is appealing. People like being able to record their lives, and are happy to show them off to

It is evident that in today’s world social networks act as an essential part of teenagers’ and young adults’ lives. According to a study done by researchers at the Pew Research Center on teens ages 13 through 17, 88% of teens have at least 5 different social media profiles, and spend anywhere from 3-5 hours a day on those sites. Many times, one wonders how spending so much time on social network sites might have a positive effect on the youth. Many teenagers and young adults aren’t getting their news from newspapers, or the five o’clock news, they get their news from online news journals, or news accounts they subscribe to on their social media networks. A recent study by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has shown that, “the clear majority of Twitter (63%) and Facebook users

Waste of Time Using Facebook routinely can be dull. This is a challenge that numerous users have. Diagrams exhibit that One-in-three gatekeepers say they have had concerns or request with respect to their child using various progressions. Facebook is open on PDAs and diverse devices. This can make it difficult to make tracks in an inverse course from Facebook. Homework transforms into an issue when internet organizing eats up understudies ' chance. Facebook can be truly addictive, making you contribute more vitality than you might need to investigate the news-support. As showed by an audit coordinated in 2011, halting relational communication goals can be correspondingly as attempting as ceasing

Considering its popularity among students, Facebook high school version was launched in September, 2005. Its members are multiplying greatly with each day passing i.e. Facebook had 100million users on Aug. 26, 2008 while this number increased to 500million on Jul. 21, 2010 and growth rate was 153% during the last year (blog.Facebook.com). Social networking sites brought many positive implications to human life. The idea of social globe or global village has been translated into reality through these sites connecting millions of people from all around the world. Simultaneous communication of many people even at distant places promotes the creation of social capital fetching personal, professional and social benefits not only to the users of these sites but to the society as a whole. But every technological revolution brings some dilemmas and darker issues along as well. Likewise, these increasing links and networks online are setting back the real values of life especially students are accepting some adverse impacts from using these sites as they form the major chunk of SNSs users. An ever increasing growth rate of SNSs not only calls for the parental and teacher monitoring of student users but also attracting the focus of academicians and researchers towards this phenomenon. In September, 2005, out of total adult internet users (18-29 years) 16% were those who were using any social networking site and this percentage increased to 86% on

In order to explore the first research question of this study, which is: What are the City, University of London undergraduates’ general Facebook uses? participants were asked four questions regarding their general usage of the social networking site Facebook. Through analyzing the data collected from the questionnaire, the study found that most of students have the experience of using Facebook for more than three years. Based on the findings, this study also found out that a majority of students (97.8%) are using Facebook every single day and most of the students spend half an hour per day on the site. This shows how active the students are on Facebook as they are seen to be engaging with the social networking site everyday. The advances of communication technology and devices such as the Internet, smartphone and the increasing development of mobile version of social networking sites have led to the