Social Media and Higher Education – An International Perspective

Bartosik‐Purgat, Małgorzata; Filimon, Nela; Calli, Meltem Kiygi

doi:10.14254/2071-789x.2017/10-1/13

Cited by 19 publications

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“…There are many challenges while implementing Industry 4.0, among them, insufficient qualification of employees and lack of adequate skill-sets to expedite the march towards fourth industrial revolution (Karagözoglu 2017;Ciobanu and Androniceanu 2018) are issues that need to be addressed. In the recent decades, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have entered into every single area of the industry (Raišienė and Jonušauskas 2013;Delina and Tkáč 2015;Smoląg and Kot 2015;Madan et al 2016;Bartosik-Purgat et al 2017). In this case, the technology integration in education definitely speeds the progress of Industry 4.0.…”

Section: Education 40 Is a Gateway To The Fourth Industrial Revolutionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Scoping Review on Digital English and Education 4.0 for Industry 4.0

2018

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Industry 4.0 is a current trend of automation and digitalization of industries. The impacts and importance of Industry 4.0 are reflected in all aspects of our lives. The purpose of this article is to analyze the literatures based on a scoping review method. A lack of digital culture, training, knowledge, and language are also challenges faced by Industry 4.0 while implementing its operations. Digital English and Education 4.0 are also employee competencies of Industry 4.0. The authors have reviewed the literature related to Digital English, Education 4.0, and Industry 4.0 from various resources. Astonishingly, the results show that the studies conducted in these areas are so specific focusing only one of the above-mentioned areas; no research article was identified that detailed the interconnections among these areas. From the scoping review, the study has identified the gaps in the literature. Thus, the study concludes that filling up the gaps and conducting research in these areas are useful to sort out a few of the challenges of Industry 4.0 and it recommends that in future, researchers conduct studies based on the interconnections of Digital English and Education 4.0 for Industry 4.0.

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Section: Education 40 Is a Gateway To The Fourth Industrial Revolutionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Scoping Review on Digital English and Education 4.0 for Industry 4.0

2018

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“…Social media has recently become part of people's daily activities; many of them spend hours each day on Messenger, Instagram, Facebook, and other popular social media. Thus, many researchers and scholars study the impact of social media and applications on various aspects of people’s lives [ 2 ]. Moreover, the number of social media users worldwide in 2019 is 3.484 billion, up 9% year-on-year [ 3 - 5 ].…”

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Social Media Use and Its Connection to Mental Health: A Systematic Review

Karim¹,

Oyewande²,

Abdalla³

et al. 2020

Cureus

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Social media are responsible for aggravating mental health problems. This systematic study summarizes the effects of social network usage on mental health. Fifty papers were shortlisted from google scholar databases, and after the application of various inclusion and exclusion criteria, 16 papers were chosen and all papers were evaluated for quality. Eight papers were cross-sectional studies, three were longitudinal studies, two were qualitative studies, and others were systematic reviews. Findings were classified into two outcomes of mental health: anxiety and depression. Social media activity such as time spent to have a positive effect on the mental health domain. However, due to the cross-sectional design and methodological limitations of sampling, there are considerable differences. The structure of social media influences on mental health needs to be further analyzed through qualitative research and vertical cohort studies.

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“…Information and communication technologies are widely used at present in nearly all aspects of people's lives, including entertainment, education, decision making, information seeking, trading, and business. As a result, time, effort, and costs are saved during people's daily routine 2 . Academic performance is defined as ‘the overall performance in each year, which culminates in a Grade Point Average (GPA)’ 3 .…”

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“…Academic performance is defined as ‘the overall performance in each year, which culminates in a Grade Point Average (GPA)’ 3 . Social media technology has recently become an inseparable part of people's daily activities; thus, many researchers and scholars are studying the effects of social media technologies and applications on different aspects of people's lives 2 . Many people, especially higher education students, spend their time using social media.…”

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Gender variations in social media usage and academic performance among the students of University of Sharjah

Alnjadat

Hmaidi²,

Samha

et al. 2019

Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences

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Objective Social media usage is considered one of the most common activities among university students that could impact their daily lives. There is a great variation of the level of this impact depending on gender and some other factors. The impact of social media usage on academic performance is not known. This study aims to evaluate gender differences amongst students at the University of Sharjah (UoS) for predicting the impact of social media usage on their academic performance. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted on 328 medical UoS students across all years of study. Social media usage was assessed by a self-administered questionnaire titled Social Media and Academic Performance of Students Questionnaire (SMAAPOS). This tool used a 4-point Linkert rating scale and contained two sections: a section for participants' demographics, year of study and time spent on social media and another section collected participants' views about the impact and addictiveness of social media. Chi-square test using SPSS (v 20) was used for data analysis. Results Of the 500 invitees, 328 students responded; a response rate of 66%. The respondents were 61% female and 39% male students. The average time spent on social media usage was reported as 2–3 h per day. Furthermore, males were more addicted to social media than females (49.6%) and (32%), respectively. Additionally, females' academic performance was more highly influenced by the usage of social media than that of males, although males were more addicted to social media networks. Conclusion This study demonstrates a significant difference in the academic performance of medical students as influenced by social media usage. Medical educators are urged to frame guidelines for using social media for educational purposes that will help improve the academic performance of the students.

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Social Media and Higher Education – An International Perspective

Cited by 19 publications

References 47 publications

A Scoping Review on Digital English and Education 4.0 for Industry 4.0

A Scoping Review on Digital English and Education 4.0 for Industry 4.0

Social Media Use and Its Connection to Mental Health: A Systematic Review

Gender variations in social media usage and academic performance among the students of University of Sharjah

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