Social Media Tools in the Leadership Classroom

Odom, Summer F.; Jarvis, Holly; Sandlin, M’Randa R.; Peek, Cassidy

doi:10.12806/v12/i1/34

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“…This is about 62.8% of all respondents. This observation agrees with other studies which concluded that social media could comfortably facilitate the learning process for college students, if used appropriately (Chawinga 2017;Odom et al 2013;Qureshi, Raza & Whitty 2014).…”

Section: Comfortability With the Use (Ease Of Use) Of Social Media Toolssupporting

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Factors affecting the use of social media in the learning process

Lubua

Semlambo

Pretorius

2017

S. Afr. j. inf. manag.

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Background: The study was established based on the inherent challenges of traditional learning systems, which require to be addressed. Arguably, social media can address many challenges of traditional learning if used properly. On this basis, it was important for the study to determine factors associated with the adoption of social media in learning.Objectives: This study determines the relationship between the ease of use and the usefulness of social media to its adoption. Moreover, it shows whether the perceived security of social media relates to its adoption in the learning environment of higher learning students. The objectives were met through testing hypotheses.Methods: Overall, the study was objective and followed the positivism philosophical stance. It adopted the survey research design. Data were collected through the use of a closed-end questionnaire and was tested using descriptive statistics and the One-Way ANOVA model. The generalisation of the results of tested hypotheses is allowed to the population with characteristics similar to that of the study.Results: Social media offer a good platform for the learning process. Moreover, necessary efforts are required to enhance the perception of users on the usefulness of social media, and improve their awareness of security issues because they relate with the adoption of social media. Also, the complexity of social media relates with to adoption. An ease of use platform enhances the adoption.Conclusion: Social media offer a suitable platform for the extension of traditional classes. Their use would be more effective provided that users are aware of maintaining their safety, able to apply social media tools and able to share the content useful to their learning process. Moreover, the study recommends further studies in specific social media.

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Section: Comfortability With the Use (Ease Of Use) Of Social Media Toolssupporting

confidence: 92%

Factors affecting the use of social media in the learning process

Lubua

Semlambo

Pretorius

2017

S. Afr. j. inf. manag.

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“…Their output was more meaningful because they had authentic readers. These findings concurred with [34] claim. He claimed that language students learning through new technologies can produce meaningful output.…”

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“…Furthermore, as students show a higher level of comfort using Facebook, it helps them in increasing the quality and the efficiency of communication between students and instructors [34]. Social networking services increase motivation and build confidence for students in using and learning English, help students to build and improve their vocabulary and provide a platform for teachers to prepare the lesson efficiently such as pre-writing preparation [28] [29].…”

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Secondary School Students’ Perceptions on the Use of Google+ towards Improving ESL Writing Skills

Mohamad¹,

Ghazali²,

Hashim³

2018

Int. J. Emerg. Technol. Learn.

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The use of social media in teaching has also revolutionized the way learning takes place. At higher education levels, measures have already been taken in incorporating the use of social media for learning purposes especially in the teaching of language. However, at secondary school levels, educators are still having doubts about using social media due to multiple issues. Thus, this study was conducted to investigate the perceptions of secondary school students and a teacher in Malaysia on the use of Google+ towards the teaching of ESL writing skills. A case study method was adopted to carry out this research. 12 students from a class of form four secondary school students volunteered to participate in this study. Data were collected through focus group interview on the students and an individual interview with the class teacher and field notes. The overall findings of the study are that participants had positive perceptions on the usage of Google+ towards ESL writing. They gained a number of benefits, which include: having enjoyable and attentive lessons through the interactive features of Google+, as well as engaging themselves in an active and interesting lesson. The participants felt that they were having a sense of purpose, thus becoming more engaged in the writing tasks. As for interaction, the participants were interacting more confidently in Google+ writing classes compared to conventional writing lessons. The implication derived from this study is that teachers need to be made aware of how to integrate social media as learning tools in the teaching of English as a Second Language (ESL), particularly, in the teaching of ESL writing to upper secondary school students.

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“…The Personal Leadership Experiment is an example of how leadership educators can incorporate personal experimentation into their courses (see Odom et al., 2019, for a detailed overview of this assignment). This activity requires students to identify a leadership behavior or skill, develop and implement an action plan for practice of the selected behavior or skill, and then reflect on the experience.…”

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Leadership identity development in curricular settings

Odom

Dunn

2023

New Drctns Student Lead

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This article highlights specific approaches to developing leadership identity in college students within an academic curricular context. The authors examine curricular contexts such as majors, minors, and certificates with an emphasis on leader and leadership development, as well as specific course activities used to engage students in developing their leadership identity.This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Social Media Tools in the Leadership Classroom

Cited by 13 publications

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Factors affecting the use of social media in the learning process

Factors affecting the use of social media in the learning process

Secondary School Students’ Perceptions on the Use of Google+ towards Improving ESL Writing Skills

Leadership identity development in curricular settings

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