How does social media connect with community 💻
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“Communities are ‘collections of people who are bound together for some reason, and that reason defines the boundary of the community’” (Major, 2015, p. 227). Based on Major’s points (2015), community set up a platform for people to collect and share information, experience and knowledge. It allows community members to learn from each other so that to achieve their goals. Community can be many types; for example, onsite community is different from online community( also called virtual communities).An onsite course usually has a specific time and place, students used to work together and learn what the instructor teaches at that time and place. “Often an online course is asynchronous and ongoing, without a specific end to each session”(Major, 2015, p. 245). In addition, technologies create an opportunity for us to be convenient but not limited by time or place. It means people now can connect with others via social media. We do not have to gather by face to face. In other words, the emergence and development of technology has redefined the word “community”. It enable us to expand and enlarge our social relations. Community brings the all different places people who have the same idea and ideal together, sharing experiences and beliefs with each other. Moreover, most of the government agencies are using social media such as Twitter, Facebook and Blogs to share information and connect with people. It is safe to say that many people in higher education are using social media, whether in a professional capacity or a personal capacity. 👩🏼💻👨🏼💻
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“It can also be seen in retrospect that the early 1990s was one of the most prolific times for the development of what are now commonly used technologies in education. Thus the importance of developing a community to explore and share knowledge about the benefits and limitations of these emerging technologies is now obvious, so congratulations to those with the foresight to establish ETUG in 1994”(Bates,2019). The technologies in education has been around for a long time, but the rise of social media over the past decade has really changed the way of information was shared. Tools such as Facebook and Twitter allow users to communicate quickly and easily with friends and family as well as with others with similar interests. In today’s dominant form of communication-social media, it is useful when studying, it can also provide a massive hindrance when studying if you let yourself distracted by it. So how can we use the advantages of social media, such as Facebook, WeChat, Twitter and WhatsApp to improve learning; and avoid it becoming a distraction? 🤔🧐
In my opinion, first, using social media to work in groups share and exchange ideas with group members can make the learning or teaching process become more effective and valuable. Second, avoiding funny videos and games attract the attention, focusing solely on the work. Achieving what you want to do, I believe that almost every community can benefit from proper use of social media. Using social media connect with a community will become more and more suitable for learners with the development of technology.😀
Above all, social media has become an important communication tool for people’s study and life especially in online classes. Using social media to carry out online learning activities can achieve learning in life and social communication. The implementation of online learning activities can lead learners’ participation and interaction, and get inspiration from the design of online learning activities based on social media: Setting up a social presence, sharing information and experiences, creating a safe and common atmosphere, using effective and efficient online tools, working in groups to improve interest of learning (Major, 2015, p. 246-250).😊
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References
Major, C. H. (2015). Teaching online: A guide to theory, research, and practice. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press
(2019, June 27). Tony Bates. Retrieved from https://www.tonybates.ca/2019/06/24/back-to-the-future-open-pedagogy-learning-design-and-etugs-25th-anniversary-conference/
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