REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND

STUDIES
This chapter contains information gathered from the internet,
books, and periodicals to serve as a baseline reference for the
researcher while discussing the study's findings. Because the information
supplied here is related to the variables to be measured, it will also help
to support the findings.

Advantage of using Social Media for Students in Education

Social media is the platforms that enable the interactive
web by engaging users to participate in, comment on and
create content means of communicating wit their social graph,
other users and the public which have content formats
including text, video, photographs, audio, PDF and PowerPoint
(Cohen, 2011). It can be said that social media is the tools,
services and communication facilitating connection between
peers with common interest. Using social media in a learning
process begin to rise significantly and likely to imply for
education practice and provision especially in term of
connecting with their students or with their colleagues to
access news and appear in their walls.(Patel, Social Media
management, 2016). Learning that is based around principles of
collective exploration, play and innovation rather than
individualized instruction (Thomas, 2011.) This fact can be used
with in a classroom situation to create more value to learning.
Social media can increase student collaboration.Students
become friends with their classmates on social media and more
likely to collaborate on projects.This can lead to higher
retention rates as students become more connected to the
institution and their peers. Faculty can use social media as a
way to get students to participate. Many students are naturally
shy in person , and may not speak up in a classroom, but that
may not be the case on social media. Today’s students grew up
on social media, and for many, it is the
Natural way to interact. Faculty can ask questions on social
media such as Facebook, and students can answer those
questions, by including a specific hashtag. This not only allows
the faculty to find the student answer but also allows other
students to see what others are answering and create a dialog.
Many learning management systems incorporate a discussion
board to accomplish this same educational pedagogy but are
just as useful if not more by using a social media platform in
education. Social media can be helpful in team projects. Many
colleges stress the importance of the soft skill of working in
groups. Social media sites can be helpful to increase this ability
as the students can hold meetings in real-time and work on
their projects. This enhances the likelihood that they will also
spend time together working on projects and may not have to
make time to meet in person all the time as the project
progresses. Having teams work together using social media
only strengthens advantage one and two of your educational
activities. Social media can provide a richer experience for
resources.

REFERENCES

Cohen, H. (2011, May 9). Social Media Definition. Retrieved from Heidi Cohen:
http://heidicohen.com/social-media-definition/

https://www.academiaapps.com/advantages-social-media-education/