Socialinių tinklų naudojimas švietime: teorinės įžvalgos
Abstract
New challenges and opportunities emerge as social media sites are
more and more widely used in the modern-day knowledge society. Scientists
worldwide, including Lithuania, analyse the use of social media in the processes
of communication, cooperation, socialisation, information sharing, etc. The focus,
however, has recently been shifting towards adapting and using social networking
sites in education. Thus, the aim of this article is to present the opportunities for
the use of social media sites in education. The article applies the methodological
principles of qualitative research. The main methods of the research presented
in the article – meta-analysis of the findings of published research studies and
qualitative content analysis – helped to identify the main opportunities for the use
of social media for educational purposes, as well as some possible threats. The
article presents the results of the research carried out from August to September
2017. The findings suggest that the main focus of scientific research into the use
of social networking sites in the process of education is on the analysis of adult
education. Social media facilitate students’ active cooperation in the network, thus
creating knowledge, and allowing for a change in the students’ social status. Social
networking sites are not identical with traditional educational tools. The role of
social media as a pedagogical tool is increasing. Social networking sites create
opportunities for engaged learning through interactive features, which in turn
facilitates interactive relationships, communication, community, and cooperation,
and creates educational spaces. Social media create a necessity to rethink the
processes of teaching and learning. This is a relatively new and developing process
that requires, apart from having certain competences, accepting and adequately
understanding responsibility (ethical, legal). Social networking sites are removing
the boundaries between professional and social space that are clear in traditional
education. They are destroying the line between public and private.
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