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Social media refers to websites and applications that are designed to allow people to share content quickly, efficiently, and in real-time. Many people define social media as apps on their smartphone or tablet, but the truth is, this communication tool started with computers. This misconception stems from the fact that most social media users access their tools via apps.

The ability to share photos, opinions, events, etc in real-time has transformed the way we live and, also, the way we do business. Retailers who use social media as an integral part of their marketing strategy usually see measurable results. But the key to successful social media is to not treat it as an extra appendage but to treat it with the same care, respect, and attention you do all of your marketing efforts.

https://www.thebalancesmb.com/what-is-social-media-2890301

Rather than define the term using a bunch of boring jargon that would probably only complicate things further, perhaps the best way to get a clearer understanding of it is to break it down into simpler terms. To start, let's look at each word individually.

The 'social' part: refers to interacting with other people by sharing information with them and receiving information from them.

The 'media' part: refers to an instrument of communication, like the internet (while TV, radio, and newspapers are examples of more traditional forms of media).

From these two separate terms, we can pull a basic definition together:

Social media are web-based communication tools that enable people to interact with each other by sharing and consuming information.

https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-social-media-explaining-the-big-trend-3486616

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How Social Media is Used in Teaching and Learning?

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How Social Media is Used in Teaching and Learning?

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1. Create a Facebook group for your class.

2. Use blogging for students’ homework assignments.

3. Use Twitter for bringing fun into the classroom.

4. Pinterest for pinning educational resources.

5. Use YouTube for the flipped classroom concept.

https://elearningindustry.com/5-ultimate-tricks-using-social-media-learning-tools

https://www.mheducation.com/blog/thought-leadership/how-social-media-can-help-students-study.html

Prepare

1) Review social media privacy settings.

2)  Be transparent about the use of social media in the classroom.

3)  Provide an option to opt out.

4) Stay up-to-date.

In Practice

1)  Get students thinking about social media and their privacy.

2)  Be responsive to student preferences and needs.

3)  Protect information.

4)  Let students initiate contact requests.

5)  Take care with responses to students.

https://itconnect.uw.edu/learn/research/ecar-social-media/

Create a community: It's common for many students to be challenged by the same learning concept or course assignment. Social media can help centralize the collective knowledge of an entire class to make studying and communicating more efficient for everyone.

Designate a course or study group hashtag, such as #Bio101Finals.

Start a contact list or group for the class to collaborate and share study tips.

Invite professors who use social media to follow the group conversation or join chats.

Remember that thousands of students everywhere are studying the same thing right now -- study networks don't have to be limited to students from just one school.

https://www.mheducation.com/blog/thought-leadership/how-social-media-can-help-students-study.html

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Reason why Social Media is used in Teaching and Learning?

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Reason why Social Media is used in Teaching and Learning?

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Social network tools afford students and institutions with multiple opportunities to improve learning methods. Through these networks, you can incorporate social media plugins that enable sharing and interaction. Students can benefit from online tutorials and resources that are shared through social networks and LMS’s.

1. Connecting with expert via social media.

The great thing about using social media is that you soon learn who the experts are in particular fields and subjects. When you start following these experts you learn more and gain useful content from them, this empowers you to produce great results.

Social media has the ability to broaden your perspective on various subjects and gives illuminating, instant content that is new. You have the opportunity of engaging experts to get answers on topics that you may need help in.

https://www.lcibs.co.uk/the-role-of-social-media-in-education/

2. Helps to improved literacy,communication and reading.

It is usually observed that students are bored of reading and writing, however, the internet and social media provide plenty of online information which often students are more inclined to read, especially if these pieces of information include eye-catching animations. Online messages, comments, news, articles, and books provide an endless list of information to be read, and students are motivated to devote their time and put some extra efforts towards their learning.

Such online activities contribute to the child's general learning, and kids eventually develop stronger reading habits resulting in a drastic improvement in their writing abilities. Social media sites are in the most part interactive and this definitely keeps the student involved.

https://elearningindustry.com/social-media-in-education-improve-learning

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Advantages of using Social Media in Teaching and Learning

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Advantages of using Social Media in Teaching and Learning

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Advantages

Learn new digital literacy skills

Improve knowledge retention & understanding

Increase class participation and motivate students

Build community; connect students to each and the global community

https://teaching.utoronto.ca/ed-tech/teaching-technology/teaching-social-media/benefits-challenges/

1) Finding information for education and about it

2) Higher parents’ involvement

3) Distance learning opportunities

https://medium.com/@braydenfox/social-media-and-education-using-social-media-for-better-academic-results-804b7a41a825

1) Facilitates the search for information

2)  It allows communication with professionals of any subject

3) Encourage research

4) Facilitates the sharing of resources and contents

https://www.schudio.com/the-benefits-of-using-social-media-in-schools/

Improve Communication Among Students and Teachers

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2012/01/19/pros-and-cons-of-social-media-in-the-classroom.aspx

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Disadvantages of using Social Media in Teaching and learning

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Disadvantages of using Social Media in Teaching and learning

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1) Distraction due to excessive use

2) Reduction of human relationships

https://www.lorecentral.org/2017/11/advantages-disadvantages-social-networks-education.html

3) Cyberbullying

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2012/01/19/pros-and-cons-of-social-media-in-the-classroom.aspx

CRISIS INTERVENTION

Quickly communicating accurate information following a crisis.

Rapidly dispelling rumors or other false information

https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources-and-podcasts/school-climate-safety-and-crisis/media-and-social-media-resources/social-media-and-school-crises.

Getting Duped on Social Media
Beware of hackers and spammers! They often send links that can harm your computer, and once that gets infected; they can use your contacts to spread the malware further.

https://www.aha-now.com/social-media-problems-and-solutions/

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- Educating young people how to use these platforms and the internet properly is the key to preventing children miss using and protecting them in the future.

-  Understand the barriers to social media use.

-Conducting online surveillance (e.g., monitoring crisis warning signs or threats; for example, Facebook has partnered with the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline to create a suicide reporting mechanism).

https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources-and-podcasts/school-climate-safety-and-crisis/media-and-social-media-resources/social-media-and-school-crises

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Challenge of Using Social Media in Teaching and Learning.

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Challenge of Using Social Media in Teaching and Learning.

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Lack of technology skills or support

Online abuse

Time required to monitor

https://teaching.utoronto.ca/ed-tech/teaching-technology/teaching-social-media/benefits-challenges/

Confidentiality-

With the increasing accessibility of information at an ever faster pace, it becomes important to question the relative safety of the student in voicing a dissenting opinion.  As teachers, it remains our responsibility to both protect our students as well as encourage them to develop critical thinking skills and voice their insights in a way that encourages praxis and engaging discourse.

Copyright-

Copyright infringement (and more traditionally, plagiarism in the classroom) are issues to discuss when thinking of collaboration and the spread of information in a social media setting.  How do we, as teachers, encourage our students to share and contribute knowledge and content while maintaining clear expectations concerning copyright violations and plagiarism?  Setting clear boundaries and clearly defining sources should be one part of social media platform expectations that teachers establish with their students.

https://socialmediaandtheclassroom415.weebly.com/social-media-issues.html

Dangerous communities -- at-risk youth making connections with other at-risk youth or adults to discuss and share information, which can result in a shared belief in the appropriateness of potentially very harmful activities.

https://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/issues/issues423.shtml