• The use of the social networks between the students of teacher’s degree in an environment exclusively online

    Editor(s):
    VIVAT Academia (see profile)
    Date:
    2019
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    digital educational competition - higher education – social networks – educational virtual environments – Facebook – WhatsApp – YouTube
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/sga1-y174
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this paper is to know the use of social media in the initial training of future teachers in a University in which they operate exclusively online, and compare the results obtained according to gender, age, grades and courses. It has started from the ten most used social media: Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Skype, SoundCloud, Tumblr, Twitter, WhatsApp, Wechat and YouTube. The methodology has been based on design, validation and administration of an online questionnaire with a valid sample of 130 participants. Among the most noteworthy results regard to most used social media, WhatsApp, Facebook and Skype were the highlighted channels, but their academic use is not as productive as expected, considering their potential for these purposes, as Facebook for example in virtual teaching environments. However, YouTube usage data indicates that it is a regular learning resource, in spite of not being the most used by these students. It has also been found that Pinterest has more academic use than Instagram, despite the greater use of the last one among young people nowadays, which is explained by the higher age of students and the versatility of Pinterest to show presentations and jobs.
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    Pub. DOI:
    http://doi.org/10.15178/va.2019.147.23-40
    Publisher:
    Forum Internacional de Comunicacion y Relaciones Publicas - FORUM XXI
    Pub. Date:
    2019-6-19
    Journal:
    Vivat Academia
    Issue:
    147
    Page Range:
    23 - 40
    ISSN:
    1575-2844
    Status:
    Pending Review
    Last Updated:
    4 years ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved

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