How Social Media is Changing the Education Industry [INFOGRAPHIC]

318 days ago by Sahil Shah, in Creative, Web

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Cliche but true: Social media is changing the way we communicate. From the layman users to businesses, almost everyone is part of the online social ecosystem. Now, the education industry seems to be picking pace as things are getting social in schools and universities.

Lectures in the form of online videos and podcasts are getting common nowadays. So as using Skype, Twitter and Facebook as a platform to discuss and share classroom materials. Universities are also receiving YouTube video “pitches” from potential students as substitutes for traditional college essays, according to Course Hero’s infographic (below).

The Web is facilitating the future of learning. In fact, countries like India and Singapore are taking initiatives to introduce tablet technology as an educational tool in rural india.

In Singapore Management University (SMU), a collaborative online wiki is used to help students learn through peer learning, interviews and web research. The wiki has been on for several years now and the content gets richer and up-to-date. We previously featured the students’ work (Indonesia wiki page) which attracted some companies’ attention.

This infographic will tell you more on how social medial is changing the education industry:

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Tags: education, education 2.0, Infographic, Social Media

About Sahil Shah

Sahil is a South Bombay living and train-travel hating person. A proud owner of the Google Nexus One and the Apple MacBook Pro; Yes he enjoys the trade-off between the two. He writes about all-things-tech, typically in the Indian market. Currently an Account Manager (Social Media) at WAT Consult, he has diverse experience managing brands in India. His purpose of existence is simple: "Have Fun and Everything Else shall Follow"

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Anonymous

Looks like they might just be onto something there dude.

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vrmdr

Here are another social media site that helps students to learn science and engineering. Many interactive science & engineering simulations are being published and shared. http://bit.ly/fzf9zm
http://socialmediarecap.wordpress.com/ John Ekambi

Hi Sahil,

Thanks for sharing the above.
Do you know if colleges/universities in Europe have also started embrace social media ?

Thanks

John
http://twitter.com/palmerbennett Shannon P. Bennett

I have a candidate for an RA position who missed her interview due to family emergency. I am interviewing her this week using Skype! How cool is that?! I am already using Twitter and Facebook to actively engage students but look forward to using other mediums in the future. Thanks for tips!
Lyceum Partners

Excellent
Tracey schreier

Hi Sahil

i would like to link this post onto my blog as I’d like to show my bosses (I am a teacher) the research on social media. I’m trying to get them into it. Is that okay?
Thanks
Tracey
http://profiles.google.com/williswee Willis Wee

i think that’s fine thanks!
http://twitter.com/sharonite Sharon Ng

Hi Willis, thanks for sharing. May I seek permission to feature this blog on my new media blog for the Institute of Systems Science, NUS? http://issnewmedia.wordpress.com

I would like to surface this to my management =)

Thanks,
@sharonite
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