Dr. Chite. Hemantkumar, Prof. Bhagat Rabab & Gosavi Sarita (Pg. 35-44)
Brahma Valley College of Education and Anand Niketan
In the age of increasing e-interactions, teachers need remold themselves to be able to shape the future netizens. This paper tries to throw light on preparedness of teachers and students for using social platform for improved teaching and learning. Questionnaires were distributed to school teachers to assess the extent to which the teachers use social platform for content enrichment. The findings demonstrate the perception of primary and secondary school teachers of Nasik on use of social platforms in teaching – learning
Keywords: social media, education, teachers, content enrichment,
Introduction
―The illiterate of the 21st
century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.‖ – Alvin Toffler
The visionary writer has aptly mentioned the idea of being literate in the age of social networking. Technology is booming rapidly from year to year, and the younger generations are the ones caught in this rapid change. They are learning, unlearning and relearning very happily without any exams but „what‟ is the question.
Social Media: The World of Networking
Here‘s a quick look at the user statistics of a few social media platforms, which only prove the growing popularity of these websites.
Facebook—1.6 billion
YouTube—Billion-plus visitors
WhatsApp—950 million
Google plus—440 million
Instagram—430 million
LinkedIn—420 million
Twitter—230 million
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ResearchGate—9 million
The platform is all about community-based input, contact, content-sharing, and alliance. This interactive medium has a multitude of interesting things like forums, micro-blogging, social networking, social bookmarking, wikis and podcasts.
Social media is an emerging trend in education as it is very easy for personalized use. Pearson, a leading group in publications as put to use this very platform for use in education. ‗… It is non-centralized in both form and content, it is user created, user controlled, flexible, democratic and transparent.‘ – Pearson Review
Collaborative learning can be greatly achieved using social media as it has greatly influenced lives of young generation. MOOCs and online media are using this feature effectively. Coursera, Edx, Futurelearn are some of the leading providers offering courses in the magnitude of thousands!
Are our teachers ready to shape the gen-next? Can we teach them how to use the boon in disguise wisely?
Here is an attempt to find out where our teachers stand in this.
The teacher‘s discussed in this research paper are school teachers. A few of the platforms they use are Facebook, YouTube, Google, WhatsApp, Instagram and many others that will be discussed in thefindings of this research. The teachers are the individuals that will lead our world in the future, they mustbe enriched with knowledge to be able to impact this world and make India a better country on the road to success. Therefore,research must be conducted about the different things they are exposed to in order to enrich their teaching. All these questions will be answered through this research paper.
2. Literature review:
Title:A model of using social media for collaborative learning to enhance learners‘ performance on learning
Researcher: Waleed Mugahed Al-Rahmi *, Akram M. Zeki Abstract:
Social media has been always described as the channel through which knowledge is transmitted between communities and learners. This social media has been utilized by colleges in a way to encourage collaborative learning and social interaction. This study explores the use of social media in the process of collaborative learning through learning Quran and Hadith. Through this investigation, different factors enhancing collaborative learning in learning Quran and Hadith in the context of using social media are going to be
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examined. 340 respondents participated in this study. The structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to analyze the data obtained. Upon analysis and structural model validities, the study resulted in a model used for measuring the influences of the different variables. The study reported direct and indirect significant impacts of these variables on collaborative learning through the use of social media which might lead to a better performance by learners.
3. Research methods:
The sample consists of 65 primary and secondary school teachers in Nasik city.They were given a 15-point questionnaire.
The data obtained was analyzed for following points:
1. Extent of use of social media by teachers for content enrichment 2. Encouragement given by teachers to students for using social media 3. Teacher student interaction using social media
4. Teachers‘ overall perception 4. Observations:
Following are the observations based on the questions asked. Q 1. Mark the social media that you use
Whats
App Twitter Instagram None
Response 21 45 4 12 1
% 32.31 69.23 6.15 18.46 1.54
69.23% teachers use WhatsApp, while 32.31% teachers use Facebook.Approximately half of the WhatsApp users among teachers use Facebook and few use Twitter, Instagram
Q 2. Do you receive/share media related to topics that you teach?