Determination of Student Opinions on Usage of Social Media and Mobile Tools in Student-Teacher, Student-Student Communication

Hasan Denizalp,Fezile Ozdamli

doi:10.3991/ijet.v14i22.11745

Abstract

Since Depending on technological advances, development of social media and mobile applications today reshape communication, education and teaching system. The extent to which social media and mobile applications which are especially used by new generation youth frequently will be beneficial in student-teacher and student-student communication is becoming more and more important. This research is based on the opinions of students on the usage of social media and mobile applications in education which take considerable time of teachers and students, social networks and mobile applications were used with the purpose of communication in science and communication technologies for 12 weeks. Thirty-five teacher candidates attended the study. At the end of the application interviews were held with 20 students and according to the findings obtained, an effort was paid to determine the impact of social media and mobile applications in student-teacher and student-student communication. Discussions and recommendations on obtained findings were presented.

Highlights

In Today technology is offering facilities to the lives of every person and, through internet, it allows for fast communication
When the answers given by teacher candidates to questions asked with the purpose of determining the courses where they used mobile applications and social media tools for communication purposes are examined, it can be seen that they used these media effectively in Information and Communication Technologies Music Teaching, Teaching Technologies and Material Design, Special Teaching Methods and Education Psychology courses
As can be seen in the table above, it was stated that usage of social media and mobile applications in information and communication technologies class by teacher candidates who participated in the study has several advantages

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Introduction

In Today technology is offering facilities to the lives of every person and, through internet, it allows for fast communication. Virtual communities, social networks, wikis, blogs, or video sharing sites become people's living centers [1]. Social networks and mobile applications carried communication in education to a different dimension. Today when social networks and mobile applications are used so densely, using technology for leisure activity and for educative purposes is very critical in the efficiency of communication in teacher-student relation. Many social network sites and mobile applications created today have reshaped interaction process of people. Within this scope, many people are using social networks and mobile applications thanks to technology and internet and the number of people using this technology is increasing on a daily basis [2]

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