Abstract
The sudden advent of the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated containment measures require educational institutions of all sizes to adopt eLearning as the only option for sustainable education. Despite the numerous Learning Management Systems, the rapid migration to eLearning posed numerous challenges that negatively affect the effectiveness and sustainability of the educational activities. The current study systematically reviewed recent articles that recognized the value and feasibility of using Social Networking Sites (SNSs) in education. The study highlighted the current eLearning challenges and illustrated effective strategies for the sustainable educational use of SNSs by both institutions, teachers, and students. Thus, solutions to the problems experienced in education during the COVID-19 period were highlighted based on SNS-supported strategies.
Highlights
The trends of the study on Social Networking Sites (SNSs) and educational practices based on the exported data show the most cited references, the most cited journals, and the publication frequency based on years
With the advent of COVID-19, as shown in Figure 2, there was a mild increase in publications on SNS and educational practices; from 2017 to 2019, not so many studies cared about SNS and educational practices
The findings indicated the need for educational institutions to facilitate collaborative learning/authoring platforms
Summary
Learning Management Systems (LMSs) are the common eLearning tools studied and used in formal education. Despite the absence of definitive explanations on the educational value of SNSs, studies have demonstrated the preferential advantage of SNSs over current LMSs based on their convenience in sharing educational resources [1,2,3], collaborative learning capabilities [4,5], increased student/teacher engagement [6,7], and ease of use [8], among others. Despite the essential features of LMSs that SNSs fall short of in supporting formal educational activities, the rapid evolution of the popular. SNSs are not purposely designed to support educational activities, the need for incorporating social learning activities into LMSs, coupled with the availability and ubiquitous usage of SNSs within educational institutions, made them vital tools to consider in eLearning research and implementation [9,10]
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