Abstract
The basic characteristics of social media mirror much of the rhetoric and thinking aro-und educational reform in the modern world context. The basic cultural relevance of social media to young people enables them to learn how to bring their social life into the matrix of school activities. It also provides young learners with different audiences for different activities. Today, social media are probably the critical component in enabling individuals, both teachers and learners, to construct their own personal learning networks. Joining, building, growing and managing digital communities, whether relatively open or relatively closed, enables teachers and learners to connect with others with similar interests and to learn from other participants in those communities.
Highlights
The core function of learning is acquisition of different types of knowledge
Verbal and Non-verbal It is observed that knowledge acquisition through social interaction catches the attention of many educationists as it becomes a part of the curriculum in many areas of learning
The present paper focuses on two points: Journal of Education Culture and Society No 2_2013
Summary
The core function of learning is acquisition of different types of knowledge. Let us have look at the different traditional means and modes of knowledge acquisition. Verbal and Non-verbal interaction between a teacher and students There are other means and modes of learning other than those mentioned above. Verbal and Non-verbal It is observed that knowledge acquisition through social interaction catches the attention of many educationists as it becomes a part of the curriculum in many areas of learning. Such type of change in approach to learning compels the education community to develop learner centric and interactive curricula at various levels of learning. All of these are supported by a cooperative community that in turn increases a participant’s self esteem and further reduces inhibition and other negative factors that may affect an individual who acquires knowledge
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