Abstract
This work examines the effect of microblogging, social networking, and short messaging in e-learning on the process of information culture formation. The study takes an experimental training course "The Psychology of Management" designed with Moodle, which implies the use of Instagram, and applies it to a sample of master’s level students. Learners were recruited from the Higher School of Economics and Business (Al-Farabi Kazakh National University) together with the Institute of Economics and Management in Agribusiness (Russian State Agrarian University - Timiryazev Moscow Agricultural Academy (RSAU – MTAA)). Students were asked to briefly express their thoughts, attitudes, and views toward the given topic on Instagram by creating blog posts and leave motivational and constructive comments under the blogs of other group members. The emotional responses of learners to the innovative style of teaching (i.e., the use of blogs) and its effect on the learning process were assessed using surveys. The study discusses the effect of blogging on Instagram as an educational tool. The majority of respondents reported a positive effect of blogs. According to learners, the use of Instagram gave the learning journey a makeover, making it relevant, effortless, and consistent. The use of blogs was found to create favorable conditions for collaborative learning, creative self-expression, and systematization of knowledge and experiences. Students reported that doing blogs was entertaining, motivating, and beneficial to their critical thinking, writing skills, and communication competency.
Highlights
Digitalization is bound to affect the formation of social capital
Having a good information culture is vital, as it helps build strong social connections in the virtual environment and gain professional competitiveness. The study made it possible to assess the impact of innovative teaching methods on the formation of information culture in an online learning setting
The creation of an experimental course in management psychology and its testing among students of the Higher School of Economics and Business (Al-Farabi Kazakh National University) and the Institute of Economics and Management in Agribusiness (Russian State Agrarian University - Timiryazev Moscow Agricultural Academy) made it possible to assess the educational effects produced by microblogging-based learning practices during the course
Summary
Digitalization is bound to affect the formation of social capital. Social relations are expected to acquire new features. Internet technology allows people to communicate, work, and learn in virtual spaces. Individuals were able to maintain social connections during the global pandemic. As the Internet penetrates our lives, it causes the social reality to transform. A new form of social relations emerges. This new form of Internet-based community has its values and rules of behaviour, whereby makes it a source of virtual culture
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