Social Media and Learning Apps: Influence on Education

Abstract

The study explored the different kinds of social media apps and learning apps in terms of education. Firstly, the lecture explained the origin of social media and how social media becomes popular. Then the categorization of social media is explained by exploring research on social media apps on university students. This article also distinguished the conventional way of categorization and categorization based on educational purposes. Since the general categorization of social media would be Social Networking, Photo Sharing, Video Sharing, Interactive Media, and Blogging/Community Building, the top four kinds of social media that students thinked is helpful to education are: web-based or cloud-based collaborative writing platforms, Sharing information sharing websites, Professional networking, Tracking and managing academic schedule apps. At last, two powerful social media and learning app archetypes, online collaborating tools, and computer aid translators were explored and analyzed. The study specifically analyzed the functionality of the two archetypes and demonstrated evidence that educators and students used them to enhance their learning skills. In addition, the drawbacks of those learning apps were also illustrated and analyzed. At last, the study also talked about how people could use social media and learning apps efficiently to enhance their learning skills and some future research directions and possibilities.