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- Title
Using Social Media in Lifelong Learning.
- Authors
SILVESTRU, Cătălin Ionuț; LUPESCU, Marian-Ernuț
- Abstract
Advances in IT&C technology in the last decade have proven that in the present and also in the future people will rely more and more on technology for everyday life, from shopping to entertainment. IT&C technology has been used in education, in lifelong learning as well, through the use of eLearning and, after the appearance of Web 2.0, through the use of elearning platforms, online training courses, video tutorials, and other IT&C related media. The use of social networks, or the use of social media in general has an increasing impact on education through the tools available in a technology-driven and knowledge-based society, although the competences and skill that users acquire are those of non-formal education. Social media tools are being used more and more in collaboration with classical teaching methods, also known as the blended learning, in order to provide recognition of skills and competences acquired through the use of these tools. Taking into account Europe 2020 strategy on lifelong learning we consider that an analysis of possible means of improving lifelong learning through the use of non-formal and informal methods is required. Thus this paper aims to analyse the potential impact that social media in general can have on education, on lifelong learning, and how social media can further be involved in education, in lifelong learning in the future. As result of the analysis, we shall present various approaches identified in education, including our own approach, in lifelong learning with use of social media and what improvements can be made to these approaches.
- Subjects
SOCIAL media; CONTINUING education; INFORMATION &; communication technologies; MOBILE learning; ONLINE education; TEACHING methods; COMPUTER network resources
- Publication
Economy Informatics, 2015, Vol 15, Issue 1, p61
- ISSN
1582-7941
- Publication type
Article