PPT Supervised by Dr Manishankar Chakraborty presented by ICT Advanced Diploma Students in the Ibri College of Technology Symposium on Social Media in Higher Education

1. Social Media in Higher Education
Ibri College of Technology
Social media tools in the teaching-learning
domain of the Business Studies Department,
Ibra College of Technology- A Case Study
Abdul Rahman Saeed Mansoor Al-Naafie
&
Mohammed Shaghil Titoon Al-Malki
Supervisor
Dr. Manishankar Chakraborty
Business Studies Department
Ibra College of Technology

2. Contents
• Abstract
• Introduction
• Objective
• Literature Review
• Methodology
• Trigger and Initiation
• Findings
• Conclusion
• Bibliography

3. Abstract
Social Media in Teaching-Learning
Business Studies Department
Social Media Tools and its impact
on students learning

4. Introduction
• The usage of social media in higher
education.
• Challenges, opportunities and barriers.
• Using social media as a teaching-learning tool
in Ibra college of technology.

5. Objective
• To explore social media as a teaching-
learning tool for the Business Studies
Department.
• To understand the Challenges and
Opportunities associated with social media in
the teaching-learning domain

6. Literature Review-Snapshot
• It is paramount for the trainer or the lecturer
to identify and use the right social networking
resources in line with the student’s teaching-
learning requirements (Baird & Fisher, 2005-
2006).
• Needs to give importance to instructional
strategies, emerging technologies and
evaluation techniques for blended learning
(Kim, Bonk & Oh, 2008).

7. Methodology
• Secondary data from various social media
tools used in teaching and learning.
• Primary data from students.

8. Trigger and Initiation
Dr. Azzah Al Maskeri, Acting College
Dean and Assistant Dean for
Academic Affairs the change
catalyst.
Teacher centered learning to
Student center learning.
Innovation, creativity gets a
momentum especially in teaching
and learning.

9. Findings
The findings along with the observation of
the supervisor of this paper are being
presented in the subsequent slides.

10. Findings
• Name of the Tool : Facebook
• Role in Teaching-Learning:
• Dedicated Pages on the basis of
courses/sections/levels/tutors.
• Can be used as knowledge reinforcement tool.
• Situations, Indirect questions, applied questions
can be asked as a follow up to the classroom
session.
• Preferential and Popularity Percentage : 87%

11. Findings
• Name of the Tool : YouTube
• Role in Teaching-Learning:
• Audio-visual tool for teaching and learning.
• Lecture recording and presenting to the
students for future review possible.
• Movie based teaching for subjects related to
management and behavioral sciences.
• Preferential and Popularity Percentage : 98%

12. Findings
• Name of the Tool : Twitter
• Role in Teaching-Learning:
• Search additional related contents to
the ones taught in the class with
#Tags
• Generate contents for discussion with
specific # tags for virtual discussion.
• Share important
news/happenings/cases related to the
courses.
• Preferential and Popularity Percentage
: 32%

13. Findings
• Name of the Tool : Wikipedia
• Role in Teaching-Learning:
• Read course related contents
• Upload and share course related
contents
• Discuss on the course related contents
• Edit course related contents.
• Preferential and Popularity Percentage
: 52%

14. Findings
• Name of the Tool : Whatsapp
• Role in Teaching-Learning:
• Forum to discuss to course related activities
over telephone.
• Sharing knowledge
• Making announcements
• The sharing of numbers especially of the
female students is a deterrent to use the
same.
• Preferential and Popularity Percentage :100%

15. Conclusion
• The enhancement of the teaching-learning
environment within the college.
• Majority of the students possessing smart
phones.
• Removing the mental cobwebs and
experiment with the new methodologies.

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