The document discusses the use of social networking in education in post-Soviet states. It notes that while literacy is high, digital literacy is low. Many educational institutions now have access to Russian social networks like Odnoklassniki and VKontakte due to restrictions on international sites. The document analyzes popular Russian scientific resources and notes studies that have compared Russian and international experiences using social media in higher education. It concludes that further study can help understand educational benefits for teachers and students, and that a key role of social media in universities is spreading open educational resources.

1. Social networking in education
of the former Soviet states
Daniyar Sapargaliyev, PhD
International Academy of Business, Kazakhstan
Social Media 2014
15-17 April

2. Introduction

3. The characteristic feature of post- Soviet states is the high level of adult literacy,
but the low level of digital literacy.

4. Russia has more than 61.472.000 Internet users or 44% of penetration.
The process of implementation social networking in education of Russia and post-Soviet states
has been intense in recent years.

5. Social media faces many challenges in post-Soviet states, in particular the prohibition of
international sites and services (Facebook, YouTube and Twitter).

6. Today many educational institutions have limited access to global and regional social networks,
such as www.odnoklassniki.ru and www.vk.com.

7. Methodology

8. Source Description Web address
Scientific
electronic library
eLIBRARY.RU
Russia's largest information portal in
the field of
science, technology, medicine, and
education, which contains abstracts
and full text of over 14 million
scientific articles and publications.
www.elibrary.ru
Scientific
electronic library
DISSERCAT.COM
The largest catalog of publications in
the Russian language Internet. Fund
has more than 750,000 dissertation
and abstracts.
www.dissercat.com
Russian
State library
RSL.RU
An electronic version of the Russian
State Library. This is unique collection
of domestic and foreign documents.
The amount of its fund exceeds 43
million items.
www.rsl.ru
The most popular scientific resources in Russian language
We have analysed three popular scientific resources in Russian language.

9. Results

10. The use of social networks in higher education
Many scientists compared Russian and international experiences in the use of social
networking in higher education.

11. Pedagogical and psychological aspects of using social media
The use of social networks as a tool for development the intercultural communicative
competence of students.

12. Social networks in teacher professional development
It is need to develop technological tools for teacher development
in educational social networks.

13. Problems and opportunities of using social media in education
Social networking site is a good tool for interaction, collaboration, dissemination of ideas in
the professional educational communities.

14. Conclusion

15. Further study of using social networks in higher education helps to better understand the
educational possibilities for teachers and students.
The main function of social media in universities is spread of open educational resources.

16. Thank you for your attention!
Daniyar Sapargaliyev, PhD
International Academy of Business, Kazakhstan
daniyar.sapargaliyev@iab.kz
dsapargalieff@gmail.com