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Trends in cloud computing
TRENDS IN CLOUD COMPUTING
ABSTRACT
Cloud computing involves the use of remote servers that are
hosted on the Internet. The technology has been a game-changer
in the world of technology as it has dramatically influenced the
aspect of storing, processing, and also managing data. Besides,
technology has witnessed a couple of trends that have attracted
the attention of crucial technology players. In line with this, the
paper will investigate the various trends in cloud computing.
Keywords: cloud computing, social networking, Security, IaaS,
PaaS, SaaS.
INTRODUCTION
Cloud computing is one of the newest areas of interest in the
world of computing. The technology entails the use of cloud
services to store, manage, process, and even ensure that data is
secure. Cloud computing involves the use of remote servers that
are hosted on the Internet. As a result, the technology has seen
an increased reduction of the use of physical servers and
computers by companies in storing, managing, and also
processing their data. In recent days, technology has witnessed
several changes or, rather, trends that will be covered briefly in
the paper. Cloud is a collective term for a massive number of
possibilities and developments. It is more of a practical
innovation than an invention that combines several other
inventions to become something compelling and new. Cloud
computing puts together and merges several technologies that

already exist together, where they include virtualization, time-
sharing, web interactivity, browser interface, and high
bandwidth networks. Cloud computing helps companies and
businesses to transform their initial existing server
infrastructures to form a dynamic environment that leads to the
expansion and reduction of the server’s capacity. A cloud
computing platform, configures, depravations, and reconfigures
the servers. Many issues arise firm adopting the cloud
computing platform, and the articles below discuss some of the
main issues associated with cloud computing.
LITERATURE REVIEW
Different studies, such as Varghese & Buyya (2018), recognize
that cloud computing is one of the booming technologies. The
technology has witnessed immense growth rates over the last
couple of years. Notably, more companies and institutions
continue to adopt cloud services. Besides, the use of Iaas, Paas
as well as SaaS continues to increase.
Additionally, Varghese & Buyya (2018) express their optimism
that the revenue earned from cloud technology will continue to
grow. Also, cloud services will continue to advance. For
instance, different companies have embarked on the process of
adopting private and hybrid technologies, which are much
significant in storing, processing, and also managing big
company data. Cloud asserts that conceptually the "cloud" at the
Internet conceals to be had computing resources and offers an
elegant interface, through which customers might be capable of
using the whole World Wide Web as a powerful personal laptop.
The evolution of computing into six stages: the mainframe, the
microcomputer, the LAN, the Internet, grid computing, and
cloud computing(Voas & Zhang 2009).
METHODOLOGY
Cloud computing has dramatically been evolving, with higher
data being generated. Cloud service has resulted in excessive
communication being created between various cloud servers that
are inexpensive, thus leading to more, better, and more
excellent connectivity with billions of connected computers and

computer users.
FINDINGS
Cloud computing seems to have practically taken over many
industries in the world, including building management,
transportation, energy, healthcare, precision agriculture, and the
likes. The options of connectivity by internet cloud services
seem to be increasing by a hugely significant amount for
application developers and electronic engineers. Computers
significantly connected do not necessarily provide the benefit of
the connection to people. However, the network connected to
the devices tends to receive information that they gather from
the environment, which tends to be the source of success. Cloud
services that are provided from the connectivity help the
devices to offer information that is valuable by acting upon and
reaching out to the world. The connected devices are not limited
to given computers that the organizations own but are able to
span from devices of every personal individual that are used or
the big one through the services of internet cloud services.
Khan, N., & Al-Yasiri, A. (2016). discusses the security threats
that are associated with cloud computing being adopted in
organizations and businesses. Cloud computing is seen to allows
organizations to outsource their total process in information
technology, thus enabling them to focus more on their main and
core business, thus able to enhance innovation and productivity
in the services they offer to their customers. There are more
benefits that are seen to be gained after adopting cloud
computing like the cut down on the major costs that a business
incurs over IT infrastructure with them not losing the
customers’ needs focus. Despite the many advantages that can
be associated with a company adopting the cloud computing
framework, the implementation is seen to be faced with some
challenges due to issues relating to privacy and security. The

article summarizes a combination of several interviews that
were conducted with security experts and cloud developers, and
the results reviewed Khan, N., & Al-Yasiri, A. (2016). There
were many security issues and threats that a company exposes
itself to after adopting the cloud computing framework. The
study in this article well elaborates and offers an understanding
of the future and current, privacy, and security challenges that
cloud computing are associated with. Most of the security and
privacy issues identified well offer the right attribute of what
cloud computing is.
Over time, there has been continuous growth concern and
awareness towards cloud computing, especially on the issue of
information security. The article well shows the continued
growth in the usage and awareness of Security Algorithms into
data processes and systems.
Figure 1: Layard Cloud Architecture
Khan, N., & Al-Yasiri, A. (2016), well presents an overview
and comparison of different algorithms together with the
Cryptographic algorithm offering a great emphasis on
Symmetric algorithms that ought to be used for services and
applications that are cloud-based and require a link and data
encryption. The asymmetric and symmetric applications are
reviewed with there being an emphasis on Symmetric algorithms
in consideration of security issues that one should use for
cloud-based services and applications which require a link and
data encryption. The article identifies that with the emergence
of cloud computing as a new technology aspect in the
technology industry, private and public corporate and enterprise
organizations are either using the services of cloud in the
processor as a service for them to get to their end goal despite
them facing privacy, security, and data theft issues. Therefore,
the use of security algorithms and their implementation is

crucial for the cloud, and they need to be utilized properly in
order to ensure the best security is offered to the end-user Khan,
N., & Al-Yasiri, A. (2016).
According to Yoo, S. K., & Kim, B. Y. (2018), shows the use of
artificial intelligence, big data and new communication and
information technologies which have led to the improved
business competitiveness and sustainable developments. It is
evident from the article that cloud services were seen and
classified as having special requirements of the system for the
organization of a business can it be represented by cloud
computing architectures layers that are different like software
as a service. The article also highlights that the IT environment
services undergoes continuous changes thus companies are
required to recheck and reconsider business models. The article
is recommendable because it shows and advises companies on
what is right to do in relation to their cloud computing effect
that they receive in their company or business as well as it
advices on which is the right cloud computing system to adopt
to their business model. In reference to the aspect of the model
of decision making, the article advices and recommends the
cloud computing system to be adopted. The critical variables in
the decision areas in the hierac8hical structure is well
elaborated in terms of its environment, organization, technology
as well as other attributes of decision making for the adoption
of cloud computing. The research also offers an explosive
comparative analysis between providers and demanders of the
adoption of cloud computing. The article is helpful because it
continues to offer and suggest important factors to the top
management support system, the compatibility and competitive
pressure associated with the adoption of the cloud. For more
understanding please take a look on figure 2.
Figure 2: The Cloud Computing Adoption Model
The article investigates the advancement of the consumers
process of adoption and the technological innovations

associated with the services of cloud computing. It focuses on
the continued increase rate of the role of big data and cognitive
computing that affects the adoption of technologies that are
emerging. As more worldwide consumers continue using mobile
computing, the online advertisement role continues to be
examined to help understand the affects and effects of cloud
computing in relation to the marketing fields Ratten, V. (2020).
There is thus a great discussion on how the value of social
capital can be put to place to improve the adoption of cloud
computing technologies especially those that highlight the
mindset of consumers and their importance. The article well
highlights this mindsets of consumers and how cloud computing
can be used to alleviate the consumers concerns as well as meet
to offer solution as the cloud computing. Emerging innovations
as a result are well discussed and elaborated Ratten, V. (2020).
The Nandgaonkar, S. V., & Raut, A. B. (2014) defining cloud
computing to be a massively scalable, configurable resource
that is on-demand as a computing model where it is seen to be
the latest discussion in the information sector. The article shows
that cloud computing offers cloud infrastructure in more of a
distributed compared to a dedicated infrastructure which is seen
to allow clients to have access that is complete and full to the
reliable and scalable resources with continued high
performance. Therefore, everything is seen to be provided to the
client over the Internet as a utility service. IoT tagged objects
generate data that is high, and therefore cloud computing
becomes a key to store the unpredictable generated data from
the tagged devices. The article continues to discuss the
evolution of cloud computing. The information is important in
helping one have a great background in understanding where
cloud computing evolved from. The article offers great exposure
to the different forms of cloud deployment models by
continuing to offer an understanding of the characteristics of
cloud computing as well as the different models. Something
outstanding about the article is that it gives a discussion on the

cloud computing actors. It well shows that the NIST based
reference cloud computing model gives information about the
major participants, including their functions, actions,
characteristics, uses, and standards of each participant that is in
the cloud paradigm. The article offers very crucial information
like the major cloud actors that are found in the architecture of
the cloud. They include the cloud provider, cloud broker, cloud
auditor, cloud carrier, and cloud consumer. The information is
able to teach one the whole connectivity of cloud happens
Nandgaonkar, S. V., & Raut, A. B. (2014).
According to Knorr, E. (2017) offers two ways in which cloud
computing can be defined and understood. The first one is
where workloads are seen to be run remotely over the Internet
by the provider's data centers, which in most cases are
commercial like that one of Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web
services and in the current days, businesses are seen to use more
than one of these clouds. The other meaning that is brought out
in this article is about cloud computing is on how it works. It
explains that this form of cloud computing and how it works
offers a great advantage of agility, which is the ability to store,
compute and network resources to the needed workloads and get
into the abundance of services that are rebuilt. The article also
well explains the different forms of cloud computing, which
include the different services and functions offered by cloud
computing, the difference between public cloud, hybrid cloud,
and the private cloud. The article offering all these definitions
and differences gives the reader a chance to clearly understand
and differentiate these concepts appropriately. The article
continues to offer a great elaboration on the benefits that one
gains or a company gains after using cloud computing. The
article is a very informative one in terms of explaining the
management of cloud computing platforms. It is seen to
eliminate the installation steps, and setups as the client of the
cloud accessing the hardware resources stay and coexist on
different platforms in a distributed form or way. Power

consumption, excessive heat reduction, and energy optimization
in the cloud environment greatly differentiate it from ordinary
or traditional computing, which is seen to be eco-friendly.
Figure 3: Cloud computing Architecture(google)
Wang, Y., Chen, R., & Wang, D. C. (2015) Overtime, it is
evident that the use of cloud computing has been on arise and it
will continue to increase going forward. According to this
article, it shows that cloud computing is a tool technology that
enables the users to access and configure software storage,
hardware and software applications where they put processes
directly from the internet or web. The article points out a very
important fact that the prevalence of the use of mobile devices
like the tablets and smart phones have led to the adoption of
fast internet access using the 4Gs and 3Gs communications that
are linked in the cloud computing in the form of a mobile. The
devices are seen to have cheap, fast and direct link to the
internet thus making it easier to download and upload
applications and programs into the online network storage and
internet services.
Figure 3: Cloud Computing Applications (google)
The records frameworks offices on this undertaking might be
evidence contrary to SaaS, as they may catch lost administration
quality if structures are aiming to the cloud, (Black,
Mandelbaum, Grover, and Marvi, 2010). The figure for
distributed computing procedures can be controlled inside the
financial association by utilizing way of the issues inside the
writing. This delivery approach of data frameworks grants
readiness in the arrangement of organization assignments,
flexibility, and adaptability inside the versatility of
administrations, and especially expense financing conservation
(Ahuja and Rolli, 2011) and overhead obtainment monetary
reserve funds (Nimsoft, 2011) a period. This system licenses
productiveness money related investment funds in the

reconciliation of long range interpersonal communication
innovation. (Boulton, 2011). Most companies in bosses have in
any event one cloud organization. (Dark, and Mandelbaum, and
Grover, and Marvi, 2010).
SaaS(Software as a service)
I If it gives software program application services, the
utilization of a single recurrence of the application runs on the
cloud services, and more than one client's customers or
purchaser enterprises. The most routinely analyzed case of SaaS
is even though numerous phenomenal models have improved
showcase, which consolidates the Google Apps giving of
fundamental business organization contributions that join email
and word preparation. Indeed, even notwithstanding the way
that drove the meaning of cloud processing with the guide of
utilizing limited years, it currently works with the asset of using
its partner, which can be divided through method for a stage as
an organization. (Puri et al., 2019).
PaaS(Platform as a corporation)
Stage as a bearer unites a layer of software and make accessible
it as an organization that might be utilized to gather better
acknowledgment contributions. There are, in any event, two
perspectives on PaaS temporary at the attitude of the maker or
client of the inputs. Somebody creating PaaS execution
produces a stage through teaming up an OS, middleware,
software, or maybe an improvement domain that is sooner than
provided to a benefactor as a supplier. For example, any
individual growing a PaaS introducing would conceivably put
together it with respect to a hard and fast of computerized
hypervisor machines that envelop an incorporated advancement
condition, a Web stack and asset for included programming
dialects which incorporate Perl or Ruby. Somebody the
utilization of PaaS may see an outlined organization. This is

outfitted to them through an API. The benefactor communicates
by means of a method for the stage through the API, sooner than
the stage does what's important to control and scale itself to
give a specific level of administration.
IaaS (Infrastructure as a service)
Infrastructure as a supplier parts simple stockpiling and figure
abilities as consistent contributions over the system. Servers,
carport structures, switches, switches, and different structures
are joined together and made accessible to holder remaining
burdens that run from application parts to unbalanced run of the
mill by and large execution processing applications. Business
tests of IaaS envelop, whose significant item is a line of
virtualized servers that furnish you with the money for a
particularly accessible available to come into work for the
foundation. It coordinates memory and I/O devices, carport and
figuring usefulness directly into a computerized resources pool,
and offers stockpiling sources and virtualization administration
for the entire business endeavor. This is a way of facilitated
equipment, and the client pays after they utilize the equipment.
For instance, Amazon Web Service and IBM Blue Cloud all rent
the foundation as assistance. The benefit of IaaS is that the
individual best need low worth equipment and rent figuring
capacity and carport capacity in accordance with his need,
significantly decreased the pace of the equipment. As of now,
Google cloud software program has most delegates, together
with Google Docs Google Apps, Google Sites, and Google App
Engine. (Hari, Krishnaa, and Kiranb, and Muralia, and Pradeep
Kumar, 2016).
The assess recommends lost in-power area, and case examines
concerning cloud processing appropriation systems, in contrast
with those on cloud figuring reception factors. However,
quantitative research and applied articles appeared to be
predominant. However, there is theoretical research that has not

been tried. For instance, a gander at proposed a cloud
hypothetically figuring reception appraisal form that thinks
about gauges for settling on the cloud supplier; however, this
adaptation has not been tried experimentally yet. Accordingly,
moreover, subjective investigations wish to be embraced to find
further issues and test the previous hypothetical inclinations
concerning this region observationally. Therefore, this triggers
inquiries regarding the IS explore round table Or alternately,
These inquiries should be examined very well the utilization of
two or three individual cases look into in exceptional settings,
nations, and ventures to all the more likely perceive cloud
registering selection components and systems.
IMPLICATION FOR RESEARCH
The main concept in question remains on how the trends in
cloud technology will remain active and progressive all the
time. The answer brings the relationship between cloud
computing and the emerging trends in cloud computing in an
attempt to retain the future Internet. Great and large usage of
cloud computing has acted as a boost and catalyst for the
deployment and development of scalable applications of internet
servers in the business modules (Puri et al., 2019). Cloud
computing has become a great future in internet technologies
that are closely affiliated with one offering the other a platform
or its success. Numerous benefits are being derived and being
gained from cloud computing as new trends are being
converged.
ANALYSIS
Trends in cloud computing provides companies with a platform

to prepare and equip themselves for the future in the world of
technology. The trends lay a platform for players in the industry
to assess and determine what the likely changes in the sector
are. As such, companies will be in a good position to roll out
the necessary unfractured as well as hire the required skills for
the effective implementation of the technology (Stoica et al.,
2018).
Figure 4: Overview of cloud computing
CONCULSION
The emerging trends in cloud computing have greatly impacted
the technological world as they continue to make cloud services
more effective day in day out. The development of reliable
cloud servers continues to make it easier to manage, store, and
process data. Users are able to easily scale the storage as the
generated data keeps increasing, and the amount of storage paid
is consumed together with Cloud Computing. The speed of
cloud services and also the security of the data continue to
become better.

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THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON E-LEARNING
8
IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON ELEARNING THROUGH

INFERENTIAL STATISTICS
Abstract
With the increased development in technology, there have been
different approaches or aspects that people are adopting. One of
the areas that have been largely affected by technological
development is eLearning, which means that many students and
teachers have adopted it. Social media is one of the ways that
students are using to embrace the aspect of online learning,
which has been of great impact (Elkaseh, 2016). To define the
extent to which social media has influenced learning will
require a quantitative analysis whereby the different aspects
will be analyzed. Inferential statistics will therefore be crucial
in the process, which will help define the extent to which social
media affects online learning programs (Salloum, 2016).
Key words; eLearning, Social media, online learning, inferential
statistics
Introduction
In the world we are living in, everyone is concerned with how
best they can make life easy. Technology has been at the
forefront of making all aspects of life easy, including education.
With an increased number of social media sites, the education
system has changed. Research shows that most youths use social
media occasionally. Here is a graph that compares the use of
different social media platforms in the world ("Global social
media research summary 2019," 2019)

However, some social media platforms are used more frequently
than others. According to ("Global social media research
summary 2019" (2019), Facebook is the most commonly used
social media platform hence would play a great role if used on
e-learning. The graph below shows the comparison of the use of
different social media platforms ("Global social media research
summary 2019," 2019).
There is a need to define to what extent people prefer such
methods to the traditional ways (Hong, 2016). Data is a crucial
aspect in this process and will help define the popularity of
social media in eLearning. Inferential statistics ensures there is
a clear understanding of how many people prefer social media
platforms and therefore its popularity.
Social media enables the sharing of information across networks
and is utilized in many fields. In education, scholars value
social media platforms to share academic information needed in
the completion of different projects. Other than Facebook, e-
learning is supported by Google Plus, Twitter, YouTube, and

Linkedln. E-learning is education spread through internet
platforms and is supported by online portals like University
portals. Recently, e-learning has spread to social media
platforms with the aim of enlightening young people who are
used to the various social media platforms (Xanthidis, &
Alali, 2014). Academic information stored on YouTube can be
accessed anytime and used in research and for knowledge
attainment. Nowadays, students are recommended by their
instructors to familiarize themselves with documentary videos
on YouTube with information related to what is taught in class.
YouTube has the capability to provide a transcript of what is in
the video, and this makes e-learning more exciting.
Social media is supported by internet-based applications that
are liked by the majority of scholars (Xanthidis, & Alali, 2014).
Therefore, scholars are excited to learn from devices they are
used to since information in YouTube can be accessed by
students even while in living rooms. User-generated content is
spread to educate students through social media platforms like
Linkedln and YouTube. Learners learning through social media
platforms argue that learning is easy because there is no fear
from instructors who sometimes punish students for losing
concentration.
Instructors from different universities have met with human
resource managers and technologists to discuss the best
approach to be taken when e-learning is spread on social media.
E-learning should meet education objectives like the case in
students in a physical classroom. Recent research indicates that
the retrospective analysis is needed to support e-learning on
social media. E-learning supports the continuation of studies by
providing case studies, online modules, and videos with
academic information. Social media platforms have capabilities
of preserving videos, case studies, and other learning materials
(Triantafyllidis, Leftheriotis, Varouchas, Vranopoulos &
Tsoli, 2018). No doubt that e-learning is beneficial to modern
students and researchers and is spread through social media
platforms. Researchers who regularly visit social media

platforms to extract academic information have never reported
any form of frustration, and this confirms that social media is
effective in enhancing e-learning.
Research methodology
The research was concerned about defining the popularity of
social media on eLearning programs. It is true there has been an
increase in the number of social media users, but its good to
define the popularity and the reception by the users. Research
questions included: How does social media impacts e-learning
in colleges? Which social media platforms are used to support
e-learning? What skills are gained from e-learning other than
reading the provided course materials?
The research hypothesis that was tested was:
H1: Students prefer online learning through social media
compared to other sites offering similar services.
H2: Learning through social media improves the communication
language.
Results
The research was done on college students who undertook a
bachelor`s degree and Master`s degree. 93% of the respondents
agreed that social media has greatly influenced eLearning and
that they prefer the mode. They attributed the popularity to the
flexibility and ease of access to learning materials through
social media. Students have confirmed that the case studies
spread on social media carry classroom content, which could be
taught by a lecturer (Seufert, 2012). To students who may fail to
follow the pace of the lecture in a physical classroom, they find
e-learning through social media a solution to their academic
needs. Also, students from colleges described how e-learning
platforms have better ways of presenting information and make
them admirable and easier to follow. Opinion surveys from the
University students indicate that e-learning help prevents
conflict between learners and instructors because they never
meet them but focus on social media platforms to educate them
and enlighten them.

Students in higher institutions of learning claim that e-learning
through social media exposes them to new skills needed for
social well-being. Laptops, Tablets, Smartphone, and other
devices which connect to the internet are used by students to
access YouTube, portals, and other platforms where academic
information is stored (Seufert, 2012). Therefore, the urge to
access e-learning creates an opportunity for young learners to
know how to operate electronic devices and share comments
online on whether they are satisfied with the content or not.
Social media is beneficial to students in Universities who value
platforms like YouTube for supporting informal learning. The
time needed to train a topic is shorter through e-learning on
social media than when taught by teachers in classrooms. Little
investment is needed to support e-learning on social media.
Interaction between groups of learners increases when they use
social media for learning. Students who are used to e-learning
through social media platforms improve their communication
and gain new skills in interacting through online platforms. The
use of social media for e-learning provides concrete information
that fully meets the demands of students (Seufert, 2012).
Practical problem-solving skills are gained by students who
prioritize e-learning on social media. School's Twitter contains
lessons on social values that students gain through e-learning.
Summary
Social media has greatly influenced the eLearning system.
Student prefers to use social media sites as compared to the
existing ones. They term the process as fun as it entails
interacting with other students and at the same time learning. It
is an all-inclusive process and therefore the high popularity.
Inferential statistics have greatly influenced the quantitative
study on social media impact on eLearning programs. College
students are advised to familiarize themselves with e-learning
because its benefits are not academically-based only but support
social interaction. E-learning, when spread on social media,
allows many students to share the class materials online and
give comments on their level of contentment (Hong et al.,

2016). As students share comments on academic information
shared through social media, a sense of collaboration is created.
E-learning cannot succeed without a group of people
collaborating, especially in answering the questions posted
online.
Universities and colleges understand that their students are
familiar with most social media platforms. Lecturers like
sharing some content of their units on social media to expose
students to e-learning. They believe that their students may be
more free to discuss the information shared online than the
notes presented to them during normal lectures.
An increase in the use of social media for learning is facilitated
by the need for students to learn away from formal settings. In
institutions of higher learning, learning, and sharing of
information is done depending on the interest of students. The
majority of students prefer learning methods supported by
technological devices. Social media cannot be used without
internet connectivity and computerized devices (Triantafyllidis,
Leftheriotis, Varouchas, Vranopoulos & Tsoli, 2018).
Therefore, students believe that e-learning supported by social
media platforms seems a better way to utilize technology and
end up directing all of their interest in learning online with the
help of social media platforms.
A part of the course assignment posted on social media
platforms is completed faster, and this motivates lecturers to
continue using social media to enhance learning. Social media
is part of everyday life for young people, and its use in e-
learning ensures students learn every day. The information
posted on online platforms is available for access at any time of
the day, and this benefits students more than instruction from
lecturers, which ends after the finalizes the lecture of the day. It
is not possible to meet a lecturer at night for revision, but e-
learning through social media lacks time restriction.
Social media supports e-learning because it is familiar to both
the instructors and students. Online training through social
media spreads to a large population within a short period. A

video shared on YouTube can be accessed in all regions of the
world; hence e-learning through social media does not limit an
individual from learning. E-learning does not promote
discrimination in access to academic information. Benefits of e-
learning through social media include allowing informative
links to be shared with many students, support
videoconferencing, easily update students and facilitate
feedback whenever a student is required to give a comment after
reading the course materials (Xanthidis, & Alali, 2014).
Students should not allow social media to be the source of all
course readings. It is the responsibility of learners to meet
instructors to discuss different concepts. E-learning may cause
distraction in the school life of a student, especially after
learners are exposed to addictive features of social media
platforms. E-learning is supported by expensive resources and
requires time for some learners to familiarize themselves with
social media platforms. Students may suffer from cognitive
overload after they are exposed to limitless learning
information. The behavior of students may change after staying
on Facebook and Twitter for long since they will begin sharing
information that is not related to academics.
Although social media has drawbacks when used for e-learning,
many students benefit from online platforms. Social media
increases students' creativity. Future teaching placements will
consider the role of e-learning and social media in the academic
life of students (Elkaseh, Wong & Fung, 2016). Students
engaged in e-learning get equipped with computer literacy
skills. More so, new technology gained from e-learning fosters
new teaching and learning strategies. Learning is maximized
when social media is used to support e-learning. Social media is
celebrated by several University graduates, for it supports e-
learning programs with digital storytelling, reflection on
academic projects, and creative videos that enhance learning.
Whenever scholars think of social media, they remember its use
in fostering relationships. Relationships are built between the
instructor sharing the e-learning program and the students who

are required to learn online. Close interaction is realized when
students are tested through social media platforms and are
required to respond to the assignments online within the
provided deadlines. Therefore, students panic to consult on
many issues that are related to digital literacy. Students who
were challenged to respond to questions for the continuous
assessment test prepare to learn new skills that will boost their
ability to learn online. Therefore, social media and e-learning
gives students a challenge and in coping with the challenge end
up becoming computer literate students.
When Facebook is used in e-learning, college students exchange
content for coursework and take time to give comments on what
they understand. Students are free to use Facebook because it
requires simple technology to support e-learning (Xanthidis, &
Alali, 2014). Students open a Facebook account while still
young. Students connected to Facebook share schemes, time-
tables, projects, and lecture notes to ensure the goals of e-
learning are fulfilled. E-learning target the used social media
platform to be the promoter of knowledge. Students develop
their language after they are used to social media platforms. For
instance, the use of Facebook messenger enables the capturing
of instant videos which may carry educative information to
college students. A blog allows peer instructions and
information can be shared in them to give students the
foundation of knowledge in the new courses.
Learning with some social media platforms does not require
special training. Knowledge of using a web browser can be
enhanced to support the various e-learning processes (Elkaseh,
Wong & Fung, 2016). However, preparing for e-learning
through practicing on programming interfaces and the role of
HTML is recommendable among college and University
students. Over the years, YouTube excellently supports
learning. Videos uploaded with class content when shared on
YouTube allow many students to revise and gain more concepts
in a particular topic. I recommend YouTube as the best platform
for use by instructors to share academic videos. The study found

out that many youths use social media hence a perfect learning
platform.
The graph below shows the number of American youths who use
social media platforms, by age ("Global social media research
summary 2019," 2019).
Conclusion
In conclusion, social media supports e-learning and benefits
college students. In Universities, lecturers like sharing some
course materials through social media platforms to enable
students to learn new skills in computer literacy. E-learning
supports the sharing of knowledge through online platforms like
Facebook, YouTube, and many others. It is the responsibility of
instructors to share assignments on social media with the aim of
enlightening students.

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