 Use of social media in Education Positive and Negetive impacts on students

learning.

 Introduction of social Media

Social media are interactive technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of

information ,ideas ,interests and others forms of expression through virtual communities and

networks .People use social media to stay in touch and interact with friends ,family and various others

communities. There are many forms of social media including blogs ,micro blogs ,wikis, social networking

sites ,instant messaging ,video sharing sites etc. On a professional level, we can use social media to spread

our knowledge in a particular field and build our professional network by connecting with other

professionals in any other industry. At the company level, social media allows us to have a conversation

with our audiences, gain customers feedback and elevate any brand .But now a days social media use in

education sector so highly. Student ,teacher can use social media in their institution for educational process.

 Positive Impact of Using Social Media 0n Education and Students

1. Communication And Collaboration

The biggest advantage of social media is better and fast communication. A student can connect with teacher

or his classmates at any point in time by Messenger or WhatsApp. They can use such platforms such as their

mobile, computer, and learners can exchange questions, make phone calls or video chats. If a student fall

problem with their homework, they can always communicate with their friends or teachers. They don’t need

to wait for classroom meeting. Ultimately social media provides a smoother, direct communication tool

among students, teachers and parents ,who can check in and ask or respond to questions. Social media

allows for more e-learning opportunities .

2. Finding Concrete Information Online

Various websites and social media networks are providing much of data that can be helpful to students.

From social media news feeds, students can find information and desired websites they want to follow.

Depending on their demands, students can find their desired answers to their questions. Sites, such as

Tumblr and Pinterest, which we can use as children inspirations for school projects or practical problem-

solving.The educational benefits of social networking sites are also those that help students get ready for

many important lessons and learn certain idea. Social media websites will contain the latest data on various

school subjects and thus, the students have the opportunity to survey and find out what is new. Social media

is like as a Wikipedia for students these days. We are witnessing an epoch of social media learning.

3. Parental Involvement

Social media helps the parents stay involved in their child’s learning. Via the school’s Twitter or Facebook

or whatsapp feed parents can be updated on school-related activities such as projects, and events that are

happening. Besides friends and family are two important institution in children life . Social media plays a

vital role to connect this two important institution. For many children school reason parents have to keep

touch with social media. Also the school teachers can get in touch with the parents in case they want to share

the child's progress via zoom or other secure online platforms the institution uses. A social network for

parents can be created too by WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger, which can enable them to be informed

about school matters, learning, and education.All these positive impacts social media have on parents'

communication with the school so they can share and observe their children's' academic and personal

progress at school.

4. Improved Literacy, Communication, And Reading Skills

It is generally observed that students are bored of reading and writing, however, the internet and social

media provide plenty of online data which often students are more stooped to read, especially if these pieces

of data include eye-catching animations. Online message,comments,news,articles,and books provide an

endless list of information to be read, and students are motivated to devote their time and put some extra

efforts towards their learning.

5. E- learning

Most students and teachers have smart mobile phones and have used social media in education. In fact, there are

apps and websites tools that offer social media in an educational context. E-learning means electronic mail . its

means using electronic resources in education sector. Mobile ,computer are use for education. Social media use by

electronic devises. Besides faculty using a variety of software tools and free web applications to enhance learning,

communication, and engagement, which use by electronic devises. Compared to traditional learning method that

provide few opportunities for students to develop and maintain their own learning activities, learning platforms

based on online media place the control of learning into the hands of students themselves and this process called as

E-learning.

6. Helps in Academic performance

Nowadays like teachers social media also have a broader impact on the academic performance of students.

most of the academic sections of any educational the institution have their own group and account on social

media so that they can find any study topic from their desirable site. For groupwork, social media is one of

the best platforms. For example.

If you are assigned to conduct research on a certain topic with agroup then it becomes easier to meet online

and discuss the topic together. The classmates or groups can communicate with each other for study purpose

by social media. Teachers also participate to inform about any kind of changes in curriculum, to share

lectures online and to get student assessment.

7.Easy access to reliable information

The Library is used to be the storehouse of information. But now Google has answers to all of our questions.

Instead of going to the library, we can save time by searching the information on google at our

comfort place. It's very easy to get all the desired data from google rather than a library. We can also find all

the related guidelines, sample paper, previous exam papers released by various education websites.
8. Expert in Innovative Technologies

Through social media, students can acquair huge knowledge about computer technology . While using social

media for the purpose of communication or education students learn more about electronic devices and gain

the basic skills to desportfolios when creating accounts on social networks.Besides one can search any kind

of project in you Tube which he wants to .

9. Improves written skill

The writing skill of some students is still behind the expectation .Students can not write English properly.

They are very poor in writing an essay or academic paper nowadays. So one of the affective and

technological solutions to it is to start a blog where students can write their own thoughts without any fear of

being strictly assessed. Through starting a blog, a student can spread his/her writing as well as analytical

skill.Besides by seeing others blog he can also improve his speaking skill.

10. Improve creative activities

Students can be very creative using social media, taking pictures, upload status, making videos for you tube

or something else. They can share their thoughts & ideas and also can make their hobbies a career by you

tube, face book, instagram . Social media can be used in the classroom as a great educational instrument for

the students, It will keep the interest of the students towards the study and motivate students to acquar

knowledge.

 How Social Media Can Been Used As Learning Platforms:

Social media is basically a structure that consists of individuals, communities, companies or organizations

with similar interests, attitudes, lifestyles, values , visions and friendships and in the field of elearning this

structure can be used in many ways and through a number of tools. Let’s see the most popular ones:
  Facebook

The instructor can easily create a facebook account and closed or an open group, to share

information, ideas, quizzes, questionnaires, pictures, materials, or even an entire page on a specific

course or module. Students can easily talk about various course-related issues, questions they

might have post mutually interesting information or data and generally things they want to share.

 Twitter

In eLearning it can be used as a backchannel to connect learning communities or smaller

classrooms over a specific topic or event,Because its allow 120 words in one blog.It allows to share

highlights, make statements, upload pictures, etc. All instructors or teacher have to do is create an

account and communicate its (#) hashtag to their students. Twitter is mostly used for social

learning.

 YouTube

An excellent resource for eLearning. It’s free and can be used to support a class, while viewers can

also rate the videos content and quality, as well as comment. These videos can be part of a course,

but instructors or teachers can also use it to broadcast entire tutorials or just teasers to attract the

audience they want. In 2020 corona pandamic whole world education system depends on online

and that time youTube was the best way to online learning.

 Whatsapp

It is a very popular social media for calls and text. Students can make group here and can group

study. They also can make vedio calls to feel live classroom. Besides they can communicate

individually for their study.

 The negative impact of social media

Poor sleep, eye fatigue, and physical inactivity

Social media can be incredibly addictive thing .When our study time we’ll only check our notifications, and

before we know it, we’ve been mindlessly scrolling for hours. Using devices can have an especially
 detrimental effect if done near bedtime, as the blue light arise from our devices tricks our bodies into

thinking it’s still daylight outside, which upsets our natural harmony. We also blink less when looking at

computer or mobile , which in combination with blue light, can lead to eye fatigue and strain. Its cause the

less power of our eyes. After using mobile or computer we feel physically tired.

Bad mental health issues, such as anxiety and depression

Facebook has studying the effect that Instagram has on its younger users and has uncovered some

alarming findings, as revealed by the Wall Street Journal. Facebook’s has its details on their news wall.

Their research shows that:

 Most users wished Instagram that had given them better control of what they saw and helped them connect

with people who had had a similar knowledge .”

 1 in 3 teen girls blame Instagram for making their body image issues and problematic social media use as

worse.

 Users were more likely to think that “Instagram made problematic use worse, followed by social

parallelism , body image, FOMO (fear of missing out), sleep issues, SSI, and anxiety, etc .”

Distraction Causes, This reduces learning and research capacity,Health Capacity

Social media platforms can be a major factor in pinching and causing mental obstacles. Students are now

more likely to scroll on social media than to study, which can lead them to lose focus from study. This is a

waste of time that doesn’t come result in anything. Students often find it difficult to submit their work within

the time substance given because they are too focused on using social media platforms .Students are now

more likely to use social media platforms to find information and knowledge than they do in books, journals,

notes, or other concrete materials. Students’ reading habits are declining as it is so easier to access data

online. This has a negative impact on their research and learning capability .Social media can lead to mental

and physical health problems if one uses them long time with carelessness. Students who don’t eat properly,

are not punctual with their meals, or spend too much time on their phones and laptops can have negative
effects on their eyes and mind . Students become slow and distract to learn or go out and meet new people.

Parents and schools should keep an eye on their children’s online activities. Students can experience

negative effects from obsessive use of social media, including poor posture, eye slaps, mental stress, and

increased risk for developing eye problems.

It can affect the students communication skills,Become Addictive, Inability to become an independent

learner, Lead to distraction

Some students can start using the informal social media language for their school task . Some may even cut

short words like “Are” as “R” and “you” as “u”. This hinders their ability to learn the proper spellings and

correct grammatical way of communicating in professional life. They can even start importing the informal

method of texting and chatting into their day to day conversations which can adversely effect their overall

communication skills.When a person gets addicted to a particular thing, then they are not able to do without

it. This can be very detrimental to any student who depends exclusively on social media to learn. Some

students may not even pay attention in class because they know they can always use social media to get any

information which can become peaked since they will not be able to do without it. This addiction can also

have an adverse effect on the student’s self esteem or value and confidence since they can easily replace the

real interaction with their teachers and colleagues with the use of a social media app which can hinder them

from acquiring the confidence to relate well with people in professional life .This is one of the greatest

disadvantages of social media on education because with the use of social media, students do not necessarily

have to work alone since they can work all together in groups and can even create group chats. This can lead

to some of the students not actively participating in the group work and ripen in the background. Since

group work can give some students the opportunity to become lazy and unwilling to do many things on their

own this can even hinder them from working on their own personal thoughts and many more ideas.

As much as social media can be a better tool for learning. It can also adversely effect the students or even

teachers since there are a lot of uproar and distractions on social media. In the process of using social media

to learn certain unwanted posts can pop up on the app which can discomfit the user from their main aim such

distractions includes; pornographic images and videos ,vulger picture uncultured music and movies and
even unsolicited advertise that can lead the student or teacher to a completely different site which can create

a total distraction from learning site.

To help promote better mental health, the company is trying hiding likes and has enabled the “all

caught up” message to help limit scrolling by telling users they have seen all the content from the id

they follow. Other have suggested further improvements, like calling attention to cosmetically

deflect photos.

Educators and parents need to be careful of the effects social media can have on the children in their

care. OnGuard, part of the Nets weeper platform, can filter and block harmful content on social media

websites, and alerts educators to students who are involving with harmful content in online.

 References

https://educationasia.in

https://www.netweeper.com

https://instamber.com