Description
The use of social media in the classroom has the potential to increase learners' engagement, motivation, and learning. This paper presents a framework for how social media can be used as a tool in the learning process according to educational objectives. The framework is intended to demonstrate to researchers and educators how to activate social media platforms effectively as a learning tool; how several platforms can be employed across subjects; and how to unify social media resources with the physical and virtual learning environment. With a view to supporting these areas and finding an innovative and sustainable way to transform teaching and learning, a social media taxonomy (Web 2.0) was developed based on Bloom’s taxonomy (Web 1.0). The purpose of the social media taxonomy is to assist instructors in planning all the steps of learning, teaching, and assessing a course or topic, whilst considering the learning goals reflected in national and local curriculum standards. The Web 2.0 taxonomy focuses on three dimensions named as Consciousness, Cognition, and Creativity [3C]. Each dimension consists of its categories in the metacognitive domain: Consciousness, viewing, Cognition, posting, interacting, and analyzing, and Creativity, assessing, and curating. The categories are used to hierarchize instructional objectives, ranging from lower-order thinking to higher-order thinking skills. Each level of the taxonomy is built on the previous learning level by moving from the concrete to the abstract and from the simple to the complex. Thus, when a student completes all these levels, that student might be considered to have mastered particular learning goals, equipping them with innovative skills in accordance with the 21st century.| Period | 12 Jun 2023 |
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| Event title | Future Directions of Social Media in Education: Web 4.0 Approaches |
| Event type | Workshop |
| Location | Birmingham, United KingdomShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | International |