Tweacher: New proposal for Online Social Networks Impact in Secondary Education

  • Sebastián Romero
    Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha sebasromerolopez[at]gmail.com
  • Habib Moussa Fardoun
    King Abdulaziz University
  • Victor Manuel Ruiz Penichet
    Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
  • José Antonio Gallud
    Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha

Abstract

This paper presents and analyzes the potential uses and motivations of online social networks in education, with special emphasis on secondary education. First, we show several previous researches supporting the use of social networking as an educational tool and discuss Edmodo, an educative online social network. The work carried out during two academic years with senior students of primary and secondary schools is also analyzed. After that we present Tweacher an educative social network application and evaluate its use in the classroom to prove its useful use between teachers and students. This research has allowed us to see the reality of social network use among young people and identify the challenges of its application to education environment.
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Author Biographies

Sebastián Romero

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Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Departamento de Sistemas Informáticos, Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Informática de Albacete, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha

Habib Moussa Fardoun

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King Abdulaziz University
Information Systems Department, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University

Victor Manuel Ruiz Penichet

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Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Departamento de Sistemas Informáticos, Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Informática de Albacete, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha

José Antonio Gallud

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Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Departamento de Sistemas Informáticos, Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Informática de Albacete, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
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