Social media and the new academic environment : pedagogical challenges / [edited by] Bogdan Pat̆rut,̧ Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacaŭ, Romania, Monica Pat̆rut,̧ Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacaŭ, Romania, Camelia Cmeciu, Danubius University of Galati̧, Romania.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-474) and index.

Pedagogical challenges of social media in academia -- Student-faculty communication on facebook : prospective learning enhancement and boundaries -- Integrating mobile learning, digital storytelling and social media in vocational learning -- How social design influences student retention and self-motivation in online learning environments -- Future learning spaces : the potential and practice of learning 2.0 in higher education -- Social media as a mean for current education -- Enhancing social presence and communities of practice in distance education courses through social media -- Chzpter 6. framing non-formal education through csr 2.0 -- Social media audit and analytics : exercises for marketing and public relations courses -- National examples of good practices of social media in academia -- Functions of social media in higher education : a case study -- A users' perspective on academic blogging : case-study on a romanian group of students -- Uses and implementation of social media at university :the case of schools of communication in spain -- Web use in public relations education : a portuguese example -- Social media usage among university students in malaysia -- Social media and other web 2.0 technologies as communication channels in a cross-cultural, web-based professional communication project -- Learning records : are there any to manage? : if so, how? -- The impact of social media technologies on the academic environment -- The influence of twitter on the academic environment -- The impact of social media on scholarly practices in higher education : online engagement and icts appropriation in senior, young and doctoral researchers -- Academic perspectives on microblogging -- Digital literacy for effective communication in the new academic environment : the educational blogs -- Implementation of augmented reality in "3.0 learning" methodology : case studies with students of architecture degree -- Digital social media detox (DSMD).

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