Firstly, Social media can be defined as any web site used to communicate and interact with many participants at the same time via the net. It is certainly that many social media give the opportunity to any individual to learn. The purpose of this article is to describe social media as e-learning resource. Though the focus is learning electronically.
How social media can be used for e-learning? That’s why are listed the most common social media for e. learning such as the followings: Blogs, Facebook, Wikis, Platforms, Twitter, You tube. All these resources are benefits for both teachers and students.
Below there are mentioned the most common social media used for e-learning specifically for English learning and teaching.
1. Google
There isn’t any contrast with the traditional research that is reading books for investigating but the new generations is taking to surf the net seriously. Teachers and students are in a rush to look for effective and creative materials and contents to learn. Teachers wants to find worksheets, web sites for ESL, music and applications to easy the teaching. While students explore the contents and enjoy searching in the net.