Social Media and the New Academic Environment

An Excellent Addition to Your Library! Released: January 2013 Social Media and the New Academic Environment: Pedagogical Challenges Bogdan Patrut (Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacau, Romania), Monica Patrut (Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacau, Romania) and Camelia Cmeciu (Danubius University of Galati, Romania) As web applications play a vital role in our society, social media has emerged as an important tool in the creation and exchange of user-generated content, and social interaction. The benefits of these services have entered in the educational areas to become new means by which scholars communicate, collaborate and teach. Social Media and the New Academic Environment: Pedagogical Challenges provides relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest research on social media the challenges in the educational context. This book is essential for professionals aiming to improve their understanding of social media at different levels of education as well as researchers in the fields of e-learning, educational science and information and communication sciences, and much more. Topics Covered: • Analytics for Social Media • Content Management Systems • Mobile Social Media and Mobile Teaching/Learning • • • • Online Learning Environments Pedagogical Challenges Social Media in Academia Web 2.0 Technologies ISBN: 9781466628519; © 2013; 511 pp. Print: US $175.00 | Perpetual: US $265.00 | Print + Perpetual: US $350.00 Pre-pub Discount:* Print: US $165.00 | Perpetual: US $250.00 * Pre-pub price is good through one month after publication date. Market: This premier publication is essential for all academic and research library reference collections. It is a crucial tool for academicians, researchers, and practitioners and is ideal for classroom use. Bogdan Patrut is associate professor in computer science at “Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacau, Romania, with a Ph D in computer science and a Ph D in accounting. His domains of interest/ research are multi-agent systems and computer science applied in social and political sciences. He published and edited more than 25 books on programming, algorithms, artificial intelligence, interactive education. He is also the editor-in-chief of BRAIN: Broad Research in Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience, and software developer in EduSoft company. www.igi-global.com Publishing Academic Excellence at the Pace of Technology Since 1988 An Excellent Addition to Your Library! Section 1: Pedagogical Challenges of Social Media in Academia Chapter 1 Future Learning Spaces: Holland Charlotte (Dublin City University, Ireland) Judge Miriam (Dublin City University, Ireland) Chapter 2 How Social Design Influences Student Retention and Self-Motivation in Online Learning Environments Baird Derek E. (Facebook for Educators, USA) Fisher Mercedes (Milwaukee Area Technical College, USA) Chapter 11 Web Use in Public Relations Education: Sebastião Sónia Pedro (Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal & Center for Administration and Public Policies, Portugal) Chapter 12 Social Media Usage among University Students in Malaysia Hamid Norsiah Abdul (University Utara Malaysia, Malaysia) Ishak Mohd Sobhi (University Utara Malaysia, Malaysia) Ismail Syamsul Anuar (University Utara Malaysia, Malaysia) Yazam Siti Syamsul Nurin Mohmad (University Utara Malaysia, Malaysia) Chapter 3 Student-Faculty Communication on Facebook: Şoitu Laurenţiu (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, Romania) Păuleţ-Crăiniceanu Laura (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, Romania) Chapter 13 Social Media and other Web 2.0 Technologies as Communication Channels in a Cross-Cultural, Web-Based Professional Communication Project Zemliansky Pavel (University of Central Florida, USA) Goroshko Olena (The National Technical University: Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute, Ukraine) Chapter 4 Integrating Mobile Learning, Digital Storytelling and Social Media in Vocational Learning Eriksson Miikka (University of Lapland, Finland) Tuomi Pauliina (Tampere University of Technology, Finland) Vuojärvi Hanna (University of Lapland, Finland) Chapter 14 E-Learning Records: Duranti Luciana (University of British Columbia, Canada) Shaffer Elizabeth (University of British Columbia, Canada) Section 2: Social Media as a Means for Current Education Section 4: The Impact of Social Media Technologies on the Academic Environment Chapter 5 Enhancing Social Presence and Communities of Practice in Distance Education Courses through Social Media Holcomb Lori B. (North Carolina State University, USA) Krüger-Ross Matthew (Simon Fraser University, Canada) Chapter 6 Framing Non-Formal Education through CSR 2.0 Pătru Bogdan (Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacau, Romania) Pătru Monica (Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacau, Romania) Cmeciu Camelia (Danubius University of Galați, Romania) Chapter 7 Social Media Audit and Analytics: Adi Ana (Bournemouth University, UK) Section 3: National Practices of Social Media in Higher Education Chapter 8 Functions of Social Media in Higher Education: Șerbu Violeta Maria (The Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Romania) Chapter 9 A Users’ Perspective on Academic Blogging: Deac Mihai (Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania) Hosu Ioan (Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania) Chapter 10 Uses and Implementation of Social Media at University: Díaz-González María-Jesús (University of A-Coruña, Spain) Froufe Natalia Quintas (University of A-Coruña, Spain) Brena Almudena González del Valle (Bureau Veritas Business School, Spain) Pumarola Francesc (Expert in Internet issues, Spain) Chapter 15 The Influence of Twitter on the Academic Environment Ebner Martin (Graz University of Technology, Austria) Chapter 16 Academic Perspectives on Microblogging Grosseck Gabriela (West University of Timisoara, Romania) Holotescu Carmen (Politehnica University of Timisoara / Timsoft, Romania) Patrut Bogdan (Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacau, Romania) Chapter 17 The Impact of Social Media on Scholarly Practices in Higher Education: Esposito Antonella (University of Milan, Italy) Chapter 18 Digital Literacy for Effective Communication in the New Academic Environment: Vasilescu Ruxandra (Spiru Haret University, Romania) Epure Manuela (Spiru Haret University, Romania) Florea Nadia (Spiru Haret University, Romania) Chapter 19 Implementation of Augmented Reality in “3.0 Learning” Methodology: Redondo Ernest (Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain) Navarro Isidro (Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain) Sánchez Albert (Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain) Fonseca David (Ramón Llull University, Spain) Chapter 20 Digital Social Media Detox (DSMD): White Theresa Renee (California State University Northridge, USA) Order Your Copy Today! 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