Social Media & Social Networking Sites (Facebook& Twitter) as Instructional Utility for Higher Education Students

The Recent decade has witnessed the wide expansion of social networks; they are extensively used by people for mutual or multilateral interactions around the globe for various objectives from private to social and academic. Many social networks can be used as an instructional aid in classrooms, including YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, wikis, LinkedIn, and blogs. In this study, the advantages of social networks as tools for educational purposes at university premises are investigated

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E-learning , social network , Facebook , Twitter , Instructional aide , Education