Using Social Networking Tools for Teaching and Learning: A Perspective of University Lecturers and Students

SN‐Learning: An exploratory study beyond e‐learning and evaluation of its applications using EV‐SNL framework

“…Learning through social networks places the emphasis on the acquisition and enhancement of various social and behavioural skills that naturally have a positive impact on the educational process and can improve the learning skills of learners (Dalsgaard, ; Pilli, ). Such characteristics include self‐knowledge improvement of social skills assumption of responsibility in making decisions consciousness of belonging to a group, which is directly related to (III) The use of social networks by trainees could include activities, such as (Abraham & Saini, ; Tian et al, ): user profile(s) creation/modification networking participation in communities content use content creation These activities can lead to positive results in the learning process, for instance, the acquisition of well‐meant insistence, interconnection with other people, and familiarization with content creation and publishing processes, which will consequently be evaluated and/or commented by other community members (Balakrishnan, ; Coutinho & Lisbôa, ; Otto, Williams, & Lundqvist, ).…”