College Faculty Survey Finds Their Use of Social Media - 1 views
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Nagwa Abou El-Nga on 22 Oct 12Pearson ran a survey about the use of Social Media in teaching, here is the summar: ■64.4 percent of faculty use Social media for their personal lives, 33.8 percent use it for teaching ■41 percent for those under age 35 compared to 30 percent for those over age 55 reported using Social media in their teaching ■Faculty in the Humanities and Arts, Professions and Applied Sciences, and the Social Sciences use Social media at higher rates than those in Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science ■Blogs and wikis are preferred for teaching, while Facebook or LinkedIn are used more for Social and professional connections ■88 percent of faculty, regardless of discipline, reported using online video in the classroom