Απόψεις ομάδας φοιτητών για την εκπαιδευτική διάσταση του κοινωνικού δικτύου Facebook

Abstract

The use of Social Media in education is nowadays a common practice that has drawn the attention of researchers of the field. The present study aims to capture the attitudes and the usage of social networks of a group of students in School of Education at the University of Ioannina. For this purpose a printed questionnaire was used that consisted of closed and opened-ended questions. Students’ answers revealed that their majority uses Facebook. A number of them already use it to get information about their studies and they seem overall positive to the idea of the educational use of Social Media. Finally, the results of this study were compared to the results of relevant studies.