Impact of Social Media on Higher Education Students: A Research Report

This report delves into the impact of social media on higher education students, focusing on its role in research skills and online learning. It explores various social media platforms and their purposes within the context of academic life, highlighting the convenience and accessibility of information for students. The report discusses how social media facilitates communication between students and professors, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and examines the reliability and relevance of the literature and data. The report summarizes the views of various authors on the value of social media in education, emphasizing its potential to enhance student engagement and facilitate new learnings, ultimately contributing to the overall quality of higher education. The report concludes by emphasizing the importance of social media in higher education, offering insights into how universities can use it to improve their services and the student experience.

Research Skills and Using
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Table of Contents
Contents
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................11
MAIN BODY ................................................................................................................................11
Introduction to the use of social media by higher education (HE) students :...........................11
Description of the literature and data ......................................................................................12
Process used to select the literature and data including a discussion on how to ensure
references are reputable and reliable.........................................................................................13
Summary of the literature and data. Summarise the literature and explain why the data is
important to the readers of the report or your sector:................................................................13
Evaluation of the relevance and reliability of the literature sources.........................................15
Reflections about the topic :......................................................................................................15
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................16
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................17

POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
What the subject of the question and who will going to ask that question are relatively having
the importance in doing any research. In the context of student life social media plays an
important role by which an student will maintain their career growth value by continuously
engaging with the process of learning from the online platform which will having the source of
social media applications by this process student will effectively present themselves in career
growth. The below presentation is based on the topic the use of social media by the higher
education student what are there platform and purposes to choose.
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In the context of student life , academics or education through social media sites will generates
the effective communication between the students and the professors by engaging in the
activities of online classes and any queries related to their stream and universities related
information will be gathered through the process of social media application like Facebook, you
tube and particular universities websites.
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The summarisation of the author Sharuna segran defines how valuable is the social media in the
life of student which concerns with the daily activities of online classes, taking information
regarding the universities initiatives and activities of education terms that will be comes under
the social media websites of the universities, this summarisation shows the relationship between
the students and professor through interaction between them with proper channel of online
classes.
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Due to the situation of Covid -19 pandemic its necessary to adopt the approach of social media
platform by the student as well as their universities the source which involves in proving the
student with education is that online classes by you tube and will be uploaded by the professor
for their repeat understanding .
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The value of reliability are having the importance as this social media approach by the
universities will go for the longer period of time, because this platform will be the need for the
professor and student in the future by saving the time and through improving the interaction
level of the student and the professor which will not possible without the approach of social
media.
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INTRODUCTION
Research skills relates with the sources like report writing, data collection , analysis of
information from different sources through the use of online research , relates with the planning
and scheduling of the research information, interviewing and critical analysis by using the
gathered information(Greenhough, and Roe, 2019). Research skill is basically based on the
number of factor which includes with the questions like where does the interview take place
relates with the physical and cultural surroundings , what will be the subject of the questions and
who will going to ask that questions are clearly mentioned in any research based information,
this should be the main skills which are present by the researcher. In the context of student life
research skills play an important role by using the sources of social media platform by reaching
to their relevant information with appropriate websites adding the value to their research based
project, social media are becoming the necessary approach whether its relates with the business
or eduction system, by suing the social media sites peoples feel more approachable in their
concerns activities because of the Covid pandemic situation. The below report is based on the
topic the use of social media by higher education students their platform and purposes.
MAIN BODY
Introduction to the use of social media by higher education (HE) students :
Social media plays an important role in the life of students by assisting them in finding
their relevant information regarding their assignment and higher education which relates with the
research information. Social media is convenient and easier to access information through
providing information and communicating with the help of social media websites(Missingham,
Shah and Sabir, 2018). The main aspect of using the social media is that through that process
the connection between students with professors will effectively grow by working on their
education system through online classes in today scenario that will be considered as the main
approach by education department to enhance the system of education by communicating
through online classes. A new platform of serving the students through the process of social
media increasing in the context of popularity day by day that is focused on building the
relationship outside the classroom through maintaining the value which relates with handling the
social media platform in educational platform. In every college and universities all the work
related admission, campus activities, alumni relations and in the classroom social media is being
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