International Journal of Social Media and Interactive Learning Environments (ISSN: 2050-3954)

Description

The use of social media has drawn significant attention from educators in recent years. An increasing number of practitioners have started using social media in their teaching. IJSMILE proposes and fosters discussion on the affordances of social media (social networking sites) for teaching and learning, with emphasis on the potential ways and concerns of using social media in the educational context and implications for designing interactive and collaborative learning environments.
Topics covered include
Social networking sites and web 2.0 tools for learning
Technological affordances of social media
Issues and concerns with using social media for learning
New technologies, e.g. iPad, iPhone, netbooks, e-books, cloud computing
Web-based collaborative and interactive learning
Computer-supported collaborative learning
Design and development of web-based learning environments
Informal learning with social technologies
Socio-cultural learning
Ubiquitous and mobile learning
Online course design and development
Online learning and life-long learning
Learning support and management systems