This page features research articles collected through a general review of recent scholarly literature on the use of social media for teaching and learning in higher education. Entries were organized into four overarching categories, for your convenience:
Across the Disciplines
Akgunduz, D., & Akinoglu, O. (2016). The effect of blended learning and social media-supported learning on the students' attitude and self-directed learning skills in science education. TOJET: The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 15(2), n/a.
Aydin, S. (2012). A review of research on Facebook as an educational environment. Educational Technology, Research and Development, 60(6), 1093-1106.
Bober, M. (2014). Twitter and TV events: An exploration of how to use social media for student-led research. Aslib Journal of Information Management, 66(3), 297-312.
Cain, J. & Policastri, A. (2011). Using Facebook as an informal learning environment. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 75(10), 1-207.
Caron, R. M. (2016). A framework for teaching with Twitter and Storify. The Journal of Health Administration Education, 33(3), 487-496.
Carpenter, J. P., & Krutka, D. G. (2014). How and why educators use Twitter: A survey of the field. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 46(4), 414-434.
Chen, B., & Bryer, T. (2012). Investigating instructional strategies for using social media in formal and informal learning. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 13(1), n/a.
Chou, C., & Pi, S. (2015). The effectiveness of Facebook groups for e-learning. International Journal of Information and Education Technology, 5(7), 477-482.
Cooper, B., & Naatus, M. K. (2014). LinkedIn as A learning tool in business education. American Journal of Business Education (Online), 7(4), 299.
Dalton, J. C., & Crosby, P. C. (2013). Digital identity: How social media are influencing student learning and development in college. Journal of College and Character, 14(1), 1-4.
Duncan-Daston, R., Hunter-Sloan, M., & Fullmer, E. (2013). Considering the ethical implications of social media in social work education. Ethics and Information Technology, 15(1), 35-43.
Dunlap, J. C., & Lowenthal, P. R. (2009). Tweeting the night away: Using Twitter to enhance social presence. Journal of Information Systems Education, 20(2), 129-135.
Fox, B. I., & Varadarajan, R. (2011). Use of Twitter to encourage interaction in a multi-campus pharmacy management course. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 75(5), 1-88.
Gurcan, H. I. (2015). Contribution of social media to the students' academic development. International Journal of Information and Education Technology, 5(12), 965-968.
Hagler, B. E. (2013). Value of social media in today's classroom. The Journal of Research in Business Education, 55(1), 14-23.
Jankauskaite, D. (2015). Social media as a tool for improving teaching and learning experience. Signum Temporis, 7(1), 54-59.
Kent, M. (2013). Changing the conversation: Facebook as a venue for online class discussion in higher education. Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, 9(4), 546-n/a.
Ku, P., Lin, Y., & Tsai, Y. (2012). Social-media-assisted learning: A case study of Teaching computer science on Facebook. International Journal of e-Education, e-Business, e-Management and e-Learning, 2(3), 262.
Landson, M. (2015). Adapting a social media strategy in the classroom: PEET. Journal of Nursing Education, 54(10), 600-n/a.
Loving, M., & Ochoa, M. (2011). Facebook as a classroom management solution. New Library World, 112(3/4), 121-130.
Mastrodicasa, J., & Metellus, P. (2013). The impact of social media on college students. Journal of College and Character, 14(1), 21-30.
Machin-Mastromatteo, J. D. (2012). Participatory action research in the age of social media: Literacies, affinity spaces and learning. New Library World, 113(11/12), 571-585.
Meishar-Tal, H., Kurtz, G., & Pieterse, E. (2012). Facebook groups as LMS: A case study. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 13(4), n/a.
Mercer, A. (2011). Learning takes flight with Twitter. Canadian Music Educator, 53(1), 35.
Miron, E., & Ravid, G. (2015). Facebook groups as an academic teaching aid: Case study and recommendations for educators. Journal of Educational Technology & Society, 18(4), 371-384.
Parise, S., & Crosina, E. (2012). How a mobile social media game can enhance the educational experience. Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, 8(3), 209.
Paul, J. E., & Iannitti, N. N. (2012). On beyond clickers: Twitter as a classroom response system. The Journal of Health Administration Education, 29(4), n/a.
Reed, P. (2013). Hashtags and retweets: Using Twitter to aid community, communication and casual (informal) learning. Research in Learning Technology, 21, n/a.
Seechaliao, T. (2015). Lecturers experience of using social media in higher education courses. Contemporary Issues in Education Research (Online), 8(4), 215.
Selwyn, N. (2009). Faceworking: Exploring students' education-related use of Facebook. Learning, Media and Technology, 34(2), 157.
Shaltry, C., Henriksen, D., Wu, M. L., & Dickson, W. P. (2013). Situated learning with online portfolios, classroom websites and Facebook. Techtrends, 57(3), 20-25.
Social media use in higher education: Key areas to consider for educators. (2011). Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, 7(4), 539.
Staines, Z. R., & Lauchs, M. (2013). The use of Facebook in tertiary education. Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 10(4), 285-296.
Taylor, S. A., Mulligan, J. R., & Ishida, C. (2012). Facebook, social networking, and business education. American Journal of Business Education (Online), 5(4), 437-448.
Thames, G. (2009). Twitter as an educational tool. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 22(4), 235.
Yakin, I., & Tinmaz, H. (2013). Using Twitter as an instructional tool: A case study in higher education. TOJET: The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 12(4), n/a.
Yoo, S. W., & de Zúñiga, H. G. (2014). Connecting blog, Twitter and Facebook use with gaps in knowledge and participation. Comunicación y Sociedad, 27(4), 33-48.
Communication, Collaboration, Engagement & Community
Borstnar, M. (2012). Towards understanding collaborative learning in the social media environment. Organizacija, 45(3), 100.
Cerdà, F. L., & Planas, N. C. (2011). Facebook's potential for collaborative e-learning. Rusc, 8(2), 197-210.
Daume, S., & Galaz, V. (2016). "Anyone know what species this is?" - Twitter conversations as embryonic citizen science communities. PLoS One, 11(3), n/a.
de Villiers, M. R., & Pretorius, M. C. (2013). Evaluation of a collaborative learning environment on a Facebook forum. Electronic Journal of Information Systems Evaluation, 16(1), 56-70.
DiVall, M. V. & Kirwin, J. L. (2012). Using Facebook to facilitate course-related discussion between students and faculty members. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 76(2), 1-32.
Dyson, B., Vickers, K., Turtle, J., Cowan, S., & Tassone, A. (2015). Evaluating the use of Facebook to increase student engagement and understanding in lecture-based classes. Higher Education, 69(2), 303-313.
Erdem, M., & Pinar N. K. (2014). Students' opinions on Facebook supported blended learning environment. TOJET: The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 13(1), n/a.
Ezumah, B. A. (2013). College students' use of social media: Site preferences, uses and gratifications theory revisited. International Journal of Business and Social Science, 4(5), n/a.
Fernández-Ferrer, M., & Cano, E. (2016). The influence of the internet for pedagogical innovation: Using Twitter to promote online collaborative learning. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 13, 1-15.
Garrett, B. M., & Cutting, R. (2012). Using social media to promote international student partnerships. Nurse Education in Practice, 12(6), 340-5.
Ibtesam F Al-M. (2015). Facebook applications to promote academic engagement: Student's attitudes towards the use of Facebook as a learning tool. International Journal of Modern Education and Computer Science, 7(11), 60-66.
Jacquemin, S. J., Smelser, L. K., & Bernot, M. J. (2014). Twitter in the higher education classroom: A student and faculty assessment of use and perception. Journal of College Science Teaching, 43(6), 22-27.
Johnston, K., Chen, M., & Hauman, M. (2013). Use, perception and attitude of university students towards Facebook and Twitter. Electronic Journal of Information Systems Evaluation, 16(3), 201-211.
Lampe, C., Wohn, D. Y., Vitak, J., Ellison, N. B., & Wash, R. (2011). Student use of Facebook for organizing collaborative classroom activities. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 6(3), 329-347.
Lewis, B., & Rush, D. (2013). Experience of developing Twitter-based communities of practice in higher education. Research in Learning Technology, 21, n/a.
Lofgren, E. A., Shultz, A. M., & Porr, C. A. S. (2015). Social media and equine science: The effect of LinkedIn on in-class engagement of equine higher education students 1. NACTA Journal, 59(3), 208-212.
María-Carmen Ricoy, & Tiberio Feliz. (2016). Twitter as a learning community in higher education. Journal of Educational Technology & Society, 19(1), 237-248.
Nehls, K., & Smith, B. D. (2014). The role of Facebook in fostering transfer student integration. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 51(4), 392-406.
Nygard, S., Day, M., Fricke, G., & Knowlton, D. S. (2014). Students' perceptions of a Twitter-based assignment in a graduate-level instructional technology course. Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 15(4), 1-14.
Okoro, E. A., Hausman, A., & Washington, M. C. (2012). Social media and networking technologies: An analysis of collaborative work and team communication. Contemporary Issues in Education Research (Online), 5(4), 295.
Pînzaru, F., & Mitan, A. (2013). Generation Y students: Using Facebook for communicating with university staff and professors. Management Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy, 1(2), 221-239.
Rutherford, C. (2010). Using online social media to support preservice student engagement. Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, 6(4), 703.
Smith, J. E., & Tirumala, L. N. (2012). Twitter's effects on student learning and social presence perceptions. Teaching Journalism & Mass Communication, 2(1), 212-31.
Stephens, T. M., & Gunther, M. E. (2016). Twitter, millennials, and nursing education research. Nursing Education Perspectives, 37(1), 23-27.
Tiernan, P. (2014). A study of the use of Twitter by students for lecture engagement and discussion. Education and Information Technologies, 19(4), 673-690.
Tuominen, R., Stolt, M., & Salminen, L. (2014). Social media in nursing education: The view of the students. Education Research International, n/a.
Tur, G., & Marín, V. I. (2015). Enhancing learning with the social media: Student teachers' perceptions on Twitter in a debate activity. Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 4(1), 46-59A.
Vivian, R., Barnes, A., Geer, R., & Wood, D. (2014). The academic journey of university students on Facebook: An analysis of informal academic-related activity over a semester. Research in Learning Technology, 22, n/a.
Wiid, J., Cant, M. C., & Nell, C. (2013). Open distance learning students' perception of the use of social media networking systems as an educational tool. The International Business & Economics Research Journal (Online), 12(8), 867-n/a.
Education & Healthcare
Gorham, R., Carter, L., Nowrouzi, B., McLean, N., & Guimond, M. (2012). Social media and health education: What the early literature says. Journal of Distance Education (Online), 26(2), 1-10.
Hutchens, J. S., & Hayes, T. (2014). In your Facebook: Examining Facebook usage as misbehavior on perceived teacher credibility. Education and Information Technologies, 19(1), 5-20.
Kinchin, G. D., & Bryant, L. G. (2015). Using social media within physical education teacher education. Strategies, 28(5), 18-21.
Kucuk, S., & Sahin, I. (2013). From the perspective of community of inquiry framework: An examination of Facebook uses by pre-service teachers as a learning environment. TOJET: The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 12(2), n/a.
Nicholson, J., & Galguera, T. (2013). Integrating new literacies in higher education: A self-study of the use of Twitter in an education course. Teacher Education Quarterly, 40(3), 7-26.
Smith, T., & Lambert, R. (2014). A systematic review investigating the use of twitter and Facebook in university-based healthcare education. Health Education, 114(5), 347-366.
Visser, R. D., Evering, L. C., & Barrett, D. E. (2014). #TwitterforTeachers: The implications of Twitter as a self-directed professional development tool for K-12 teachers. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 46(4), 396-413.
Educational Design & Integration
Alias, N., Siraj, S., Mohd Khairul Azman Md Daud, & Hussin, Z. (2013). Effectiveness of Facebook based learning to enhance creativity among Islamic studies students by employing Isman instructional design model. TOJET: The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 12(1), n/a.
Burnett, C., & Merchant, G. (2011). Is there a space for critical literacy in the context of social media? English Teaching, 10(1), 41-n/a.
DeShazo, J. P. (2014). HITGa.me: A social media-based health IT video game. The Journal of Health Administration Education, 31(2), 175-186.
Dron, J., & Anderson, T. (2014). On the design of social media for learning. Social Sciences, 3(3), 378-393.
Elwood, S., Mccaleb, K., Fernandez, M., & Keengwe, J. (2014). A theoretical framework and model towards media-rich social presence design practices. Education and Information Technologies, 19(1), 239-249.
Halawati A. J. S. & Soh, R. (2013). The integration of authentic learning principles and Facebook in service learning. TOJET: The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 12(4), n/a.
Mbati, L. (2013). Online social media applications for constructivism and observational learning. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 14(5), n/a.
McCole, D., Everett, M., & Rivera, J. (2014). Integrating Facebook into the college classroom: Student perceptions and recommendations for faculty. NACTA Journal, 58(3), 244-249.
Naghdipour, B. & Eldridge, N. H. (2016). Incorporating social networking sites into traditional pedagogy: A case of Facebook. Techtrends, 60(6), 591-597.
Okoro, E. (2012). Integrating social media technologies in higher education: Costs-benefits analysis. Journal of International Education Research, 8(3), 255.
Peck, J. L. (2014). Social media in nursing education: Responsible integration for meaningful use. Journal of Nursing Education, 53(3), 164-9.
Rohr, L. E., Costello, J., & Hawkins, T. (2015). Design considerations for integrating Twitter into an online course. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 16(4), n/a.
Thoms, B. & Eryilmaz, E. (2015). Introducing a Twitter discussion board to support learning in online and blended learning environments. Education and Information Technologies, 20(2), 265-283.
Wang, R., Scown, P., Urquhart, C., & Hardman, J. (2014). Tapping the educational potential of Facebook: Guidelines for use in higher education. Education and Information Technologies, 19(1), 21-39.
Yu-Ching, C. (2015). Linking learning styles and learning on mobile Facebook. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 16(2), n/a.
Writing & Assessment
Annamalai, N., & Tan, K. E. (2014). Social presence of the community of inquiry (CoI) model on an online narrative writing platform via Facebook. Malaysian Journal of ELT Research, 10(2), 1-18.
Charleson, D., & Lyall, M. (2014). The new communication: Using new and social media as a basis for instruction and assessment in higher education. Screen Education, (75), 72-76.
Davis, L., & Yin, L. R. (2013). Teaching writing with Twitter: An exploration of social media use in enhancing business communication skills. The Journal of Research in Business Education, 55(1), 36-52.
Limbu, M., PhD. (2011). Processing first-year college writing via Facebook pedagogy in linguistically and culturally diverse first-year composition classes. Journal of International Students, 1(2), 59-63.
Reid, J. (2011). "We don't Twitter, we Facebook": An alternative pedagogical space that enables critical practices in relation to writing. English Teaching, 10(1), 58-n/a.
Suárez, J. G., Cervantes, C. T., & García, E. R. (2015). Twitter as a resource to evaluate the university teaching process/Twitter como recurso para evaluar el proceso de enseñanza universitaria. Rusc, 12(3), 32-44.
Taecharungroj, V. (2013). Homework on social media: Benefits and outcomes of Facebook as a pedagogic tool. International Journal of e-Education, e-Business, e-Management and e-Learning, 3(3), 258.
Cultural Studies & Language Learning
Dressler, R., & Dressler, A. (2016). Linguistic identity positioning in Facebook posts during second language study abroad: One teen's language use, experience, and awareness. The Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 19(2), 22-43.
Espinosa, L. F. (2015). The use of Facebook for educational purposes in EFL classrooms. Theory and Practice in Language Studies, 5(11), 2206-2211.
Inayati, N. (2013). Systemic analysis of tesol practitioners' use of social media in the higher education sector. International Journal of Innovation in English Language Teaching and Research, 2(2), 193-207,242.
Mitchell, K. (2012). A social tool: Why and how ESOL students use Facebook. CALICO Journal, 29(3), 471-n/a.
Rodliyah, R. S. (2016). Using a Facebook closed group to improve efl students' writing. TEFLIN Journal, 27(1), 82-100.
Ru-Chu Shih. (2013). Effect of using Facebook to assist English for business communication course instruction. TOJET: The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 12(1), n/a.
Wang, S., & V, C. (2014). The effect of target language use in social media on intermediate-level chinese language learners' writing performance. CALICO Journal, 31(1), 78-102.
Wu, S. (2016). A study on the english teaching model in the Facebook environment *. Theory and Practice in Language Studies, 6(9), 1791-1796.