Perception of the educational potential of online social networks in Romania and Lithuania
LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Ugdymo galimybės; Invariancijos analizė; Daugialypis modelis; Socialinis mokymasis; Educational opportunities; Invariance analysis; Multidimensional model; Social learning.
ENThe social media technologies are blurring the boundaries between formal and informal/nonformal learning and provide new educational opportunities. Recent work shows that online social networks provide various kinds of educational support, such as social learning, informal/non-formal education, information, interaction, and collaboration. This research aims at analyzing the perception of university students from two countries as regards the educational opportunities provided by Facebook. In order to do this, a multidimensional model has been developed and tested, oriented on four kinds of opportunities: information, collaboration, personal development and professional development. Then an invariance analysis has been carried on and shows that the model has metric invariance across the samples from two countries. The results illustrate that the university students from Lithuania and Romania have different perceptions regarding the opportunities provided by Facebook. [From the publication]
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