{"title":"The Attitude Towards and the Use of Social Networking in European Higher Education: An Exploratory Survey","authors":"S. Gaftandzhieva, R. Doneva","doi":"10.4018/ijvple.2020010104","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Nowadays, social networking is becoming a more and more powerful tool for students for communication,sharingofinformationanddiscussionsonvarioustopics.Thestudypresentedin thisarticleinvestigatestheextenttowhichteachersfromdifferentEuropeancountriesusesocial networkingsitesintheirteachingpracticefordifferentpurposesandwhattheirattitudeistowardsthe useofsocialnetworkinginhighereducationingeneral.Thestudyisintendedtoseekclarityonthe issues,whethertheuseofsocialnetworksisrelatedtoteacherinformationaboutsocialnetworking sites;theirparticipationininterestgroupsandresearchfortheuseofsocialnetworksineducation; andwhethertheresultsobtainedfromthesurveyvaryaccordingtothecountry.Forthispurpose,the statisticalsoftwareIBMSPSSStatisticsisused.Ontheotherhand,thestudyexploresspecificareas oftheuseofsocialnetworkinginhighereducation,withanemphasisontheirefficacy. KEywoRdS Europe, Exploratory Survey, Higher Education, Social Media, Social Networking, Teachers","PeriodicalId":53545,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments","volume":"76 3 1","pages":"51-69"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijvple.2020010104","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}