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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"social media tools"”.
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Effectiveness of social media tools in promoting information literacy: a case of the University of Cape Town Libraries
… literacy. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, social media has emerged as a crucial alternative for engaging with students. This study investigates the effectiveness of the University of Cape Town Libraries' use of social media tools for promoting information literacy. Using a constructivism …
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e‐Co-Textile Design: How can textile design and making, combined with social media tools, achieve a more sustainable fast fashion future?
… textile design processes can be combined with social media tools to support a renaissance of making through four different concepts to empower consumer participation. The Textile Design Interventions demonstrate accessible processes of making and aim to broaden engagement. The democratic ethos …
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Social Media Responsiveness in the Public Sector: A Study of Social Media Adoption in Three Functional Departments of U.S. Cities
… collaborations and shows that Web 2.0 social media tools have the potential to increase these collaborations. Some public managers have fully embraced the adoption of social media tools to their fullest collaborative potential while other managers have chosen to limit their full …
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An Analysis of Social Media Use Within and Outside of College English Classes in China
… study explored how teachers and students use social media for English teaching and learning purposes within and outside of the College English classes in China. The theories of multiliteracies, new media literacies, and connectivism learning theory provided the theoretical underpinnings for …
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Communication Channels For Cancer Survivorship: Addressing Information Dissemination, Clinical Trial Recruitment And Social Networking
… are finding cancer resources, 2) what computer-mediated communication channels they use and prefer and 3) who they trust the most to educate and recruit them for clinical trials. Twenty in-depth interviews were conducted and analyzed with cancer patients and survivors from the HUGS Cancer …
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Many voices, many selves: An analysis of education blog discourses
<p>At this point, the majority of computer mediated communication (CMC) studies have employed a variation analysis approach, quantitatively describing language on the Internet and comparing CMC to speech and writing. While these studies have provided valuable information about CMC, they have also …
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Effect of Targeted LGBT Media on Body Image Perception Of Gay College Men
… in the United States, the prevalence of LGBT media increases as well. From homoerotic advertisements to LGBT social media, the images are more common today than during any other time in U.S. history. Currently, there is a limited understanding of how such images affect LGBT people, …
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An investigation of mobile-mediated social learning using socio-constructivism: a case study of convergence of informal and formal learning at the Polytechnic of Namibia
… and enables students to construct knowledge socially in an informal learning environment that facilitates interaction and collaboration. Learning is a boundless social activity that takes place through engagement with others. As learning takes place through interaction, it cannot be confined …
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Interfacing RFID and Web 2.0 Technologies to Improve Inventory Management in South African Enterprises
… Frequency Identification (RFID) and Web 2.0 social media tools (specifically Twitter) to enhance management of inventory. RFID promotes the communication between things/objects through sensors. However, Web 2.0 tools such as twitter, promote communication amongst people through their cell …
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The Use of Blogs for Teaching and Learning in UK and US Higher Education
… has been a significant increase in the range of Social Media tools that have become available. This has led to a significant increase in the use and popularity of Social Media within many aspects of everyday life, particularly within the UK and US. One of the areas in which there has been a rise …
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A knowledge sharing framework for improving the testing processes in global product development
… project explores whether the fast developing social media tools are capable of facilitating the capture and sharing of employee knowledge, especially tacit and un-structured knowledge, and addressing the social aspects of knowledge management. The project also explores the benefit of using a …
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Getting on the Bus: Marketing San Luis Obispo's Regional Transit Authority
… field, through professional, academic, news, and media pieces. The research questions were explored through case study examples, in the form of interviews with Intercity Transit (Olympia, WA) and Orange County Transportation Authority (Orange County, CA). Further analysis of 2011 ridership survey …
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Social media use and potential in formal and informal science learning: a multiple case study of three Palestinian educational institutions
This study explores the extent to which social media tools and resources are used in formal and informal science education in Palestine, the influence of culture on their use and their potential to enhance educational experiences. It accordingly investigates educators’ perceptions of the use of …
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The Impact of Brand Attitude on Chinese Students’ Private University Choice in the Context of Social Media
… the problems of homogeneous development and low social recognition, which leads to the long-term disadvantage of private universities in the competition for high-quality students. To address these problems, the current study investigated the main influencing factors of brand attitudes in Chinese …
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Knowledge Translation Practices Of Health Services Research Organizations In The United States
… knowledge translation activities, utilizing social media tools to extend messaging to end users, engaging with end users throughout the research process, building expectations for knowledge translation into policies and procedures, and investing in knowledge translation development at the …
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Worker Use Of Social Media For Informal Learning In A Corporate Environment
… find out what they need to know. How can use of social media technologies benefit the knowledge worker and the corporate workplace? This study presents a closer look at the use, perceptions, and reflections of active social media users within the corporate environment. The purpose of this study …
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Social collaboration for corporate innovation management
This dissertation explores the potential of using social media to achieve a higher degree of effectiveness in innovation management in a corporate context. To date, the general discussion has mainly focused on certain aspects of social media, like for instance the mass-scale networking of users of …
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Using social marketing strategy to promote recycling among university students in a Thai university
… to offer effective, practical, and innovative social marketing strategies to university teams to facilitate activities to promote young people to perform recycling and sustainably maintain the new behaviour. The university will gain multiple benefits, not only will there be a reduction in …