Uugangerel Bold
ABSTRACT
Social media could serve as a potential tool to enhance the delivery and quality of education in the country, such as Mongolia, which is characterized by vast territory, sparsely distributed population and relatively poor fixed technology infrastructure. This exploratory study aimed to assess the usage of social media in Mongolian higher education, as perceived by the university educators. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 25 university educators in individual and group settings.
The findings from this study demonstrate the pros and cons of using social media as a potential tool in academic environment. The majority of respondents consider social media as useful tool to employ in their teaching practices because it is reshaping their current teaching methods with new technological options. They value social media as a useful tool because it creates fast communication with students and colleagues and offers easy content delivery. However, they also express cautions that social media could distract students or raise ethical and trust issues among students.
This study provides an insight on use of social media as an educational tool in Mongolia contributing to social media research from a developing country's perspective.1
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- Use of Social Media as an Educational Tool: Perspectives of Mongolian University Educators
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