The social networking site, Facebook, has gained an enormous amount of popularity. In this
article, we review the literature on the factors contributing to Facebook use. We propose a …

The purpose of this study is to present a review of Facebook as an educational environment,
as research on its use within education is relatively new. The study is categorized into six …

On September 4 2010, a massive 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck the Canterbury region in
the South Island of New Zealand. The response from the University of Canterbury was …

The study was conducted to a). examine the trend of using social media among university
students, b). evaluate reasons behind using social media, and c). identify the problems of …

The authors examined the dimensions that underlie teachers' judgments about ethical
versus unethical behaviors. 593 educators and teachers in training were administered a 41 …

It is evident that teachers' and students' perceptions of interactions on Facebook directly
relate to the utilization of Facebook regarding not only an interactional tool but also a …

Social media has become something that is important to enhance social networking and
sharing of information through the website. Social media have not only changed social …

Recent studies on online social networking have revealed many user characteristics while
quitters have been addressed rarely. The current study investigated the reasons of quitting …

More employers are using Facebook content to evaluate employee characteristics (such as
personality) that might influence job performance (Karl & Peluchette, 2009) believing that …

Beyond deeply understanding content and effective teaching strategies, teachers must
understand the nature of their discipline as well as the nature of learning (Borko & Putnam …