Social Networks in Professional Development of Educators

DOI

10.2991/icpcs-19.2019.75How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Twitter, information, communication

Abstract

With the development of digital technology, numerous Internet portals are being developed that serve the socialization and communication of users under the common denominator - social networks. The constant development of digital technologies is changing the very social networks that seek better and higher quality forms of communication between users. There are a large number of different social networks, all of which represent a theoretical construct for studying the relationship between individuals, groups or the whole society. Social-networking platforms such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Twitter allow their users to communicate with one member or a group of members. Communication is defined by rules that each member respects in accordance with their individual characteristics that determine an individual as a user of a particular social network. Social networks have been analyzed from the segment of their representation in the communication process in institutions for early and pre-school upbringing and education among the educators. The forms of communication offered to users range from one-way exchanges of written messages, photos and videos up to a two-way communication that implies interpretation of information through text, photo or video analysis. The aim of this paper is to examine the habits of educators in choosing and using social networks in the context of professional development. This paper presents the results obtained by quantitative research methodology related to the habits of educators in the selection of social networks. N = 342 educators of young and pre-school children were involved in the research.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TI  - Social Networks in Professional Development of Educators
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