W10 Q1 | Discussion

Greenhow, Robelia & Hughes present a selected review of educational research literature to construct a call for educational research involving Web 2.0 (a term now used synonymously with “social media”). This highly cited article (1700+ citations on Google Scholar as of this writing) contrasts with that of Crook who identifies tensions associated with the integration of Web 2.0/social media in education. Both articles have implications for research. Based on your reading of these articles and considering ideas from previous weeks, what ideas for future research at the intersection of education and social media do you find most persuasive (and why)? Where are you perhaps less convinced? (Your ideas are relevant today as the vast majority of young people use this technology daily and a majority of people turned to social media in the current pandemic: https://bit.ly/33FTqoY).