The educational process in the modern world has changed dramatically compared to the situation 15 or 20 years ago. Today, students of all ages have free access to the Internet, which provides many opportunities. Along with the development of the Internet, there has also been the development of social media, which are indispensable today.
Social Media are used to communicate, work and spend time online. Young people spend most of their time on social networks, which serve to exchange information between different people.
However, social networks are created not only for communication but also for studying.
Quora
This is one of the social networks that was primarily created to teach and educate people. Quora is a social network where authors develop their talent for writing works, informative posts, and interesting facts. Due to this, the pages of the social network are filled with informative articles on various topics.
Once you register on the social network, you select the fields that interest you the most. After selecting the topics, on the main page, you will find many useful articles on the topics you have chosen. Not only popular and skilled writers are on Quora. Ordinary people can also express their opinion on the pages. Users can write texts on common topics, share life experiences, and hold interesting discussions.
One interesting feature is that any user can ask questions and anyone who knows the answer or can share a similar experience answers it. The answer can be both in the form of the article and free speech.
Therefore, as a user of Quora, you can easily learn information on the topics of “Life and Philosophy”, “Psychology”, “Life Situations”, “Interesting Physics”, “Development of Science” or “Politics”.
You can not only read ready-made articles, but also ask questions, get answers, or even develop writing skills.
With the help of a useful social network, you can learn information that is directly related to education. For example, choosing a topic of literature, you can communicate with users who are interested in the same topic that interests you. You can also find people who are facing the same problems as you and solve them together. The main feature of the social network is that all articles are written in an interesting form but not in a boring form of lectures. The articles highlight only the main and interesting information that is directly related to the topic.
This is another social network that contains a lot of useful information. The peculiarity of this social network is that the information is presented in the form of images. On Pinterest, you can find inspiration on absolutely any topic, which also applies to studying. For example, by choosing the topic of anatomy, you can find many interesting and useful facts. The social network shares a large number of links to cognitive genders as relevant topics. The app has a handy feature that allows you to create foams and sort information by category.
TED Ed
This is another extremely useful social network that helps the students learn more and more new information every day. The website has a large number of videos on various topics that can be viewed for free. The information provided in the videos is completely reliable and true. The website has an interesting feature: after watching the video users are allowed to read more information on the topic with additional links. Users can also take a test question which is based on the information the user has viewed in the video. The test helps you check how well you have mastered the information and how correctly all the details are understood. Users can choose the subject that interests them and receive a large amount of interesting information and verified information. You can get between topics like “Health”, “Business”, “Mathematics”, “Science”.
Instagram, Tik Tok and Twitter
These seemingly non-learning social networks can also help students in education. For example, the Instagram social network has many training accounts on various topics, where you can learn information, share it and take tests. On Instagram, many teachers create accounts to help students learn. For example, many accounts help to learn a foreign language for free. On such accounts, you can watch useful videos, listen to audio recordings, and learn vocabulary. With the help of a social network, you can even find qualified teachers who will help you with the study of the subject. In the social network.
Tik Tok also has a variety of cognitive accounts where people teach in a fun and entertaining way. Usually, the learning process takes place with great music and with interesting animation.
On the social network Twitter, you can directly follow prominent scientists such as Elon Musk. And you can learn about the views on the lives of famous people and take examples from them.