Includes bibliographical references.

Future learning spaces: the potential and practice of learning 2.0 in higher education / Charlotte Holland, Miriam Judge -- How social design influences student retention and self-motivation in online learning environments / Derek E. Baird, Mercedes Fisher -- Student-faculty communication on Facebook: prospective learning enhancement and boundaries / Laurentiu Soitu, Laura Paulet-Crainiceanu -- Integrating mobile learning, digital storytelling and social media in vocational learning / Miikka Eriksson, Pauliina Tuomi, Hanna Vuojärvi -- Enhancing social presence and communities of practice in distance education courses through social media / Lori B. Holcomb, Matthew Krüger-Ross -- Framing non-formal education through CSR 2.0 / Bogdan Patru, Monica Patru, Camelia Cmeciu -- Social media audit and analytics: exercises for marketing and public relations courses / Ana Adi -- Functions of social media in higher education: a case study / Violeta Maria Serbu -- A users' perspective on academic blogging: case study on a Romanian group of students / Mihai Deac, Ioan Hosu -- Uses and implementation of social media at university: the case of schools of communication in Spain / María-Jesús Díaz-González [and others] -- Web use in public relations education: a Portuguese example / Sónia Pedro Sebastião -- Social media usage among university students in Malaysia / Norsiah Abdul Hamid [and others] -- Social media and other Web 2.0 technologies as communication channels in a cross-cultural, web-based professional communication project / Pavel Zemliansky, Olena Goroshko -- E-learning records: are there any to manage? If so, how? / Luciana Duranti, Elizabeth Shaffer -- The influence of Twitter on the academic environment / Martin Ebner -- Academic perspectives on microblogging / Gabriela Grosseck, Carmen Holotescu, Bogdan Patrut -- The impact of social media on scholarly practices in higher education: online engagement and ICTs appropriation in senior, young, and doctoral researchers / Antonella Esposito -- Digital literacy for effective communication in the new academic environment: the educational blogs / Ruxandra Vasilescu, Manuela Epure, Nadia Florea -- Implementation of augmented reality in "3.0 Learning" methodology: case studies with students of architecture degree / Ernest Redondo [and others] -- Digital social media detox (DSMD): responding to a culture of interconnectivity / Theresa Renee White.

As web applications play a vital role in our society, social media has emerged as an important tool in the creation and exchange of user-generated content and social interaction. The benefits of these services have entered in the educational areas to become new means by which scholars communicate, collaborate, and teach. Social Media and the New Academic Environment: Pedagogical Challenges provides relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest research on social media and its challenges in the educational context. This book is essential for professionals aiming to improve their understanding of social media at different levels of education, as well as researchers in the fields of e-learning, educational science, information and communication sciences, and much more.

Description based on title screen (IGI Global, viewed Dec. 17, 2012).