Date of Award
4-2014
Culminating Project Type
Starred Paper
Degree Name
Information Media - Education Media: M.S.
Department
Information Media
College
School of Education
First Advisor
Jeanne L Anderson
Second Advisor
Merton Thompson
Third Advisor
Lisa L Heinrich
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Keywords and Subject Headings
social media, training, business, education, acceptability
Abstract
The Accebatabilty of Social Media for Enhancing and Extending Learning was a small study looking at the historical use of social media for business training through an instructional design lens. While social media was relatively young at the time, companies started to use it to enhance their employees' learning. Some took to it, while others did not. 85% of employees were willing to use social media for training. Still, only five employees knew how an employer could use social media for training and had concerns about using this as a job requirement. This study focused on the employee's willingness to use social media for training on the job as a requirement and as a non-required supplemental tool. The purpose was to find the acceptance rates for using social media on the job for both formal and informal learning. The company reviewed was a transportation logistical company in the Twin Cities Metro.
Recommended Citation
Knudtson, Kyle, "The Acceptability of Social Media for Enhancing and Extending Learning: A Case Study" (2014). Culminating Projects in Information Media. 43.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/im_etds/43
