Optimal use of Social Media for Learning Benefits of Business Education Students

Abstract

Social media technology has been rising meaningfully to support users to gain access to valuable knowledge through various resources. Yet, there is a great concern that social media tools can cause distraction in the learning process. This has led some critics to probing the usefulness of social media in a learning environment. This paper focuses on the optimal use of social media for academic benefit of business education. The paper discusses the components of social media, its general and academic uses, mode of accessibility and the benefits of using social media for business education students and how business education students can maximize the use of social media for their academic success. The paper suggests that educators should endeavor to help students highlight the importance of social media and help them explore the opportunities found in social media networks to improve the academic success of business education Students.