How Professors Are Using Social Media (INFOGRAPHIC)

From Babson/Pearson study –

Just over 70 percent used social media in their personal lives, a survey released last week by Babson Survey Research Group and Pearson found. This figure mirrors usage among the general population, according to the Pew Research Center.

Babson and Pearson surveyed 8,000 faculty members from all disciplines in higher education for their report, \”Social Media for Teaching and Learning.\”

Faculty personally choose to use Facebook more than any other type of social media outlet, according to the report, but were more likely to use blogs and wikis for classroom assignments.

Less than half of faculty — 41 percent — use social media as a tool in class, but that\’s up from 33.8 percent in last year\’s survey.

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