Document Type : REVIEW PAPER

Authors

• Sorayya Hasanabadi (Iran) ¹
• Dr. Faranak Mosavi (Iran) ²

¹ MA of Educational Technology Department, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran

² Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Management, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran

Abstract

With the advent of virtual social networks, human relationships on the Internet have taken on a new form. Social media has integrated other forms of computer-centric communication, thereby transforming the media landscape, the way people interact, and meet the needs of users. Today, a large number of users with different purposes are members of virtual social networks and engage in various activities, which due to the exponential increase of social network users and its functions, the impact of these networks can not be ignored. One of the important features of social networks is that they have become a place to share knowledge. The diversity of users and knowledge shared on social networks has been great; Therefore, we can pay attention to the importance and necessity of these networks as a tool to improve education and learning. The importance of this issue increases when it is known that a large percentage of the audience of these media are young people - as the most important human capital of any country. In terms of development - they form. In the present study, information has been collected using library studies and in a descriptive-explanatory manner, the contexts and contexts and opportunities that virtual social networks have provided for users in the field of education and learning have been analyzed.

Keywords

• Social Networks
• Education
• Opportunities and Threats

Main Subjects

• Religion and Cyberspace