-Community Communications go Beyond Blogs and Social Media Shares, How Does a PLN Help and Hinder the Development of Thoughts and Ideas in Education Discourse?

PLN helps to establish stable and efficient connections. In the last two years, the global COVID-19 pandemic has made the significance of PLN even more important. Teachers have to convert face-to-face teaching to online teaching in order to teach normally. In addition, a large amount of learning content is integrated into PLN, and some use Microsoft Team to facilitate students to participate in the discussion. This form of large-scale multi-person discussion is difficult to achieve in previous face-to-face teaching. This is the superiority of PLN.

-How Does the use of PLN Raise Awareness Opportunities in Education?

The use of PLN strengthens the connection between individuals. Due to the convenience, efficiency and professional characteristics of PLN, anyone except students and teachers can easily access PLN, so that an online community can be established. At the same time, the online community can organize some online activities to allow the public to participate and thus get more attention.

-What is the Role of Social Media in Education?

Social media plays a very important role in education. It can help students consolidate and apply the knowledge they have learned in school. In addition to learning and using their knowledge in assignment, the knowledge can also be applied and expanded in the communication with others in PLN, which enhances the student’s learning experience and makes learning more interesting.

-What Are Some Problems With Social Media Communications in Education Settings?

Because of the convenience of social media, everyone can use it to post comments. In addition to common false information, sometimes some media will only report what they want the public to know, rather than truthfully and comprehensively. Sometimes some media publish inflammatory remarks in order to achieve the company’s interests, which has a great impact on students who have not really contacted the society.