Social Media in Learning

Abstract

The increasingly advanced technological developments have also had a major impact on the world of education, the facility and effectiveness of becoming the most prominent thing in the use of technology in the education world. Social media like instagram, whatsapp, facebook, youtube and so on become platforms used in the learning world. This study examines how social media plays a role in the world of education in particular in learning by raising a library-research method that searches for sources from research-related documents. Research results show that in the learning world several social media platforms have been used in learning and well used, advantages such as ease of access to material, the effectiveness of time and place become the superiority offered by the learning media. With the presence of social media used in learning, it is expected to play a more important role in improving learning success in schools.