The study sought to identify the effectiveness of social networks as a tool for E-collaborative learning on knowledge acquisition among the students of the Faculty of Education at Al-Aqsa University and satisfaction towards it. To answer the study questions, the developmental research...

Virtually seductive qualities of identity sharing, content gratification, and ample social atmosphere have made Facebook the most popular social network, boasting 890 million daily users (“Facebook Reports Fourth Quarter,” 2015; Joinson, 2008; Orchard et al., 2014, Reinecke et al., 2014). Online...

Advanced social network applications and technologies offer a wide range of opportunities for experts and developers to exploit efficiently a large amount of services and user-generated content produced through social networking. The mobile user prefers to use mobile devices to ask for relevant...

This article describes how the use of Web 2.0 technologies in the field of learning is on the rise. By their nature, Web 2.0 technologies increase the interactivity between users where interactivity is considered to be a key to success in traditional classrooms. This article reviews recent...

Employer rating platforms are an important source of information for potential candidates to collect and provide information about the employer. The information is beneficial and different to official company information. The research investigates the reasons to use employer rating platforms by...

This article describes how knowledge is one of the most important assets in organizations which should be carefully managed and is continuously generated throughout an organization. Knowledge sharing is a process through which, one person is affected by the experiences of another. This involves...

In this paper, the authors propose an effective scheme for association rule mining of personal hobbies in social networks. By introducing the connection and clipping techniques, the authors are able to ignore unrelated items in the process of finding frequent itemsets, resulting in more accurate...

For a satisfactory trip planning, the following features are desired: 1) automated suggestion of scenes or attractions; 2) personalized based on the interest and habits of travelers; 3) maximal coverage of sites of interest; and 4) minimal effort such as transporting time on the route. Automated...

The objective of this study was to analyse the use Spanish universities are making of the main social network today: Facebook. The research adapts to the Higher Education Institutions context an evaluation index denominated FAI that has been used in other areas. It applies the index to all of...

Two major educational strengths that MOOCs provide are informal learning and harnessing the collective intelligence of the students and the interactions among other users like former students, future students, business professionals, other universities, etc. These features may lead to the...