The relationship between social media live streams and learners
People in the old days could only learn new knowledge or skills in school, which has greatly restricted the overall level of learning in the past. Though, the internet today allows us to look for and understand anything and anywhere if we prefer. In other words, anyone who desires for knowledge could find something useful online to learn and study. Specifically, the University of British Columbia would consistently invite scholars, successful entrepreneurs, and alumni to give speeches in school. While not everyone could attend the section and not a single classroom could fit all the audiences, UBC Sauder School of Business decided to put on live-streaming on social media, i.e. Facebook, Instagram. Learners who would like to know more from those kinds of webinars would receive notification and they can watch it during the Livestream or review them afterward. Therefore, they will not miss anything important even if they do not physically attend the event. Some people may argue that live-streaming on social media would distract learners and even lead to a deficiency of learning. However, according to the American Public Broadcasting Service’s (PBS) annual teacher survey on media and technology, the majority of teachers believe that video and live streaming are actually effective learning tools in which 68% of teachers believe that video stimulates discussions; 66% of teachers believe that video increases student motivation, and 41% of teachers believe that video increases student achievement.
Technically, with live streaming, students will be able to watch the scholars or profs or experts to solve problems and answer their questions in real-time, which is more productive when it comes to learning. Therefore, studies have shown that students would learn more when they are able to visualize the materials. Livecode.com, for instance, is an online platform that lets thousands of online users learn to code every day by watching programmers to create codings and applications.
Live-streaming is just one of the features of social media has nowadays, social networking could even offer online interviews, job training, meetings on social media platforms, and other online collaborations.
References
Managuelod, P. (2019, May 07). 5 Tools For Live Education Broadcasting. Retrieved from https://www.dacast.com/blog/5-tools-for-live-education-broadcasting/