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Social network sites (SNSs) are nowadays used in all spheres of human activities, including education, thanks to their significant abilities to assist in engaging students to create, collaborate and share their learning content and outcomes. The aim of this study is to explore attitude of university students towards the SNSs with respect to their positive and negative experience, as well as their willingness to exploit SNSs as a support in their university studies and communication. Furthermore, the authors of this study summarize the main advantages and disadvantages of the use of SNSs for study purposes.
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Klimova, B., Poulova, P., Ptackova, L. (2016). Social Network Sites as a Good Support for Study Purposes. In: Uskov, V., Howlett, R., Jain, L. (eds) Smart Education and e-Learning 2016. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 59. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39690-3_12
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