1 Running head: EDUCATION FOR ADULTS ABOUT THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA EDUCATION FOR ADULTS ABOUT THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA Anthony Wallace Mastery in Educational Specialty February 19, 2020 2 EDUCATION FOR ADULTS ABOUT THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA Introduction Technology has changed everything in the current world. People need to change with changes in the existing world and adapt to the changes that the world entails. Education is the only tool that can be used to cope with the world of technology. This therefore has recalled for the need of the adults to be educated on how to use the technology so that they can remain updated with what goes around in the country (Amabile, 2019). Social media is one of the basic platforms that adults need to be familiar with. Majority of the state operations and trending news are conveyed by the use of social media. Therefore, the subject matter of this paper revolves around how educating the adults about social media helps them in achieving their career goals. Company policy The company policy focuses on how the adults can gain the recommended knowledge on how to use the social media. There is various importance that are tied to the learners when they know how to use the social media. It is clear that, social media avails a variety of information and wide range of opportunities. Social media is a networking site by itself and therefore individuals can get connections to Jobs and other opportunities by the use of social media (Cho, Furnas & Rohrich,2019). The policy of the company therefore ensures people especially adults can acquire skills on how to use the social media so that they can grab the opportunities that exist in those platforms. The company helps adults acquire education on social media. 3 EDUCATION FOR ADULTS ABOUT THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA Industry standards The industry focuses on availing all the necessary tools required to teach adults about the use of social media. Some of the efforts taken is by organizing seminars to educate learners about the use of social media. Several specialists on social media are given the task of educating learners on how the platforms can be used Behavioral Learning Objectives 1. The objective of this research will be to educate the adults on how they can use social media in solving problems within the society. 2. To enable people benefit from all social media platforms which can be helpful in pursuing their career objectives 3. To enlighten the adults on various uses of different types of social media platforms 4. To educate the Adults on how they can use social media to increase performance in their areas of expertise. List of Units A. Understanding the social media concepts B. Relationship between social media and individual career objectives C. Fundamental strategies of achieving career goals by use of social media D. Social media and career development 4 EDUCATION FOR ADULTS ABOUT THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA The above topics are considered to be effective for the research project since they enlighten the adults and shows them the significance of acquiring the recommended knowledge regarding social media (Guntuku, Ramsay, Merchant & Ungar,2019). Incorporating the above units in the training manual will help the learner gain the required skills in using social media. Conclusion Educating the adults on how to use social media is essential as it helps them in career development. It exposes them to a wide range of opportunities and jobs that can help them in building their career. Moreover, it helps them learn more about their career and choice on whether to change it for a better one or not. It also avails a wide range of data concerning the Industry in which they are willing to pursue their career. Therefore, Social media is an integral ingredient in career development. 5 EDUCATION FOR ADULTS ABOUT THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA References Amabile, T. M. (2019). Educating leaders who make a difference in the world. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 14(1), 7-11. Cho, M. J., Furnas, H. J., & Rohrich, R. J. (2019). A primer on social media use by young plastic surgeons. Plastic and reconstructive surgery, 143(5), 1533-1539. Guntuku, S. C., Ramsay, J. R., Merchant, R. M., & Ungar, L. H. (2019). Language of ADHD in adults on social media. Journal of attention disorders, 23(12), 1475-1485. ADULT EDUCATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA Adult Education on Social Media Anthony Wallace Mastery in Educational Specialty March 3, 2020 1 ADULT EDUCATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA 2 Introduction Social media have presented significant instruments for the adults to learn and progress constantly. Social media have empowered improvement of advancements utilized for learning. Extension of different apparatuses has given teachers, educaters, coaches, instructers, numerous choices towards the usage of the innovation upheld learning. The utilization of social media can improve adults learning results and scholarly achievement. Social media is progressively demonstrated to be useful in adults learning and has a gigantic potential for adults instruction. This paper discusses a few lights on advantages of social media for adults, this is consolidated through the survey of past work and a few obstructions that experiences social media for learning purposes. Additionally some social media models are surveyed to show the development and impact of social media in adults. Different Strategies for teaching Adults on social media use Different methods are used in order to ensure that adults are helped with adapting to the new world and help them in managing the handicaps that accompany their mature age. Hence assistive technology is intended to maintain the incapacities using assistive technology gear (Brown, Krŭsteva, Ranieri, 2016). These are things that can be economically obtained or modified so as to decrease, keep up, or enhance the inabilities experienced by the adults in learning. The most significant technology hardware for these cases are; magnifiers, PCs, and page-turners. Significance of educating adults on social media through these Strategies The previously mentioned gears have assumed an extraordinary job with regard to the arrangement of grown-up courses and preparing. As one age, the vision is usually influenced, ADULT EDUCATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA 3 and therefore you won't anticipate that a grown-up should have a similar idea as a young. Right now are utilized to amplify the writings and make them understood for them. In this way, those with diminished visual perception are not distraught. PCs and PC programs have additionally made work simple these days (Halula, 2015). PC programs for individuals with physical debilitation, psychological impedance, and visual deficiency have been created. PCs have the voice acknowledgment programs where an individual can ask for worked words by straightforward expressing them out. Exceptional PC consoles for the visually impaired also have been grown in this way, making an ever-increasing number of adults be in a situation to utilize PCs. A few adults may think that it's difficult to turn pages because of handicaps or because of the mature age. This is the place the page-turners come in to assist these adults with reading books. There have been built up the electronic page-turners for individuals without hands or arm use. In this way, perusing has been made simple as one educates through the course or as on conducts preparing. Most adults have the most noteworthy paces of social media utilization of all ages gathering. Social media permits clients to make, offer, and trade data and thoughts in virtual systems, and it can alter medicinal services in an assortment of ways. To start with, patients may profit by social media by getting conditions data, interfacing with others with comparable conditions, and joining on the web bolster gatherings, which can upgrade tolerant strengthening and may improve results. Analysts can utilize social media to enroll patients with uncommon conditions, gauge the degree of illness episodes, and bring expanded comprehension of conditions using practices revealed on the web. At long last, general social media offices can convey messages for remaining solid and increment attention to different maladies through social media (Halula, 2015). ADULT EDUCATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA Conclusion Nonetheless, these potential advantages of social media depend on the sort and nature of data that clients deliberately share and on their impression of the substance created right now. Even though adults share a ton of individual data internet—including pictures and recordings, interests, relationship status, names of schools, birthdates, and email addresses — they are informed about looking after protection, control the data that others can see, and cautiously deal with their online notoriety. How and why adults choose to share data about their conditions on social media stays an under-investigated subject. Yet, its understanding will be fundamental if we are to use social media to improve their conditions. 4 ADULT EDUCATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA 5 References In Brown, E. L., In Krŭsteva, A., & In Ranieri, M. (2016). E-learning & social media: Education and citizenship for the digital 21st century. Halula, J., & Halula, W. (2015). Social media manners: Polite behavior in the social media world.
Purchase answer to see full attachment