SOCIAL NETWORKS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON SCHOOL PERFORMANCE OF HIGHER-LEVEL STUDENTS
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https://doi.org/10.36825/RITI.03.05.003Keywords:
Social Networks, Academic Performance, Higher Education, ICTAbstract
Social networks are known as a grouping of people within a specific topic, called Virtual Community. Different studies, in this sector, have aroused the interest to know the behavior of the students in front of these tools and their possible applications within the pedagogical scope. Currently students are surrounded by many distractors, among which are the different social networks, technology not used as it should. This research progress shows a methodological proposal to analyze data and find results tending to generate proposals and recommendations for the implementation of social networks in the education sector. A descriptive research was carried out based on surveys, where the nature and existing habits on social networks of the Facultad de Informática Mazatlan were evaluated. As future work, it is expected to disseminate the results of this research in national and international forums.
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