| | January 20176EditorialInstagram, Twitter, and Facebook are dominating forces in today's world. Apart from the versatile use of "hashtag," "like," "share," and "tweet," social media is now empowering students to build a new sense of community for learning. Educational hashtags, short tweets on course updates and homework and assignments are used by teachers and students who are looking to connect beyond the classroom.With an aim to communicate, reflect, and collaborate, social media has been widely facilitating learning with minimal educator interference and maximum student engagement. It acts as a supplementary learning tool as it creates an environment for increased critical thinking and collaboration. Social media advancements have gone mainstream in higher education. Besides promoting a deeper connection between the students, educators, and course content, today colleges and universities are increasingly adopting social media marketing tools to reach out to prospective students, depending on mobile and web-based technologies. They can keep alumni engaged via dynamic social media communities to inform students about campus offerings, including tweeting and posting news releases. As a part of campus and student monitoring, universities are today implementing social media analytics tools to centralize silos of information from multiple social streams, gain insights, and control the environment. The social media monitoring software aims at preventing cyber bullying, and addressing security challenges at schools to a great extent. With social media becoming more ubiquitous among Millennials, schools, colleges, and universities are refining their use of social media channels by using various tools, powered by artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and analytics, to engage constituents and enhance communication. To help learners and teachers navigate the landscape of social media tools, we bring to you the 10 hottest social media solution companies 2017. We hope this edition will help you foster student engagement and enhance collaborative learning and communication. Let us know your thoughts. Fostering Engaged Learning Copyright © 2017 ValleyMedia Inc., All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.JANUARY - 2017Mailing AddressValleyMedia Inc44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510.402.1463, F:510-894-8405 JANUARY - 2017, Vol 03 - 01 Published by ValleyMedia Inc.Editor-in-Chief Tina RosenEditorial StaffSalesAkanksha ManiJohn SmithRosalind JacobsJem ElizabethRichard Taylor Sarah FernandesVisualizersStephen ThomasSOCIAL MEDIA SOLUTION SPECIALAndrew Smithandrew@educationtechnologyinsights.comT:510.694.0136Tina RosenEditor-in-Chieftina@educationtechnologyinsights.com
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