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  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,910 Views
12 Pages

Sustainable Education: Using Social Networks in Education for Change

  • Elena M. Díaz-Pareja,
  • Mercedes Llorent-Vaquero,
  • África M. Cámara-Estrella and
  • Juana M. Ortega-Tudela

16 September 2021

Creating societies of the future goes hand in hand with promoting sustainable education and, therefore, universities must train educators who, through their own professional development, put into practice methodologies that are active, participative,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
77 Citations
7,734 Views
20 Pages

Social Networks Research for Sustainable Smart Education

  • Miltiadis D. Lytras,
  • Anna Visvizi,
  • Linda Daniela,
  • Akila Sarirete and
  • Patricia Ordonez De Pablos

21 August 2018

Social networks research has grown exponentially over the past decade. Subsequent empirical and conceptual advances have been transposed in the field of education. As the debate on delivering better education for all gains momentum, the big question...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,632 Views
22 Pages

Defining Leadership in Undergraduate Medical Education, Networks, and Instructors: A Scoping Review

  • Pablo Rodríguez-Feria,
  • Katarzyna Czabanowska,
  • Suzanne Babich,
  • Daniela Rodríguez-Sánchez,
  • Fredy Leonardo Carreño Hernández and
  • Luis Jorge Hernández Flórez

9 March 2023

Reviews of the literature on leadership training in undergraduate medical education have been conducted since 2014. Previous reviews have not identified networks, defined leadership, studied the selection criteria for instructors, nor analyzed leader...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,353 Views
17 Pages

Social Networks as a Tool for Evidence-Based Health Education: Umbrella Review

  • Teresa Sufrate-Sorzano,
  • Olatz Corton-Carrasco,
  • María-Elena Garrote-Cámara,
  • Noelia Navas-Echazarreta,
  • Pablo del Pozo-Herce,
  • Marco Di Nitto,
  • Raúl Juárez-Vela and
  • Iván Santolalla-Arnedo

6 September 2024

Background: The number of people who access social networking sites continues to increase at an exponential rate. The use of technology is an essential skill for nursing professionals and its development represents a challenge in improving health edu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,263 Views
15 Pages

Adoption of Pedagogical Innovations: Social Networks of Engineering Education Guilds

  • Darby Riley,
  • Kaitlin Mallouk,
  • Courtney Faber and
  • Alexandra Coso Strong

1 November 2023

This work investigates how innovations propagate through two professional networks (guilds): the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN) and the Consortium to Promote Reflection in Engineering Education (CPREE). Previous research has demonstr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,298 Views
16 Pages

15 April 2021

The global public health crisis unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic has made it clear that digital competence in education is no longer an option, but a necessity. Online communication with friends using social networks is an activity in which young p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,015 Views
24 Pages

15 October 2024

This study addresses the United Nations 2030 Agenda Sustainable Development Goals 4, 8, 10, and 12 by developing a resource-efficient tool that promotes equitable quality education and lifelong learning opportunities, supports decent work and economi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,529 Views
14 Pages

Sustainable Economic Development Education: The Use of Artificial Neural Networks for the Profile Estimation of Students from Developing Countries

  • Miguel Ángel Solano-Sánchez,
  • Cándida María Domínguez-Valerio,
  • Ana Lendínez-Turón and
  • Minerva Aguilar-Rivero

21 January 2022

Environmentally friendly behaviour and the equitable and sustainable use of natural resources can contribute to solving various environmental, economic, and social problems in different countries. The analysis of the perception of young students is i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,239 Views
25 Pages

21 April 2025

Accurately evaluating postgraduate education satisfaction is crucial for improving higher education quality and optimizing management practices. Traditional methods often fail to capture the complex behavioral interactions among influencing factors....

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,854 Views
21 Pages

Smartphone Handwritten Circuits Solver Using Augmented Reality and Capsule Deep Networks for Engineering Education

  • Marah Alhalabi,
  • Mohammed Ghazal,
  • Fasila Haneefa,
  • Jawad Yousaf and
  • Ayman El-Baz

20 October 2021

Resolving circuit diagrams is a regular part of learning for school and university students from engineering backgrounds. Simulating circuits is usually done manually by creating circuit diagrams on circuit tools, which is a time-consuming and tediou...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,653 Views
15 Pages

4 October 2019

Education is considered an essential tool for achieving sustainability-related goals. In this regard, education for sustainable development (ESD) and climate change education (CCE) have become prominent concepts. The central characteristics of both c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,641 Views
13 Pages

17 August 2022

Higher education modernization is a core driver in developing a nation’s education. Creating world-class universities is one pathway toward educational modernization in the world’s major developed countries and can help meet the challenge...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,865 Views
10 Pages

Extra Edge Connectivity and Extremal Problems in Education Networks

  • Hongfang Liu,
  • Jinxia Liang and
  • Kinkar Chandra Das

23 September 2022

Extra edge connectivity and diagnosability have been employed to investigate the fault tolerance properties of network structures. The p-extra edge connectivity λp(Γ) of a graph Γ was introduced by Fàbrega and Fiol in 1996....

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,546 Views
16 Pages

24 August 2019

The emergence of networking has been viewed as a critical educational innovation. To highlight some innovations in educational networking (EN) research, this paper provides a bibliometric overview of international EN research from 2000 to 2018. Based...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
10,357 Views
12 Pages

22 July 2013

The internet has fast become a prevalent medium for collaboration between people and social networks, in particular, have gained vast popularity and relevance over the past few years. Within this framework, our paper will analyse the role played by s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,508 Views
18 Pages

Attitudes toward Inclusive Education from a Network Perspective

  • Tom Jannick Selisko,
  • Eric Klopp,
  • Christine Eckert and
  • Franziska Perels

17 March 2024

The present study showcases attitudes toward inclusive education in a new light. It contributes to the ongoing debate regarding the extent of inclusive education and highlights the importance of teachers in a process toward inclusion. Based on a fram...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,331 Views
16 Pages

12 February 2025

The sustainable development of regional higher education is closely related to the level of regional economic development. There is a close interdependence between higher education and economic development. Based on data from 31 provinces in China in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,901 Views
30 Pages

29 November 2023

In this paper, we discuss how critical mathematics education (CME) and actor–network theory (ANT) come together in a mathematics teacher education course that focuses on the thematic context of climate change to study statistics. Acknowledging...

  • Commentary
  • Open Access
37 Citations
8,326 Views
16 Pages

A fundamental goal of education is to inspire and instill deep, meaningful, and long-lasting conceptual change within the knowledge landscapes of students. This commentary posits that the tools of network science could be useful in helping educators...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,742 Views
11 Pages

The Influence of Social Networks within Educational and Social Fields: A Comparative Study between Two Generations of Online Students

  • Ana Cristina García,
  • Manuel Gil-Mediavilla,
  • Ildefonso Álvarez and
  • María de los Ángeles Casares

27 November 2020

New uses for social networks are emerging in educational fields offering endless materials for the teaching–learning process. Skills development therefore leads to an education focused on sustainable development. Proper use of social media is e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,093 Views
16 Pages

15 October 2020

Solving important social problems and promoting sustainable development requires solutions involving multiple stakeholders. Nevertheless, previous social marketing studies were limited to individual behavioral changes and lacked a perspective to invo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
8,341 Views
32 Pages

9 October 2024

This study examines the effectiveness of networking simulation tools, particularly Cisco Packet Tracer, in enhancing the learning experiences of exit-level students at a higher education institution based in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Utilizin...

  • Review
  • Open Access
81 Citations
11,971 Views
18 Pages

15 January 2021

The sudden advent of the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated containment measures require educational institutions of all sizes to adopt eLearning as the only option for sustainable education. Despite the numerous Learning Management Systems, the ra...

  • Article
  • Open Access
549 Views
19 Pages

21 October 2025

The sixth generation of mobile networks (6G) presents increasing complexity that challenges traditional analysis and performance evaluation methods, necessitating more structured approaches for both research and educational purposes. This study intro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,426 Views
24 Pages

6 December 2018

As places where future citizens are educated, knowledge is (co-)produced and societal developments are critically reflected, higher education institutions (HEIs) can play a key role in addressing sustainability challenges. In order to accelerate mutu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,875 Views
16 Pages

14 November 2024

Little is known about the funding organizations and mechanisms behind artificial intelligence (AI) research conducted in United States (U.S.) educational systems (K12 and higher education). This study therefore performs a bibliometric and network ana...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,336 Views
20 Pages

5 August 2025

With deepening global higher education reforms, outcome-based education has emerged as the core paradigm for teaching model innovation. This study investigates the structural dependencies and teaching effectiveness of the Environmental Design curricu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
6,864 Views
18 Pages

An international initiative called Education for All (EFA) aims to create an environment in which everyone in the world can get an education. Especially in developing countries, many children lack access to a quality education. Therefore, we propose...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,893 Views
15 Pages

24 March 2023

Mastery of the English language has always been major impediment to many educators and learners around the world. In this rapidly globalising world, social networking sites (SNSs) have risen to the top, especially during the unprecedented advent of t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
7,507 Views
26 Pages

Artificial neural networks (ANNs) have proven to be among the most important artificial intelligence (AI) techniques in educational applications, providing adaptive educational services. However, their educational potential is limited in practice due...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,857 Views
19 Pages

19 July 2023

The discipline of Landscape Architecture (LA) is currently expanding its disciplinary boundary. The supporting Technology in LA (TLA) is always evolving and optimized to solve environmental problems. Considering the uncertain classification of the cu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,741 Views
16 Pages

27 September 2022

In China, the promotion of sexuality education for children and adolescents is hindered by a relatively conservative culture and insufficient drive from the government. With the government and the market failing to deliver in this area, social organi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
85 Citations
21,948 Views
17 Pages

Social Networks Consumption and Addiction in College Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Educational Approach to Responsible Use

  • José Gómez-Galán,
  • José Ángel Martínez-López,
  • Cristina Lázaro-Pérez and
  • José Luis Sarasola Sánchez-Serrano

18 September 2020

Within the framework of digital sustainability, the increase in Internet consumption, and especially online social networks, offers social benefits, but is not without its drawbacks. For example, it can lead to psychological and/or psychiatric disord...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,439 Views
30 Pages

Exploiting Properties of Student Networks to Enhance Learning in Distance Education

  • Rozita Tsoni,
  • Evgenia Paxinou,
  • Aris Gkoulalas-Divanis,
  • Dimitrios Karapiperis,
  • Dimitrios Kalles and
  • Vassilios S. Verykios

19 April 2024

Distance Learning has become the “new normal”, especially during the pandemic and due to the technological advances that are incorporated into the teaching procedure. At the same time, the augmented use of the internet has blurred the bor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,403 Views
21 Pages

Development of a Basic Educational Kit for Robotic System with Deep Neural Networks

  • Momomi Kanamura,
  • Kanata Suzuki,
  • Yuki Suga and
  • Tetsuya Ogata

31 May 2021

In many robotics studies, deep neural networks (DNNs) are being actively studied due to their good performance. However, existing robotic techniques and DNNs have not been systematically integrated, and packages for beginners are yet to be developed....

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,791 Views
20 Pages

11 April 2022

Student achievement prediction is one of the most important research directions in educational data mining. Student achievement directly reflects students’ course mastery and lecturers’ teaching level. Especially for the achievement predi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,557 Views
30 Pages

15 May 2022

A healthy and sustainable higher education system plays an important role in social development. The evaluation and prediction of such a system are vital for higher education. Existing models are usually constructed based on fewer indicators and orig...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
9,842 Views
16 Pages

18 March 2015

Background: There is currently a resurgence of interest in interprofessional education and collaborative practice (IPECP) and its potential to positively impact health outcomes at both the patient level and population level, healthcare delivery, and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,523 Views
41 Pages

European Union Machine Learning Research: A Network Analysis of Collaboration in Higher Education (2020–2024)

  • Lilia-Eliana Popescu-Apreutesei,
  • Mihai-Sorin Iosupescu,
  • Doina Fotache and
  • Sabina-Cristiana Necula

The intense rising of machine learning in the previous years, bolstered by post-COVID-19 digitalization, left some of us pondering upon the transparency practices involving projects sourced from European Union funds. This study focuses on the Europea...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,249 Views
20 Pages

The Friendly Health Issue Network to Support Computer-Assisted Education for Clinical Reasoning in Multimorbidity Patients

  • Fabrizio Pecoraro,
  • Fabrizio L. Ricci,
  • Fabrizio Consorti,
  • Daniela Luzi and
  • Oscar Tamburis

27 August 2021

Clinical reasoning in multimorbidity conditions asks for the ability to anticipate the possible evolutions of the overall health state of a patient and to identify the interactions among the concurrent health issues and their treatments. The HIN (Hea...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,401 Views
11 Pages

The use of social networks as a social and educational environment emphasizes an approach to social problems (bullying, cyberbullying, sexism, racism) that has emerged in today’s society. Social networks offer a unique opportunity to increase channel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,736 Views
21 Pages

Application of Target Detection Method Based on Convolutional Neural Network in Sustainable Outdoor Education

  • Xiaoming Yang,
  • Shamsulariffin Samsudin,
  • Yuxuan Wang,
  • Yubin Yuan,
  • Tengku Fadilah Tengku Kamalden and
  • Sam Shor Nahar bin Yaakob

31 January 2023

In order to realize the intelligence of underwater robots, this exploration proposes a submersible vision system based on neurorobotics to obtain the target information in underwater camera data. This exploration innovatively proposes a method based...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,491 Views
12 Pages

Modeling Deep Neural Networks to Learn Maintenance and Repair Costs of Educational Facilities

  • Jimyong Kim,
  • Sangguk Yum,
  • Seunghyun Son,
  • Kiyoung Son and
  • Junseo Bae

Educational facilities hold a higher degree of uncertainty in predicting maintenance and repair costs than other types of facilities. Moreover, achieving accurate and reliable maintenance and repair costs is essential, yet very little is known about...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,985 Views
20 Pages

30 September 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted traditional medical training, particularly in critical areas such as the injection process, which require expert supervision. To address the challenges posed by reduced face-to-face interactions, this...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,447 Views
24 Pages

10 September 2025

The incorporation of educational robotics (ER) into classroom learning has emerged as a significant goal in contemporary education, with instructors assuming a pivotal role. Recent research has shown the influence of teachers’ perceptions of ER...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,287 Views
12 Pages

The Use of Social Networks in E-Learning Technologies in the Context of Distance Education

  • Saphiya Mukhametgaliyeva,
  • Alena Gura,
  • Olesya Dudnik and
  • Anastasiya Khudarova

21 July 2022

The research purpose is to identify trends, opportunities, and limitations in the use of social media in higher education based on the study of how students and teachers use social networks in distance learning. The study involves 500 students and te...

  • Article
  • Open Access
64 Citations
14,676 Views
12 Pages

8 September 2021

The long-lasting impact of COVID-19 forced governments to continue with distance learning. Due to the absence of a formal digital learning management system (DLMS), public universities in many countries adopted social network sites (SNSs), e.g., Face...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,818 Views
20 Pages

12 May 2022

There are many Western apps that help students strengthen their mathematics skills through learning and game apps. A research project was designed to create an IOS Math App to provide Grade 6 Emirati students with the opportunity to explore mathemati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
83 Citations
14,617 Views
18 Pages

Agroecology in Europe: Research, Education, Collective Action Networks, and Alternative Food Systems

  • Alexander Wezel,
  • Julia Goette,
  • Elisabeth Lagneaux,
  • Gloria Passuello,
  • Erica Reisman,
  • Christophe Rodier and
  • Grégoire Turpin

17 April 2018

Agroecology is considered with different focus and weight in different parts of the world as a social and political movement, as science, and as practice. Despite its multitude of definitions, agroecology has begun in Europe to develop in different r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,149 Views
16 Pages

Higher Education in China during the Pandemic: Analyzing Online Self-Learning Motivation Using Bayesian Networks

  • Jiang Li,
  • Yating Chang,
  • Shaobo Liu,
  • Chang Cai,
  • Qingping Zhou,
  • Xiaoxi Cai,
  • Wenbo Lai,
  • Jialing Qi,
  • Yifeng Ji and
  • Yudan Liu

26 August 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an unprecedented shift towards online learning, compelling university students worldwide to engage in self-directed learning within remote environments. Despite the increasing importance of online education, the facto...

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