Hao Zhu

The podcast discusses the benefits and limitations of using digital media for students' learning engagement. It highlights how digital media helps people connect and share ideas, but also mentions drawbacks such as distraction and cyberbullying. The importance of educators mitigating these risks and ensuring equal access to digital media is emphasized. Hello everyone, it's Hao Zhu here. Welcome to my podcast. It's my first time to do it so I feel super excited about it. Today's topic is about what benefits and limitations are involved in using digital media to facilitate students' learning with engagement. The topic that sticks with me most is digital media plays an important role in our daily lives. It helps people stay connected to share ideas and opinions with others in a secure environment. In addition, it can be used to promote business organizations and causes to understand current events with change. Nowadays, society constantly encourages students to utilize digital media to facilitate learning with engagement. Therefore, the benefits and limitations will all be exposed. Initially, I talked about the benefits of social media used to drive students' learning with engagement. In a recent article in Digital Media Journal, Nishio threw the empirical test of students' actual use of social media for education. A model of actual use of social media for participation is created. She argues that using digital media to engage students to enhance their learning in higher education. It will be very beneficial. The research results reveal the actual use of social media through interaction were both connected to TA and model acceptance. Along with students' learning pleasure is also closely related to actual use for participation in social media. It can be reflected mutually. For instance, the interactions with fellow students and actors raise students' active participation, thereby increasing intellectual competence, which then maximizes the perceived ease of social media's use. Then increasing its academic certification through an investigation of students' acceptance of social media's use for learning. A model based on the correlation between independent factors and engagement certification social media's use perfectly demonstrates a good correlation between reported ease of use, perceived usefulness, joint certification with social media. The model also provides practical connections between our theories about students' learning ultimately serving research purposes. Moreover, it also has some limitations. I cited Chaian's article to support my perspective. Some of the drawbacks of digital media for students' learning with engagement in trade-off education, such as distraction and procrastination, together with the impact of excessive social media use on students' mental and emotional well-being, will all be addressed. Everyone won't hope to see these results, not only causing certain effects but also wasting time. Furthermore, cyberbullying and online harassment are also significant issues. It is highlighted that educators must be aware of these risks to take steps to mitigate them, be aware of these potential disadvantages, and take appropriate measures to implement them. Strictly policies protect students' privacy, monitor their activities, and provide security in trade-off classroom environment. In addition, the use of social media in education can be institutionalized. Some inequalities may arise due to differences in social, cultural, and economic opportunities. In this regard, not all students have the ability to access to the Internet or mobile devices. This can limit participation in the classroom. These issues can be decisive in their impact on achieving academic achievement, directly or indirectly. In summary, while digital media offers many advantages in enhancing learning and engagement, some limitations are critical to adjusting to ensure equitable access with balance for all students to ensure effective learning engagement. Thanks for listening.