SOCIAL MEDIA AS a TOOL FOR EDUCATION AND LEARNING

India has always believed traditionally. In every aspect, including education. In recent years, new technology are accepted but not used widely. But the pandemic has pushed us to change our ways. Pandemic has brought light to the new technology, or social media and its importance.
Social media is used in different ways to share information with others. It is used by the elderly for inquiring, gaining health details, by women and men for shopping, entertainment, etc. it is also used by children to learn a variety of courses individually. Social media like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, telegram, Instagram were only used for sharing information and entertainment. Now, with experience, we know that with social media, we promote products, shop also for sharing study material and lectures. Social media is now used widely for learning and education purposes. Not only in the urban area but in rural areas, everyone has promoted and used social media, connected with the Internet for learning.
A child can learn and go through different courses irrespective of time and age. Learning through social media helped the children to understand the concepts with different examples. Social media removed the single-point–failure from learning.
Even if a student is not able to attend the lecture offline they can learn online. The new generation is growing and learning with new technology. We observed the positive and negative implications of social media in education. This research paper showed the increased use of social media in education. Social media is being used for managing the classroom, to sharing the study material. The study was designed and implemented. We believe that social media can be used in colleg