Asian Journal of Advances in Research

Initially, social media was intended for social activities and aimed at creating an 'online community for us all' [1]. This vision includes engaging with digital dialogue and, at times, creating a social profile as with Facebook. The scope of social media was not one of learning or education provision [2]. Education professionals are now unravelling the idea that social media may have far-reaching potential beyond personal needs and is more closely associated with educational settings where it can contribute to a digitally competent and confident graduate. In the following think piece, I argue that social media has the potential to be integrated into pedagogy successfully.