Which social media platforms are beneficial in education

Personally i believe that mattermost, discord and Microsoft teams are the most beneficial when it comes to education. These platforms have been used by numerous students to ak for help, create study groups and have though discussions on educational topics. Me and my team used discord throughout out time at university to create groups for projects and study groups. My group used Discord to collaborate on the final assignment. It has created a huge impact on me as a person and also in my education. The Uvic Engineering and Computer science discord is the best way to get help for any engineering/cs related topic. Microsoft teams is a platform used by Uvic faculty and students to keep in touch with each other more easily, it is officially supported by Uvic ‘s computer help desk. Teams is very easy to use and you can easily get in touch with the instructors, no long instructors have to go through piles of email to see what you sent them. Mattermost is somewhat similar to teams, but is open source and you can host your own mattermost server to create a community where you can share ideas with each other. The EDCI 338 course has successfully used mattermost for creating a PLN and facilitating communication between a large group of students.

When working with the vulnerable sector, how does social media fit into professionalism and regulations?

Always protect confidentiality of vulnerable persons, care should be taken when dealing with their sensive information. You also need to obtain their necessary consent and/or the consent of the legal guardian before trying to share any information related to them. Also maintain healthy boundaries and avoid creating personal relationship with the individual and avois engaging in inappropriate behaviour with vulnerable individual