Technological Developments that Have an Impact on the World of Education (The Social Dilemma 2020)

The Social Dilemma is a documentary film that discusses the negative impacts of social media and cyberspace such as the circulation of bad information / hoaxes, decreasing interactions between individuals which lead to individualistic behaviour, deteriorating human mental health. This documentary film contains footage of interviews with people who work on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google, and several other social media platforms. In addition to containing interview footage, this film also provides several illustrations of scenes that make it easier for the audience to understand the message to be conveyed through this film.

Even though the many negative impacts shown from the film do not rule out the possibility for us to still have a positive impact from social media. With the very rapid development of technology, especially in the field of social media in today's era, it will greatly facilitate us in carrying out all activities, namely in the fields of work, government, health, economics and especially in the field of education. With the existence of social media, it makes it very easy for us with the education system that is being implemented today. As we know, due to the covid-19 virus that has spread since the beginning of 2020, the school learning system that should have used the face-to-face method was changed to online, but with the technology that has developed at this time the learning system can continue to run properly with the online system.

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With the application of quarantine or work from home, students and teachers are very dependent on social media to support teaching and learning activities. With the help of social media, it will simplify and streamline the children's learning system in this quarantine period. At first this online learning system made students feel confused and uncomfortable with the system being implemented. However, over time the students and teachers began to understand the system that had been implemented.

We can imagine if there is no continuous innovation in IT, especially social media, then we may not necessarily be able to use various existing social media as supporting facilities in learning activities. For example, twitter, instagram, line, and whatsapp are platforms used to upload assignments, collect assignments, a place for discussion, and etc. Meanwhile, Google classroom, zoom, ruangguru, zenius, quipper, and others are platforms that are used as learning media so that learning activities can continue without obstacles and make it easier for teachers to deliver material through zooms, meetings, or video calls. In addition, through social media such as YouTube, Google, blogs, and Wikipedia, it makes it easier for students to gain insight and knowledge about the world of education, get information related to learning or new discoveries, and look for things about school materials. In this quarantine period, the existence of social media made it easier for students and teachers to keep learning practically, simply, and easily without being obstructed by space, place and time.

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As a conclusion, based on the film The Social Dilemma, social media plays an important role in the development process of the times, but social media can also produce negative influences for people who are wrong or incorrect in using it, but on the other hand we can still take positive things from social media in the our life. If we can use and make good use of it, social media can facilitate various activities in our lives, especially as students will be greatly helped in the learning process during this quarantine.