Social or digital media learning refers to the phenomenon of enhancing learning through social media in order to foster fluent communication, active particiation, and interaction within the process of becoming active knowledge producers. This approach to learning is based on peer support and feedback within a social network and experience of social construction of artifacts. The picture below shows how social media tools can be employed in order to enhance museum learning by exploiting multple intelligences to the most together with social media tools.

Source: https://www.colleendilen.com/2010/12/15/how-museums-can-use-social-media-to-engage-different-learning-types/

The main advantage of social media learning is the fact that learners become active producers of knowledge wihtin a framework that promotes visible thinking as opposed to rote learning. "To develop understanding of a subject area, one has to engage in authentic intellectual activity. That means solving problems, making decisions, and developing new understanding using the methods and tools of the discipline". (Ritchhart, Church & Morrison, 2011, p. 10)

All in all, it places thinking and communication at the center of the learning process in which peer interaction, active participation, and full engagement are key to being successful. It enhances ubiquitous learning and multi-modal meaning making so that students can learn according to their strengths within a social environment where interaction and active participation are assets to making learning happen and be visible.

Sources:

Richhart, R., Church, M., and Morrison, K. (2011). Making Thinking Visible. How to promote engagement, understanding,

and independence for all learners. San Francisco: JosseyBass.

Cope, B. and Kalantzis, M. (2017). E-learning ecologies: principles for new learning and assessment. New York: Routledge.