The aim of this research is to examine the impact of social network platform for teaching and learning at the Ghana Technology University College. The study sort to find out how social platforms are assisting in knowledge sharing at the university. It was aimed to establish the percent of lecturers and students who are using this platform for teaching and learning. Social Networks have been considered the third revolutionary application of the internet after Search engines and Web 2.0 applications. The study adopted the descriptive study design. A combination of qualitative and quantitative data collection tools were applied in this research and a total of 250 respondents were randomly sampled from the entire population of the school. Questionnaires and interview were the instrument used for gathering data from respondents. The study found out that all respondents admitted to the fact that they are using the social platform to share and receive knowledge. This was as a result of convenient and flexibility in their usage as well as it support to readable files and submission of assignments. It was also found out that interaction between lecturers and students has improved significantly since the platform allow online discussion which students are able to ask questions. Some challenges that were expressed by respondents among them was unreliable internet and expensive. There was also an issue of power fluctuation which makes it difficult for students to 24 hours service on campus.

Keywords: Social Network, Teaching and Learning, Technology, Internet, Online Learning Platforms.

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