Google Plus Integration into Higher Education

Google Plus (GP) is a Web 2.0 application that allows users to collaborate and share asynchronous and synchronous multimedia content. Its use by educators spans from simple unidirectionalstaging of information to full duplex communication. Through creative use, it can serve as a valuable addition to mobile e-Learning and on-ground applications. This paper introduces GP and three key services, Hangouts, Circles, and Google Drive. Though these and other services are still evolving, their current state is capable of enhancing instructor-student interaction.