Substrates needed to develop a social networking education management system to promote community health

In each organization, social networks provide great challenges and opportunities for learning and education. Organizations, especially universities, by supporting social networks and encouraging students to promote participatory learning behavior, can improve the knowledge management process and enhance social learning. Based on this research, the present study was conducted to explore the necessary substrates for developing a social networking education management system. This research is a developmental-applied goal and it is a type of qualitative research that has been done using content analysis. The semi-structured interview was used to collect data and the continuous comparison method in Strauss and Corbin's field theory approach was used for three stages of open, axial and selective coding. The statistical population of the study was senior managers of universities and institutes of higher education, experts and experts in this field. The sampling method in this research was judiciously-targeted. The data of the interviews were gathered using experts' opinions of 7 experts. The results indicate that for the development of social networking education management system, two social networking platforms (including educational, communication, technological and user education) and learning networks (including educational, research and entrepreneurial background) are needed