About reyjunco
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- Biography: Rey Junco is an Associate Professor and the Director of Disability Services in the Department of Academic Development and Counseling at Lock Haven University. Rey Junco’s research focuses on using emerging social technologies to help engage and support college students. His books include Connecting to the Net.Generation: What higher education professionals need to know about today’s students and Using emerging technologies to help engage students. As part of the Net.Generation project, Dr. Junco conducted a large multi-institution survey of student technology use. The Using emerging technologies volume explored, in much more detail, research-based topics such as using social networking sites to help engage students, technology to improve student retention, using blogs to improve student’s writing and marketing skills, and how technology can both help and hurt student mental health. This blog is dedicated to issues related to using social media in higher education.
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Posted by reyjunco on February 11, 2013 in
Commentary |
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I am delighted to announce that later this semester, I will be joining the faculty of the Purdue University Libraries as an associate professor. At Purdue, I will focus on emerging technologies in education with a special focus on the first year experience. If you don’t already know about the great work happening in educational technologies at Purdue, I’d recommend checking out their ITaP studio where they’ve developed learning tools that include: an app that integrates with Facebook to increase student engagement, a learning analytics platform, and a badging system. I’ll also continue my current line of research and look forward to the expansive new lines of inquiry I’ll pursue in collaboration with my new Purdue colleagues.
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Tags: announcements, career, libraries, Purdue, Research, university
Posted by reyjunco on January 18, 2013 in
Research,
Survey Design |
∞ If you are a regular reader of this blog, you likely already know that there is a growing body of research that examines how college students use Facebook and the outcomes of such use. For instance, researchers have examined how Facebook use is related to various aspects of the college student experience including learning, student [...]
Tags: facebook, methods, Research, students, survey, twitter, validity
Posted by reyjunco on December 13, 2012 in
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∞ On Monday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published Mobile Apps for Kids in which they reported the results of their recent survey of how well mobile apps for kids conform to Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) requirements. The results were alarming: 59% of apps transmitted the mobile device ID (which includes among other things the app name, [...]
Tags: apps, mobile, policy, privacy, youth
Posted by reyjunco on November 27, 2012 in
Research |
∞ My most recent paper on multitasking, In-class multitasking and academic performance, has uncovered some interesting results. I conducted a survey of 1,839 college students and asked them how often they multitask during class by using Facebook, texting, emailing, searching for content not related to the class, IMing, and talking on the phone. I also collected students’ actual overall [...]
Tags: college, education, facebook, higher education, learning, Multitasking, outcomes, Research, students, texting
Posted by reyjunco on November 26, 2012 in
Infographic |
∞ My friends over at Project Information Literacy have just released this infographic to summarize their recent research on how college students find and use information. Data in this infographic come from PIL’s publications Balancing Act: How College Students Manage Technology While in the Library during Crunch Time and Truth Be Told: How College Students Evaluate and Use [...]
Tags: college, education, higher education, infographic, information literacy, Research, students, teaching
Posted by reyjunco on November 19, 2012 in
Commentary |
∞ Recently, Jezebel engaged in the public shaming of teens who posted racist tweets after the election. The doxxing began on the comment thread to the original “racist teens” post and then the Jezebel writer ran with the mob mentality. Now, I’m not trying to give those teens who posted the racist tweets a “pass;” however, the way [...]
Tags: bullying, cyberbullying, education, identity development, moral development, psychology, shaming, social media, students, teens, twitter, youth
Posted by reyjunco on November 8, 2012 in
Commentary,
Research |
∞ Recently, Kaplan Test Prep released data from a survey showing how college admissions officers check applicant profiles in order to make admissions decisions. This isn’t a new phenomenon: since 2008, I’ve been answering questions about whether residence life, judicial affairs, and other university departments should monitor their students’ Facebook accounts. Here are some reasons why [...]
Tags: academic, admissions, college, facebook, Research, stalking, survey, university, youth
Posted by reyjunco on October 23, 2012 in
Commentary,
Infographic,
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∞ Last week, Pearson and the Babson Survey Research Group released the results of their latest survey of how higher education faculty use social media. The results are quite interesting. For instance, they found that almost 34% of the sample used some form of social media (defined as blogs/wikis, Facebook, LinkedIn, podcasts, or Twitter) for teaching purposes. It’s [...]
Tags: education, facebook, infographic, social media, teaching, twitter
Posted by reyjunco on August 31, 2012 in
Commentary |
∞ I am thrilled to announce that I will be a Faculty Associate at the Harvard Berkman Center for Internet and Society for the academic year. I will continue my work with the Youth and Media Team and look forward to working with other faculty, fellows, and associates. I am especially thankful to Urs Gasser and Sandra Cortesi for their [...]
Tags: academic, Berkman Center, digital media, education, media, Research, social media, youth
Posted by reyjunco on June 22, 2012 in
Presentations |
∞ Back in March I served on a panel along with Liz Gross, Ed Cabellon, and Greg Heiberger at the #sxswEDU conference. Here are some of the highlights: Greg and I talk about our latest research on using Twitter to support students throughout their first year of college. I summarize my recent research on using Facebook in education. Greg [...]
Tags: #sxswEDU, academic, education, facebook, higher education, presentation, students, sxsw, teaching, twitter
Social Media in Higher Education
New position at Purdue University
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Tags: announcements, career, libraries, Purdue, Research, university