Posted by reyjunco on August 22, 2011 in
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∞ These findings are from my latest paper “The relationship between frequency of Facebook use, participation in Facebook activities, and student engagement“ to be published in an upcoming issue of Computers and Education. I asked students to estimate (using a few different indices) their frequency of using Facebook and what they did while on Facebook and then [...]
Tags: academic, college, engagement, facebook, outcomes, publications, Research, student affairs, students
Posted by reyjunco on May 24, 2011 in
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∞ Lately, I’ve spent quite a bit of time analyzing data we collected in the Fall of 2010. While I was conducting a completely unrelated analysis, I noticed differences in the mean time spent on Facebook by students in different classes so I thought I’d take a closer look. I ran an analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) [...]
Tags: college, education, facebook, first year, Research, students
Posted by reyjunco on May 17, 2011 in
Commentary,
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∞ Two weeks ago I posted my thoughts and additional research evidence in response to the “Is Social Media Ruining Students?” infographic. I’ve often hoped that someone would create an infographic that used my data but that also didn’t jump to sensational conclusions. Looks like someone did just that– this infographic uses data from our Twitter [...]
Tags: data, education, engagement, infographic, students, twitter
Posted by reyjunco on April 28, 2011 in
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∞ Earlier this week I was conducting background research for an article I’m writing for NASPA’s Leadership Exchange. I wanted to explore how Senior Student Affairs Officers (SSAO’s) were using Twitter and if their engagement level differed from other student affairs professionals. While exploratory, I theorized that SSAO might be more likely to engage, given that [...]
Tags: academic, education, engagement, Research, student affairs, technology, twitter
Posted by reyjunco on April 7, 2011 in
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∞ It’s important to preface this post by saying that these are old data– collected as part of the Net.Generation survey I conducted in 2006 (N=7,705). While these data are old, I’ve been thinking a lot about online identity lately and thought this information would be useful to share. As part of the survey, we asked [...]
Tags: data, facebook, Research, social media, students, technology
Posted by reyjunco on March 7, 2011 in
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∞ Right… of course they do. But you know me, I like to have data to back up assumptions so I’m sharing some results of a recent survey I conducted on student technology use. This chart is based on data from a sample of over 2,500 college students. What was most surprising to me was the [...]
Tags: cell phones, engagement, facebook, Research, students, technology, texting
Posted by reyjunco on February 21, 2011 in
Commentary,
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∞ This past weekend, @drjtothemastro gave me the opportunity to chat with this year’s group of Reitz Scholars at The University of Florida. Of course, the topic was social media. While we were collecting data for a book chapter we’re writing on the Senior Year Experience, I discovered some things about how students think about Facebook [...]
Tags: college, education, facebook, social media, students
Posted by reyjunco on November 22, 2010 in
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∞ This is a video created by one of my students to summarize the research we conducted on the effects of Twitter on student engagement and grades. The journal article summarizing the study and our findings is available here. Abstract Despite the widespread use of social media by students and its increased use by instructors, very [...]
Tags: academic, education, engagement, learning, methods, Research, social media, students, teaching, technology, twitter, video
Posted by reyjunco on November 12, 2010 in
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∞ Given popular interest in this paper, I thought I’d post a summary of what we did and what we found. To keep with the theme of the paper, I’m going to explain each section in 140 characters or less. You can download a PDF of the paper by clicking here. Abstract We ran a controlled [...]
Tags: academic, data, engagement, methods, Research, social media, teaching, twitter
Posted by reyjunco on October 29, 2010 in
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∞ For centuries, issues of civil discourse only arose concerning written and oral communication. But now, new technologies for communication and social interaction, particularly social media, have dramatically expanded the potential for human interaction. They generate significant challenges for institutional policies and practices to encourage and sustain civil discourse for the critical social and personal issues [...]
Tags: civil discourse, cyberbullying, education, policy, Research, social media, student affairs, students, teaching, technology, twitter
Social Media in Higher Education
