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Twitter improves college student engagement and grades

Posted by reyjunco on November 12, 2010 in Research | ∞

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 [...]

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Academic advising, social media, and student engagement

Posted by reyjunco on September 27, 2010 in Commentary | ∞

My research is focused on using emerging technologies to help engage students and enhance their success in higher education. Some people who learn about my research before meeting me, think I’m going to be a digital evangelist. On the contrary, I prefer to be engaged with my students in realspace (i.e., the classroom) and realtime. [...]

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Multitasking has negative effect on student academic work

Posted by reyjunco on September 13, 2010 in Research | ∞

The following is a summary of findings and implications from my latest paper with Shelia Cotten entitled Perceived academic effects of instant messaging use to be published in Computers & Education. Summary of Findings: IM users spend a great deal of time actively chatting (120 minutes per day on average). 97% of IM users reported [...]

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Video Interview focusing on social media, academic, and student affairs

Posted by reyjunco on July 18, 2010 in Commentary | ∞

I had a great time being interviewed by Ed Cabellon as part of his video interview series. We discussed topics including my latest research on social media and student engagement, using social media in academic and student affairs, meeting students “where they are,” and helping reluctant colleagues engage with social media. Live Video Interview with [...]

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NACTA 2010 Conference Keynote

Posted by reyjunco on May 27, 2010 in Presentations | ∞

Welcome 2010 NACTA participants! I’m excited to serve as the keynote speaker for this year’s conference. I wrote this blog post and have invited you to comment on it because I have a short amount of time to engage with you during my keynote address. My goals of this blog post are twofold: To learn [...]

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Social media and college student engagement

Posted by reyjunco on April 19, 2010 in Research | ∞

This graph summarizes the main findings of the only two studies of social media and college student engagement. Both found relationships between time spent on social media and student engagement as described by Astin (1984) and measured through single survey items. Heiberger and Harper (2008) conducted a study of 377 undergraduate students at a Midwestern [...]

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Social Media in Auxiliary Services at UW—Milwaukee

Posted by lvanlysal on April 8, 2010 in Guest Bloggers | ∞

This morning Rey sent out a tweet seeking examples of how University Auxiliary Services staff used social media. I responded in way more than 140 characters, and he suggested I write a blog post. At the University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, Auxiliary Services consists of University Housing, Neighborhood Housing, Restaurant Operations, the Student Union, and the Bookstore. [...]

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Using Twitter to Support Engagement in the College Classroom

Posted by reyjunco on April 8, 2010 in Presentations, Research | ∞

I gave the following talk at the Berkman Center in December 2009 focusing on the preliminary findings of our Twitter study. You can download the slides here. Abstract Recent research has shown that social media use is correlated with indices of student engagement. While a relationship exists, no research has been conducted to elucidate the [...]

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5 Steps to Choosing a Conference Hashtag

Posted by reyjunco on March 21, 2010 in Commentary, How-to | ∞

After reading a few tweets today expressing confusion about a conference hashtag, I realized it would be nice to have some guidance as to how to go about choosing a hashtag for an upcoming conference. Here’s a step-by-step: 1. Pick a short hashtag that adequately represents the conference. If your organization is called “National Association [...]

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