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 October 23, 2012 in
Commentary,
Infographic,
Research |
∞ 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
Posted by reyjunco on May 6, 2012 in
Presentations |
∞ Today I’m giving a talk at the Web Connected Minds Conference about my research on social media, student engagement, and learning. I’ll be talking about my published research on how Facebook use is related to student engagement and student academic performance. I’ll also be talking about some of my published research on improving educational outcomes [...]
Tags: education, facebook, outcomes, persistence, Research, retention, social media, students, twitter
Posted by reyjunco on April 5, 2012 in
Survey Design |
∞ I’ve had a lot of requests for permission to use my Facebook frequency of use and activities survey questions. I am happy to share these survey questions as long as they are cited as coming from : Junco, R. (2012). The relationship between frequency of Facebook use, participation in Facebook activities, and student engagement. Computers [...]
Tags: education, engagement, facebook, Facebook intensity scale, Facebook survey, higher education, methods, questions, Research, students, survey
Posted by reyjunco on March 21, 2012 in
Infographic,
Research |
∞ Almost a year ago, I posted a call to collaborate with graphic designers interested in creating research-based infographics. If you’re a regular reader of my blog, you know that I’ve been fortunate to work with a number of graphic designers who have converted my research into infographics. Here is yet another one in this series. [...]
Tags: academic, best practices, education, engagement, infographic, outcomes, publications, Research, social media, teaching, twitter
Posted by reyjunco on February 21, 2012 in
Commentary |
∞ For those of you who are regular readers of my blog, this post is very different than what you are accustomed to seeing here. While I usually keep my posts professional (I’ve often joked that writing for my blog is like writing mini journal articles), this post is incredibly personal. I’ve been thinking about writing [...]
Tags: academic, education, jobs, search, teaching
Social Media in Higher Education
