Posted by reyjunco on January 12, 2012 in
Research |
∞ Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about using badging systems to support student learning. There is great potential for using badging systems to add a game layer to learning in the traditional classroom, thereby increasing student engagement and learning outcomes. Last year at SxSWi, Seth Priebatsch from SCVNGR gave a keynote (video) about adding a game layer [...]
Tags: badges, game dynamics, lbs, learning, location based services, methods, Research, SCVNGR, students, teaching, technology
Posted by reyjunco on April 21, 2011 in
Commentary |
∞ On my way to work this morning, I was listening to Mara Liasson on the NPR news headlines reporting about President Obama’s Facebook Live Town Hall held yesterday. Liasson reported that while Obama was a pioneer in the use of social media in his 2008 campaign, he’ll have a lot of competition in these spaces from his [...]
Tags: engagement, facebook, methods
Posted by reyjunco on March 31, 2011 in
Commentary |
∞ Yesterday I received emails and tweets asking what I thought about the study reported in the Chronicle of Higher Education that examined the relationship between tweet content and student perception of instructor credibility. One of my social media (and life) rules is that I will not comment on a paper that I haven’t read. Luckily, [...]
Tags: facebook, methods, Research, students, twitter
Posted by reyjunco on February 20, 2011 in
Presentations |
∞ Here is the replay of my talk at The University of Florida on social media and student engagement. I present new data on the relationship between time spent on Facebook, Facebook activities, and student engagement.
Tags: college, data, education, engagement, facebook, methods, presentation, students, video
Posted by reyjunco on November 22, 2010 in
Research |
∞ 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
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 [...]
Tags: academic, data, engagement, methods, Research, social media, teaching, twitter
Posted by reyjunco on October 21, 2009 in
How-to,
Research |
∞ I found myself in need of an efficient way to download entire Twitter timelines to Excel in order to conduct a thematic analysis of Twitter topics for our research. I decided to share what I discovered. Here’s how to do it: 1. Go to http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/userid.xml?count=x 2. Replace “userid” with your Twitter username 3. You’ll also need to [...]
Tags: methods, Research, social media, twitter
Social Media in Higher Education
