Posted by reyjunco on January 12, 2012 in
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∞ 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 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 January 20, 2011 in
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∞ This post isn’t about the OpenCourseWare movement (which I think is really cool) but instead about using open source and/or free online tools to enhance the way we teach online courses. This is my first semester teaching the Social Media in Higher Education course (syllabus) that I developed. For logistical and administrative reasons, I’m teaching the [...]
Tags: college, education, hackacad, teaching, technology
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 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
Posted by reyjunco on September 27, 2010 in
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∞ 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. [...]
Tags: academic, advising, college, engagement, facebook, social media, technology, twitter
Posted by reyjunco on September 13, 2010 in
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∞ 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 [...]
Tags: academic, college, education, featured, learning, Multitasking, Research, students, technology
Posted by reyjunco on May 27, 2010 in
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∞ We have to approach technology more like hackers than like traditional educators. In our fast-paced and media-saturated milieu, we are constantly prodded to consume information without much critical reflection. This reality of the new information society has had a transformational impact on various higher education institution’s ways of doing things. A clear and significant exception [...]
Tags: education, featured, hackacad, Research, social media, teaching, technology
Social Media in Higher Education
