In this presentation, Rey Junco and Eric Gordon discuss how online social spaces are transforming classroom engagement. Specifically, they address how these spaces can improve student capacity to participate in class dialogue by allowing a safer, slightly less ego-invested method of interaction. This was presented at the Social Media for Teaching and Learning event on Oct. 19th in Boston, MA.

1. SOCIAL MEDIA FOR
ENGAGING MULTIPLE
LEARNING STYLES
REY JUNCO ERIC GORDON
rjunco@cyber.law.harvard.edu egordon@cyber.law.harvard.edu
@reyjunco @ericbot

2. ONLINE
DISINHIBITION
EFFECT

3. ATTENTION AND
DISTRACTION

4. flickr / eston

5. flickr / Tommy Huynh

6. SPEECH
APPEARANCE
GESTURE

7. TWITTER
INSTANT MESSAGE
TEXT MESSAGE
EMAIL

9. Front Channel
Back Channel

10. Front Stage
Back Stage

11. Main Stage
Side Stage

12. Tin Can
Harry, D., Gordon, E., Schmandt, C. (2012). “Setting the
Stage for Interaction: A Tablet Application to
Augment Group Discussion in a Seminar Class.”
Proceedings of Community Supported Cooperative Work,
Seattle, WA.

14. Not everyone is equally comfortable
participating.
People talk one-at-a-time;
simultaneous speaking is viewed as
impolite.
Power dynamics can diminish
participation.

17. ACADEMIC AND
SOCIAL
INTEGRATION

18. ACCULTURATION

19. Questions?
REY JUNCO ERIC GORDON
rjunco@cyber.law.harvard.edu egordon@cyber.law.harvard.edu
@reyjunco @ericbot