Junco (2015, March). Engaging Students through Social Media. Featured educational session, NASPA Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Engaging Students through Social Media book available here: http://goo.gl/lwCD1O
8. Adult Normative Youth Normative
Viewpoint Adult experience Youth experience
Approach Prescriptive Inquisitive
Beliefs about social
media
Negative Balanced
Source of information Self Other
16. 1. Help youth connect
2. Help youth develop identity
3. Help students learn
4. Afford bystanders the ability âš
to stand up to bullies
1. Help youth connect
2. Help youth develop identity
3. Help students learn
4. Afford bystanders the ability âš
to stand up to bullies
17.
18. 1. Help youth connect
2. Help youth develop identity
3. Help students learn
4. Afford bystanders the ability âš
to stand up to bullies
1. Help youth connect
2. Help youth develop identity
3. Help students learn
4. Afford bystanders the ability âš
to stand up to bullies
19.
20. 1. Help youth connect
2. Help youth develop identity
3. Help students learn
4. Afford bystanders the ability âš
to stand up to bullies
1. Help youth connect
2. Help youth develop identity
3. Help students learn
4. Afford bystanders the ability âš
to stand up to bullies
21.
22. 1. Help youth connect
2. Help youth develop identity
3. Help students learn
4. Afford bystanders the ability âš
to stand up to bullies
1. Help youth connect
2. Help youth develop identity
3. Help students learn
4. Afford bystanders the ability âš
to stand up to bullies
23.
24.
25. Significant Associations with Facebook Activities Found in the Literature
FB Activity Positive Association Negative Association
Time on FB Narcissism Competence Initiating Offline Interpersonal Relationships
Anxiousness Life-Satisfaction
Loneliness
Social Avoidance
Alcohol Use
Marijuana Use
Improved Self-Esteem
Improved Life-Satisfaction
CampusCommunity Involvement
Log-ins to FB Narcissism Competence Initiating Offline Interpersonal Relationships
Anxiousness
Loneliness
Social Avoidance
Alcohol Use
Marijuana Use
Improved Self-Esteem
Improved Life-Satisfaction
# FB Friends Problematic Internet Use Loneliness
Social Connectedness Social Avoidance
Emotional Closeness with Peers Emotional Closeness with Peers
FB Status Updates Loneliness Loneliness
Social Connectedness Self-Esteem
Time Selecting Profile Pic Loneliness Self-Esteem
Passive Social Monitoring Loneliness Self-Esteem
Student Engagement
Playing Games Student Engagement
Posting Photos Student Engagement
Smile Intensity in Profile Pic Life-Satisfaction
Communicative Activities Student Engagement Student Engagement
Time Spent Preparing for Class
Loneliness
Displaying Romantic Partner in Profile Pic Relationship Satisfaction
Emotional Closeness
From: Deatherage (2015). Facebook engagement on college studentsâ interpersonal and interpersonal functioning. Dissertation, Purdue University.
32. Dyson et al. (2015). Evaluating the use of Facebook to increase student engagement
and understanding in lecture-based classes. Higher Education, 69(2), 303-313.
âąStudents who never viewed class-related Facebook postings reported lower
engagement and understanding of in-lecture discussion and concepts shared on
Facebook.
RodrĂguez-Hoyos et al. (2015). Research on SNS and education: The state of the art
and its challenges. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 31(1), 100-111.
âąExamined 62 articles about SNS in education and found most focus on higher
education, use quantitative methods, and examine SNS as educational tools.
Want et al. (2015, March). Coming of Age (Digitally): An Ecological View of Social
Media Use among College Students. Proceedings of the 18th ACM Conference on
Computer Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing.
âąUsed computer and phone logging (cool!). Categorized checking behaviors.
Continual checkers more likely to use Facebook; more likely to say that social
media was a distraction. Found a negative relationship between checking social
media sites and mood. Platform choice varied by class rank with ïŹrst year
students more likely to use Facebook.
33.
34. Freshmen Sophomores Juniors Seniors
Time Spent
on FB
Multitasking
with FB
Checking up
on Friends
on FB
-
- - -
+
Relationship to GPA
39. Used Twitter during Career
Services âIndustry Road Tripâ
Learning objectives: communicate
skills and learn networking
techniques
Taught students how to maintain
professional online presence
Collected basic assessment data
43. Facebook groups with RA staff,
front desk clerk staff, and residents
Resident group used as a virtual
lounge
Bringing online conversations
ofïŹine
44. Monitor social media references to
âïŹnancial aidâ at âmizzouâ
Respond to students who tweet
about inferred needs:âš
âI hate being brokeâ
Answering direct questions about
ïŹnancial aid
46. âą A substantial decrease in staff hours to conduct the
roommate matching/assignment process.
âą A progressive increase in users each year, leading to
dramatic increases in mutually requested roommates.
âą More diverse (in terms of racial and ethnic
background) roommate matches than the formerly
used ârandom matchingâ process.
âą Increased retention of students who utilized
RoomSync.
âą Higher satisfaction among students who utilized
RoomSync.
âą A considerable decrease (67 percent) in documented
roommate conïŹicts.