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Berkman Center for Internet & Society / Berkman Luncheon Series >
Rey Junco / Associate Professor ; Director of Disability Services /
Department of Academic Development and Counseling / Lock Haven
University
Tuesday / December 1 2009 / 12:30 pm
Berkman Center / 23 Everett Street / Second Floor
Recent research has shown that social media use is correlated with
indices of student engagement. While a relationship exists, no research
has been conducted to elucidate the causal connection, if any, between
engagement in social media spaces and engagement in the real world. This
talk will outline an experimental study, currently underway, that
assesses whether first-year college students' use of Twitter affects
student engagement and success.
About Rey
Dr. Rey Junco is an Associate Professor and the Director of Disability
Services in the Department of Academic Development and Counseling at
Lock Haven University. Dr. Junco received his doctoral degree in
Counselor Education with a focus on Student Development, and his
Master's degree in Clinical Psychology from Pennsylvania State
University.
Dr. Junco is currently at the helm of one of the first controlled
experimental studies of social media's impact on first-year student
engagement and academic performance. Previously, he conducted a large,
multi-institution survey of student technology use, which he wrote about
in his book, Connecting to the Net.Generation: What higher education
professionals need to know about today's students. Dr. Junco further
explored students' Internet usage in his second book, Using emerging
technologies, in which he delivered comprehensive analysis of social
networking sites' role in the engagement of students, technology's
potential to improve retention, and blogs' potential to improve
students' writing and marketing skills.
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Gerry McKiernan
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