Tuesday, December 1, 12:30 pm
Berkman Center, 23 Everett
Street, second floor
RSVP required for those attending in person (rsvp@cyber.law.harvard.edu)
This event will be webcast live at 12:30 pm ET and archived on our site shortly after.
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.