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Download full textMaben, Sarah; Helvie-Mason, Lora – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2017
Two professors share how they combined Web 2.0, multicultural themes, and undergraduate research in a first-year seminar. The professors explain the "perfect storm" of a project in which undergraduate students collected and analyzed tweets from advocates for various multicultural causes to produce their first collegiate research project.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Web 2.0 Technologies, First Year Seminars, Qualitative Research
Direct linkAsmus, Jennifer M.; Carter, Erik W.; Moss, Colleen K.; Biggs, Elizabeth E.; Bolt, Daniel M.; Born, Tiffany L.; Bottema-Beutel, Kristen; Brock, Matthew E.; Cattey, Gillian N.; Cooney, Molly; Fesperman, Ethan S.; Hochman, Julia M.; Huber, Heartley B.; Lequia, Jenna L.; Lyons, Gregory L.; Vincent, Lori B.; Weir, Katie – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2017
This randomized controlled trial examined the efficacy of peer network interventions to improve the social connections of 47 high school students with severe disabilities. School staff invited, trained, and supported 192 peers without disabilities to participate in individualized social groups that met throughout one semester. Compared to…
Descriptors: High School Students, Severe Disabilities, Peer Relationship, Social Networks
Etmanski, Catherine; Kajzer Mitchell, Ingrid – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2017
This chapter describes the role small-scale organic farmers are playing as adult educators in alternative food networks and as leaders for food systems transformation. Findings are drawn from a survey of organic farmers in British Columbia, Western Canada.
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Adult Educators, Food Service, Food Processing Occupations
Using Social Network Analysis of Online Discussion Interactions to Develop Better Assessment Metrics
Fried, Audrey – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
Both formative and summative assessment in online discussion-based courses have typically focused on the behavior of individual students. Metrics such as the number of posts or number of words are typical. While these metrics are arguably a reasonable proxy for the efforts of individual students, they give little insight into how successfully…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Network Analysis, Computer Mediated Communication, Interaction
Sofia Viseu – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2017
Social network analysis brings new perspectives to the study of social phenomena. Traditional sociological analysis is usually focused on the categorization of data. By contrast, social network analysis is focused on relations, aiming to describe the structure of relational ties. This case study will provide an example of the use of social network…
Descriptors: Educational Researchers, Organization, Social Networks, Collaborative Writing
Frost, Mardi – Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 2014
How adolescents use the social networking site Facebook to express grief is a growing area of research. In reviewing current literature, it is evident that many questions still remain unanswered. Additionally, this ever-evolving platform for grief, mourning and bereavement may hold many implications for educators, policy developers and school…
Descriptors: Grief, Coping, Social Networks, Adolescents
Witte, Ginna Gauntner – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2014
The use of Facebook to share resources and engage patrons continues to gain acceptance within academic libraries. While many studies have analyzed the types of content academic libraries share on Facebook, there has not yet been a full examination of how this content is generated. This article examined the posting methods, the user responses, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Social Networks, Web Sites, Methods
O'Sullivan, Lucia F. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2014
New digital technologies are highly responsive to many of the developmental needs of adolescents, including their need for intimate connection and social identity. This chapter explores adolescents' use of web-based sexual information, texting and "sexting," online dating sites, role-playing games, and sexually explicit media, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Sexuality, Handheld Devices, Synchronous Communication
Filstad, Cathrine – Learning Organization, 2014
Purpose: The purpose of the study is to investigate the characteristics and interrelations between informal communities of practice and formal networks of practice and its consequences for learning and new knowledge at work. Design/methodology/approach: A case study was conducted in a Norwegian bank using qualitative explorative studies and…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Organizational Learning, Networks, Social Networks
Nomura, Kazuyuki; Kataoka, Shin; Mochizuki, Takako – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2019
Fluent speakers of a target language choosing to enrol in beginner-level courses at tertiary institutes could be considered unfair. In this paper, however, based on data obtained from in-depth qualitative interviews with 12 students at a Hong Kong university, we show that fluent speakers of Japanese -- a widely-spoken foreign language in Hong Kong…
Descriptors: Language Fluency, Grade Point Average, Student Attitudes, College Students
Chen, Chih-Ming; You, Zong-Lin – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2019
In the 21st century when knowledge-based economy is emphasized, the cultivation of autonomous learning and problem-solving abilities presents the importance. With web-based collaborative problem-based learning (CPBL), learners could more conveniently cultivate their problem-solving abilities through autonomous learning. Nevertheless, learners are…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Knowledge Economy, Problem Based Learning, Independent Study
Moffat, Anna K.; Redmond, Gerry; Raghavendra, Parimala – Journal of School Violence, 2019
Addressing bullying victimization of students with disability is a significant challenge for schools. While social support can protect against bullying victimization in the general population, its role in mediating the relationship between disability and bullying is under-researched. This paper examined "covert bullying prevalence"…
Descriptors: Bullying, Social Networks, Gender Differences, Children
Rima, Brandi; Rodriguez, Crystal C.; DePaola, Tom – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2019
The objective of this study was to examine the benefits of a learning community created for first-year students enrolled in a criminal justice degree program at an urban community college in the Northeast. Quantitative and qualitative survey data were collected from three cohorts of students in the program-based learning community. Survey…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Urban Schools
Foley, Karen; Marr, Liz – Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2019
Studies about effective practice in Higher Education (HE), student retention, progression and attainment suggest that student engagement is a major factor in success. A sense of belonging to a community of students and academics is seen as key to creating effective engagement. Such studies have identified interventions that have proved successful…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Extracurricular Activities, Distance Education, College Students
Zou, Tracy X. P. – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
Professional development for academics has seen a trend towards social engagement through communities and groups, as reflected by a number of increasingly popular concepts: communities of practice, faculty learning communities, and learning and teaching networks. Despite the potential benefits of such engagement, there is a paucity of research on…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, College Faculty, Phenomenology, Communities of Practice
