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Crafting a Campus Identity: First-Year Students, Residential Life, and Social Networking

Session Details

Wednesday, October 29, 2008
11:40 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Room W224AB

Session Type: Emerging Technologies
Content Level: Introductory
Intended Audience: Campus administrators, Campus executives, Frontline technology practitioners

Speaker(s)

  • Laura C. Brewer, Dir of Research & Evaluation - Applied Learning Technologies Institute, Arizona State University
  • Chong Ho Yu, Researcher, Applied Learning Technologies Institute, Arizona State University
  • Session convener: Wendy Lampner, Manager of Design & Development Services, University of Akron

Abstract

This session reports on a study exploring the relationship between the use of social networking applications and campus life. Online survey data from 3,000 first-year students living on campus describes how students use Facebook to create academic and social identities. We will discuss the institutional implications of social networking on recruitment, retention, and campus academic technology.

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