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Direct linkStaudt Willet, K. Bret; Carpenter, Jeffrey P. – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2020
The website Reddit has received scant attention from educational researchers despite the presence of numerous teaching-related subreddits that host thousands of threaded conversations. The purpose of this study was to provide an initial comparison of discussions occurring in several different affinity spaces on Reddit. Because of the lack of…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Social Media, Social Networks, Network Analysis
Hetz, Patricia R.; Dawson, Christi L.; Cullen, Theresa A. – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2015
Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) is a social construct that examines whether students are concerned that they are missing out on experiences that others are having, and we examined this relation to their concerns over missing activities in their home culture. This mixed-methods pilot study sought to determine how social media affects the study abroad…
Descriptors: Social Media, Social Networks, Study Abroad, Mixed Methods Research
Visser, Ryan D.; Evering, Lea Calvert; Barrett, David E. – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2014
This mixed-methods study explores how K-12 teachers use Twitter. An online survey was disseminated via Twitter to gauge their usage of, access to, and perceptions of Twitter. The results indicated that teachers highly value Twitter as a means of self-directed professional development. Respondents who reported using Twitter multiple times a day…
Descriptors: Social Media, Computer Mediated Communication, Professional Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textHur, Jung Won; Brush, Thomas A. – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine reasons for teacher participation in online communities of K-12 teachers. The authors interviewed 23 teachers from three self-generated online communities and analyzed more than 2,000 postings in those communities. The findings indicated five reasons for participation: (a) sharing emotions, (b) utilizing…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Participation, Teacher Attitudes, Interviews
Moral Spaces in MySpace: Preservice Teachers' Perspectives about Ethical Issues in Social Networking
Foulger, Teresa S.; Ewbank, Ann Dutton; Kay, Adam; Popp, Sharon Osborn; Carter, Heather Lynn – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2009
MySpace and Facebook are innovative digital communication tools that surpass traditional means of social interaction. However, in some instances in which educators have used these tools, public reactions to them have resulted in sanctions. With the notion that traditional ideas of privacy and teacher conduct are not yet defined in online worlds,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Sanctions, Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction
