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Fan Yang; Xigui Yang; Meimei Xu; Jill Stefaniak – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2024
The aim of this study is to analyze how undergraduate learners seek academic help online at a public university in the United States with Q methodology. Upon completion of the study, we identified three groups of help-seekers. The first group, informal and personal help-seekers, sought help from close friends or classmates to solve problems. The…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Help Seeking, Peer Influence, Instructional Materials
Meter, Diana J.; Budziszewski, Ross; Phillips, Abigail; Beckert, Troy E. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2021
This study facilitates understanding of college students' current and previous experiences with cyberbullying and negative social media experiences using an exploratory, qualitative design. Participants were 16 undergraduate freshman or sophomores (9 women, 7 men) at a medium-sized, United States university. A 13 question, semi-structured…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication
Naghdipour, Bakhtiar; Eldridge, Nilgün Hancioglu – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2016
The use of online social networking sites for educational purposes or expanding curricular opportunities has recently sparked debates in scholarly forums. This potential, however, has yet to attract sufficient attention in second language classes, and particularly in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) contexts. The current study explores the…
Descriptors: Social Media, Affordances, English Language Learners, Second Language Instruction
Luo, Tian; Sickel, Jamie; Cheng, Li – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2017
This study presents two cases in which undergraduates were introduced to Twitter in their teacher preparation program as a means of developing a personal learning network. Twitter live chats are synchronous discussions that allow education stakeholders to discuss issues and share resources, engaging on potentially a global scale via the social…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Undergraduate Students, Student Teacher Attitudes, Preservice Teacher Education
Armstrong, Shelley N.; Early, Jody O.; Burcin, Michelle M.; Bolin, Kim; Holland, Nicole; No, Sun – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2018
New media communication tools used in health science education may help enhance student engagement and sense of community, improve retention and persistence, and provide a richer academic experience, but the research is limited on non-traditional online learners. The studies described here therefore, focus on fully online, undergraduate health…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Health Sciences, Medical Education, Computer Mediated Communication
Lin, Meng-Fen Grace; Hoffman, Ellen S.; Borengasser, Claire – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2013
This qualitative case study examined Twitter use by undergraduate and graduate students in three classes. Previous studies have shown that while some faculty use Twitter, few are incorporating it into classes despite many recommendations for such use. This study examined how students perceived Twitter as a classroom tool. As an optional activity,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, College Faculty
Walker, Carol M.; Sockman, Beth Rajan; Koehn, Steven – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2011
Understanding the covert events surrounding the undergraduate students' experience is essential to educators' and counselors' involvement in their success. Research into bullying behaviors has documented victims' feelings of anger, sadness and poor concentration. Affordable technologies have propagated this concern into cyberspace. This…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, Student Behavior
Teclehaimanot, Berhane; Hickman, Torey – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2011
Web 2.0 technologies such as Facebook, a popular social networking site, provide educators with new possibilities for reaching their students. As these technologies are new, there is not a total understanding of how these technologies could best be used in education. This study helps to develop this understanding by investigating how appropriate…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, Interaction, Student Attitudes