New technologies provide new ways of delivering the programs and services of higher educational (HE) institutions. Social media such as Facebook, blogs, Flickr, Twitter, and the Second Life virtual world engage constituents and enhance effectiveness. Understanding the trends in the expanding role of social media in HE and the related implications for staff preparedness and training is necessary for future-oriented administrators and practitioners. This book examines how social media are redefining what university communities are and the purposes and practices of the various functional areas in HE. It presents an overview of innovative practices in the recruitment, advising, retention, graduation and engagement of students and alumni, and examines social media in connection with enrollment management, advising and mentoring, public relations and alumni relations. Topics covered include: how Facebook helps and hinders students' social integration; connecting fans and sports more intensively through social media; how to prepare staff to use social media in robust ways; and, using social networking sites during the career management process, for social research and studying abroad. Contents 1. New Directions in Teaching Technologies: Introduction to Educating Educators with Social Media, Laura A. Wankel, Seton Hall University, Charles Wankel, St. John s University 2. Hybrid Engagement: How Facebook Helps and Hinders Students Social Integration, Bree McEwan, Western Illinois University 3. Social Media for Social Research: Applications for Higher Education Communications, Nicolle Merrill, GlobalCampus 4. Social Media Use by Enrollment Management, Phillip Griffiths &amp; Anthony Wall, University of Ulster 5. Second Life: The Future of Education is Here Today, P. Charles Livermore, St. John s University 6. Mentoring 2.0: High-Tech/High-Touch Approaches to Foster Student Support and Development in Higher Education, Melanie Booth, Marylhurst University Arthur Esposito, Virginia Commonwealth University 7. Learning Together: Using Social Media to Foster Collaboration in Higher Education, Neil Ford, Melissa Bowden, &amp; Jill Beard, Bournemouth University 8. Using Social Media in Study Abroad, Penny Schouten, NAFSA 9. Using Social Networking Sites during the Career Management Process, Nancy Richmond, MIT Beth Rochefort, Northeastern University, Leslie Hitch, Northeastern University &amp; Swinburne University 10. Amplification and Analysis of Academic Events through Social Media: A Case Study of the 2009 Beyond the Repository Fringe Event, Nicola Osborne, University of Edinburgh 11. Connecting Fans and Sports More Intensively through Social Media, Karen Weaver, Penn State 12. Engaging Alumni and Prospective Students through Social Media, Eric Kowalik, University of California 13. Am I Invited? Social Media and Alumni Relations, Heather Makrez, University of Massachusetts Lowell 14. Twitter in Higher Education: From Application to Alumni Relations, Jon Hussey, American University

Higher Education Administration with Social Media: Including Applications in Student Affairs, Enrollment Management, Alumni Relations, and Career ... Technologies in Higher Education))

Politics & Social Sciences

Laura A. Wankel

Social Sciences

Emerald Publishing Limited

Higher Education's Road to Relevance: Navigating Complexity

Susan A. Ambrose

Jossey-Bass

'Increasing Student Engagement and Retention using Social Technologies: Facebook, e-portfolios and other Social Networking Services' uses case studies, surveys, and literature reviews to examine how these social media technologies are being used to improve writing and publishing skills in students, create engaging communities of practice, and how these tools are being used for e-Mentoring and constructing online reputations. Chapters include applying positive psychology and cognitive styles in user design, designing outcome based curricula using student personality types, engaging second language students through electronic writing tasks, applying psychological variables on the academic use of social media, using social media to motivate students to take charge of their own learning processes, and creatively using technology to enhance teacher education. This volume will also discuss a framework for deploying and assessing these technologies in higher education institutions.

Increasing Student Engagement and Retention Using Social Technologies: Facebook, E-Portfolios and Other Social Networking Services (Cutting-edge Technologies in Higher Education, 6, Part B)

Education & Teaching

Patrick Blessinger

Higher & Continuing Education

Increasing Student Engagement and Retention Using Mobile Applications: Smartphones, Skype and Texting Technologies examines new research on how mobile technologies are being used in higher education to increase learner engagement in an epoch of increasing globalization and diversity. These enabling technologies are reshaping and reframing the practice of teaching and learning in higher education. Through case studies, surveys, and literature reviews, this volume will examine how mobile technologies are being used to improve teamwork and leadership skills in students, to create engaging communities of practice, and how these technologies are being used to create inter-cultural and global experiences. This volume will also discuss frameworks for adopting and deploying these technologies.

Increasing Student Engagement and Retention Using Mobile Applications: Smartphones, Skype and Texting Technologies (Cutting-edge Technologies in Higher Education, 6, Part D)

Increasing Student Engagement and Retention Using Multimedia Technologies: Video Annotation, Multimedia Applications, Videoconferencing and Transmedia Storytelling examines new research on how videoconferencing, video annotation, video mapping, and related technologies are being used in higher education to increase learner engagement in an epoch of increasing globalization and diversity. These enabling technologies are reshaping and reframing the practice of teaching and learning in higher education. Through case studies, surveys, and literature reviews, this volume will examine how video, mapping, and related technologies are being used to improve writing/publishing skills, academic literacies in students, and create engaging communities of practice through digital storytelling, narratives, and inter-culturalism. This volume will also discuss a framework for deploying and assessing these technologies.

Increasing Student Engagement and Retention Using Multimedia Technologies: Video Annotation, Multimedia Applications, Videoconferencing and Transmedia ... Technologies in Higher Education))

Integrating Curricular and Co-Curricular Endeavors to Enhance Student Outcomes reports on a variety of innovative approaches taken in universities in a number of nations of their experience in bringing together learning in courses with learning in co- and extracurricular activities. Topics range from study abroad programs to service-learning. Also covered are community-based learning, cross-disciplinary collaborations, and peer-mentoring. This volume will introduce you to research and many interesting contexts, such as the U.S. Naval Academy, where promoting ethical leadership to cadets has been an important focus. Frame-breaking approaches, such as having university business students and circus performers collaborate, are explained within the context of the literature. The leveraging of Somali immigrant education programs for student learning is a stimulating activity that is also covered. Another inventive issue explored is the reformatting of traditional co-curricular transcripts to reflect a wider indication and measure of students' skills and abilities.

Integrating Curricular and Co-Curricular Endeavors to Enhance Student Outcomes

Schools & Teaching

Emerald Publishing

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