Countering Potential Threats with Social Media Monitoring
School and university administrators are starting to appreciate these services as an effective tool to improve campus security and identify at-risk individuals.
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Why Colleges Can’t Escape Social Media and How They Can Support It
Colleges should discover and apply new ways to encourage positive student engagement with social media rather than punishing them for using it to speak their minds.
Why a Class on Social Media Usage is Important for College Students
In order to sharpen students’ social media skills and prepare students for “real world” social media, the Missouri School of Journalism is instituting a class on social media.
8 Ways Colleges Used Social Media to Support France
Colleges across the world utilize social media to demonstrate their sympathy and support for France after the terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday, November 13, 2015.
How to Use Apps & App Smashing to Improve Engagement in Hybrid Classes
Sherry Boyd reveals how app smashing and teaching apps boosted engagement in her hybrid classes during the NUTN 2015 conference.
How Social Learning Networks Supplement Pedagogies to Increase Students’ Understanding
Social learning networks are providing students and college pedagogies an educational boost outside the classroom by providing customized, on-demand access to tutors.
Colleges Use Social Media to Maximize Fundraising Efforts in 2015
A CASE/Huron/mStoner report says social media use for fundraising in colleges is up by ten percent from last year.
The Monsters of Multi-tasking: How Technology Consumption Consumes College Students
According to a Business Insider article, multi-tasking is exhausting for college students, and is detrimental to producing good work, even though it is key action in today’s culture.
The Truth Behind Social Media In Your College Classroom
As social media presence grows in the classroom, colleges are seeing how it boosts and deflates college education and culture.
How Students Can Be Their Own Digital Deontologist
Villa Maria College student Phillip Lee weighs in on the relationship college students have with technology, and how digital distractions can be a good thing.
