Technology and engagement : making technology work for first-generation college students / Heather T. Rowan-Kenyon, Ana M. Martínez Alemán, Mandy Savitz-Romer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rowan-Kenyon, Heather T., 1973- author.

Martínez Alemán, Ana M., author.

Savitz-Romer, Mandy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

First-generation college students--United States.

First-generation college students.

College preparation programs--United States.

College preparation programs.

Educational technology--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.

Educational technology.

Educational technology--Study and teaching (Higher).

United States.

Physical Description:

vii, 195 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2018]

Summary:

"Technology and Engagement is based on a four-year study of how first generation college students use social media, aimed at improving their transition to and engagement with their university. Through web technology, including social media sites, students were better able to maintain close ties with family and friends from home, as well as engage more with social and academic programs at their university. This 'ecology of transition' was important in keeping the students focused on why they were in college, and helped them become more integrated into the university setting. By showing the gains in campus capital these first-generation college students obtained through social media, the authors offer concrete suggestions for how other universities and college-retention programs can utilize the findings to increase their own retention of first-generation college students"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Rowan-Kenyon, Heather T., 1973- Technology and engagement.

ISBN:

9780813594200

0813594200

9780813594194

0813594197

OCLC:

982422167

Publisher Number:

40027999791