Telework: The changing technology, geography and culture of work

Nicole Batt Ellison

Telework: The @?changing @?technology, @?geography and @?culture of @?work (1999) pp. 1–260

This dissertation explores the social aspects of telework, including various approaches to telecommuting and mobile work, in the household and organization. The research focuses on the role of information and communication technologies such as e...

Blogging in the Classroom: A Preliminary Exploration of Student Attitudes and Impact on Comprehension

Nicole Ellison; Yuehua Wu

Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Vol. 17, No. 1 (January 2008) pp. 99–122

This exploratory study uses quantitative and qualitative data to explore (1) whether educational blogging is associated with gains in student comprehension, (2) the relationship between writing medium (online or hard copy) and student time on task,...

Topics: Computers, Educational Technology, Instructional Design, Internet, Communication, eLearning, Information Communication Technologies

Social Capital, Self-Esteem, and Use of Online Social Network Sites: A Longitudinal Analysis

Charles Steinfield; Nicole B. Ellison; Cliff Lampe

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology Vol. 29, No. 6 (2008) pp. 434–445

A longitudinal analysis of panel data from users of a popular online social network site, Facebook, investigated the relationship between intensity of Facebook use, measures of psychological well-being, and bridging social capital. Two surveys...

Without a map: College access and the online practices of youth from low-income communities

Michael Geoffrey Brown; Donghee Y. Wohn; Nicole Ellison

Computers & Education Vol. 92, No. 1 (January 2016) pp. 104–116

In the United States, low and high-income young people currently have unequal access to information about higher education. Low-income prospective college students, for example, are less likely to have informational resources in their immediate...

Language: English

Examining social adjustment to college in the age of social media: Factors influencing successful transitions and persistence

Rebecca Gray; Jessica Vitak; Emily W. Easton; Nicole B. Ellison

Computers & Education Vol. 67, No. 1 (September 2013) pp. 193–207

Social adjustment plays a critical role in student persistence at college. Social media such as Facebook, used widely by this population, have the potential to positively enhance students' transition to college by encouraging connection and...

Language: English

Actual friends matter: An internet skills perspective on teens' informal academic collaboration on Facebook

M. Laeeq Khan; Donghee Yvette Wohn; Nicole B. Ellison

Computers & Education Vol. 79, No. 1 (October 2014) pp. 138–147

Social media platforms such as Facebook enable adolescents to collaborate on academic activities, but this kind of participation may require a set of higher-order Internet skills. This study explores the factors that predict informal academic...

Language: English

The role of social media in shaping first-generation high school students' college aspirations: A social capital lens

Donghee Yvette Wohn; Nicole B. Ellison; M. Laeeq Khan; Ryan Fewins-Bliss; Rebecca Gray

Computers & Education Vol. 63, No. 1 (April 2013) pp. 424–436

Using survey data collected from a sample of high school students in the United States (N = 504), this study examined how different types of social capital associated with parents, close friends, and Facebook Friends were related to students'...

Language: English

Serious social media: On the use of social media for improving students' adjustment to college

David C. DeAndrea; Nicole B. Ellison; Robert LaRose; Charles Steinfield; Andrew Fiore

Internet and Higher Education Vol. 15, No. 1 (January 2012) pp. 15–23

A considerable body of research indicates that social support plays an integral role in determining students' successful adjustment to college. Unlike previous research that has evaluated face-to-face support interventions that occur during students'...

Language: English

Student Use of Facebook for Organizing Collaborative Classroom Activities

Cliff Lampe; Donghee Yvette Wohn; Jessica Vitak; Nicole B. Ellison; Rick Wash

International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Vol. 6, No. 3 (September 2011) pp. 329–347

Social network sites such as Facebook are often conceived of as purely social spaces; however, as these sites have evolved, so have the ways in which students are using them. In this study, we examine how undergraduate students use the social...