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

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Review Instructors in a number of disciplines and researchers in education and information science explore some of the ways social networking can help improve higher education. Among their perspectives are holistic learner engagement for success in the innovation age, how learning platforms enhanced by social media challenge and motivate students to take charge of their own learning processes, the influence of psychological variables on the academic use of Facebook, computer-aided learning and task-based learning, and using technology to enhance teacher education. Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution. --Book News Inc. Portland, OR Read more About the Author Laura A. Wankel - Northeastern University, MA, USAPatrick Blessinger - International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association (HETL), USA Read more