The Academic Journey of University Students on Facebook: An Analysis of Informal Academic-Related Activity over a Semester

Rebecca Vivian; Alan Barnes; Ruth Geer; Denise Wood

Research in Learning Technology Vol. 22 (2014)

This paper reports on an observation of 70 university students' use of their personal social network site (SNS), Facebook, over a 22-week university study period. The study sought to determine the extent that university students use their...

Examining Mobile Technology in Higher Education: Handheld Devices in and out of the Classroom

Julie Mueller; Eileen Wood; Domenica De Pasquale; Ruth Cruikshank

International Journal of Higher Education Vol. 1, No. 2 (2012) pp. 43–54

This study followed an innovative introduction of mobile technology (i.e., BlackBerry® devices) to a graduate level business program and documented students' use of the technology from the time students received the devices to the end of their first ...

Self-Admitted Pretensions of Mac Users on a Predominantly PC University Campus

Michael W. Firmin; Whitney L. Muhlenkamp Wood; Ruth L. Firmin; Jordan C. Wood

Educational Media International Vol. 47, No. 1 (March 2010) pp. 1–17

The present qualitative research study addressed the overall research question of college students' pretention dynamics in the context of a university setting. Thirty-five Mac users were interviewed on a university campus that exclusively supports...

Social influences related to college students’ use of Macintosh computers on an all-PC campus

Michael W. Firmin; Ruth L. Firmin; Whitney Muhlenkamp Wood; Jordan C. Wood

Computers & Education Vol. 55, No. 4 pp. 1542–1551

In the present qualitative research study, 35 Mac users were interviewed in a university campus that exclusively supports PC machines. We particularly explored the Mac-users’ social influences, saving technological and other influences for future...

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Measuring Student Career Interest within the Context of Technology-Enhanced STEM Projects: A Cross-Project Comparison Study Based on the Career Interest Questionnaire

Karen Peterman; Ruth Kermish-Allen; Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen; Tandra Tyler-Wood

Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 25, No. 6 (2016) pp. 833–845

This article describes Energy for ME and Going Green! Middle Schoolers Out to Save the World, two Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education programs with the common goal of improving students' attitudes about scientific...