Increasing Student Engagement and Retention Using Social Technologies

List of Contributors. New Vistas in Higher Education: An Introduction to Using Social Technologies. Holistic Learner Engagement for Success in the Innovation Age: Portfolio, Strengths-Based, and Collaborative Learning Strategies. How Social Media Enhanced Learning Platforms Challenge and Motivate Students to Take Charge of their Own Learning Processes. Engaging Second/Foreign Language Students through Electronic Writing Tasks: When Learning Design Matters. Influence of Psychological Variables on the Academic Use of Facebook. Designing Outcome-Based Curriculum for Industry-Relevant Courses in Engineering Education: Integrating Social Networking, Information and Communication Technology, Modified Bloom’s Taxonomy, and Student Personality Types. Computer-Aided Learning and Task-Based Learning: Engaging Learners in Contextualizing Grammar. Technology Approaches to Final Papers and Projects. Using Technology to Enhance Teacher Education. Going Beyond the Traditional Essay: How New Technologies are Transforming Student Engagement with Writing Outcomes. About the Authors. Index. Increasing Student Engagement and Retention Using Social Technologies: Facebook, E-Portfolios and Other Social Networking Services. Cutting-Edge Technologies in Higher Education. Cutting-Edge Technologies in Higher Education. Copyright page.