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posted on July 28th, 2009
Facebook adoption on college campuses timeline.
Here’s a timeline that I created that charts the growth in Facebook active users as well as the research on Facebook adoption by college students.
References
Heiberger, G., & Harper, R. (2008). Have you Facebooked Astin lately? Using technology toincrease student involvement. In R. Junco & D. M. Timm (Eds.), Using emerging technologies to enhance student engagement. New Directions for Student Services Issue #124, (pp. 19-35). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Higher Education Research Institute. (2007). College freshman and online social networking sites. Retrieved March 30, 2009 from: http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/heri/PDFs/pubs/briefs/brief-091107-SocialNetworking.pdf
Junco, R., & Mastrodicasa, J. (2007). Connecting to the Net.Generation: What higher education professionals need to know about today’s students. Washington, D.C.: NASPA.
Mastrodicasa, J. M., and Kepic, G. (October, 2005) Parents Gone Wild. Paper presented at the national meeting of the National Academic Advising Association, Las Vegas, NV.
Matney, M., & Borland, K. (2009, March). Facebook, blogs, tweets: How staff and units can use social networking to enhance student learning. Presentation at the annual meeting of the National Association for Student Personnel Administrators, Seattle, WA.