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2016

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Unfolding: An Academic Autobiography, Aaron Barlow Jul 2016

Unfolding: An Academic Autobiography, Aaron Barlow

Publications and Research

An academic autobiography of one who came to academia later in life than most, Unfolding uses blog post from the past decade stitched together by a narrative of what brought one person to teaching.

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Leveraging The Methodological Affordances Of Facebook: A Model Of Social Networking Strategy In Longitudinal Writing Research, Jenna Sheffield, Amy C. Kimme Hea Jan 2016

Leveraging The Methodological Affordances Of Facebook: A Model Of Social Networking Strategy In Longitudinal Writing Research, Jenna Sheffield, Amy C. Kimme Hea

English Faculty Publications

While composition studies researchers have examined the ways social media are impacting our lives inside and outside of the classroom, less attention has been given to the ways in which social media—specifically Social Network Sites (SNSs)—may enhance our own research methods and methodologies by helping to combat research participant attrition and build a community around a research project. In this article, we share some of the successes and shortfalls of using SNSs for research purposes, based on our own experiences using Facebook in the context of our writing program’s Longitudinal Study of Student Writers. Specifically, we present five considerations related …

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