To expand on the themes of involvement and engagement, Arend (2004) looks at how technology not only presents more opportunities for student-faculty interactions but also how those interactions promote a deeper and richer understanding of the course material. However, there is very little additional research citing the effect of technology on the broader construct of …
Student development theory came from the traditions of the psychology, sociology and other social sciences and began in the late nineteenth and early part of the twentieth century as a way of addressing the needs created from the increasing growth of colleges and universities. The theory takes a holistic view of how the student survives …
Berger adds several concepts to the discussion, including how filters used by individual users of a community can impact the methods of communication used by their community. His work also helped begin the debate on approaching this research for a multi-disciplinary framework, as Berger’s work used elements from history, sociology, anthropology & mathematics to examine …