Current Projects

The  Youth and Social Media Study, funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, is investigating young people’s activities within two social media spaces we’ve designed to try to understand how knowledge develops and communities form around issue-oriented social media publications.  Taking an interdisciplinary, boundary-crossing approach, we will be examining a set of focused questions, drawing from learning sciences, new (media) literacy studies, and learning technologies perspectives. Findings will inform the design of social media-rich learning environments and new media publications. The first designed space, called Hot Dish (http://apps.facebook.com/hotdish), is focused on content-sharing, reading, writing and connecting around environmental science issues. The second, called  Minnesota Daily (http://apps.facebook.com/mndaily) is focused on  community news-sharing, reading, writing, and building student-to-student connections within an educational institution. The project seeks to illuminate not only the future of  news media but also how we might better understand ‘learning’ and ‘participation’ in the online spaces young adults currently inhabit.

Publications (*in peer-reviewed journals)

Greenhow, C. & Burton, L.(2011). Help from my “Friends:” Social capital in the social network sites of low-income high school students. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 45(2), 223-245.

*Greenhow, C. (2011). Youth, learning and social media. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 45(2),139-146.

*Greenhow, C. (2011). Learning and social media: What are the interesting questions for research? International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning, 1(1), 36-50.

*Robelia, B., Greenhow, C., & Burton, L. (2011). Adopting environmentally responsible behaviors: How learning from a social networking application motivated students to act for the environment. Environmental Education Research, 17 (4), 553-575.

*Greenhow, C. (2011). Online social networks and learning. On the Horizon, 15(1), 4-12.

*Greenhow, C. (2010). The role of youth as cultural producers in a niche social network site. New Directions in Youth Development: Theory, Research & Practice, 128, 55-64.

*Greenhow, C. & Robelia, E. (2009). Old communication, new literacies: Social network sites as social learning resources. Journal of Computer-mediated Communication, 14(4). 1130-1161.

*Greenhow, C. & Robelia, E. (2009). Informal learning and identity formation in online social networks. Learning, Media and Technology, 34(2), 119-140.

*Greenhow, C., Robelia, E., & Hughes, J. (2009). Web 2.0 and classroom research: What path should we take now? Educational Researcher, 38 (4), 246-259.

*Greenhow, C., Robelia, E., & Hughes, J. (2009). Research on Learning and Teaching with Web 2.0: Bridging Conversations. Educational Researcher, 38 (4), 280-283.

*Greenhow, C. (2009).  Social scholarship: Applying social networking technologies to research practices. Knowledge Quest, 37(4).

*Greenhow, C. & Walker, J.D. & Kim, S. (2009). Millenial learners and net-savvy teens: Examining internet use among low-income students. Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 26(2), 63-69.

Greenhow, C. (2009). Restructuring or Rehash:  Shifts in educational technology policy and research. Learning and Leading, 37 (4), 10-11.

*Greenhow, C. (2008). Commentary: Connecting formal and informal learning in the age of participatory media: A response to Bull et. al. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 8 (3). Available at: http://www.citejournal.org/vol8/iss3/editorial/article1.cfm

*Greenhow, C., Dexter, S., & Hughes, J. (2008). Teacher knowledge about technology integration: An examination of inservice and preservice teachers’ instructional decision-making. Science Education International, 19 (1), pp. 9-25.

* Greenhow, C. & Belbas, B. (2007). Using activity-oriented design methods to study collaborative knowledge-building in e-Learning courses. International Journal of Computer-supported Collaborative Learning (2), 363-391

*Greenhow, C., Walker, J.D., Donnelly, D., & Cohen, B.A. (2007). Fair use in the digital age: Using online tools to teach decision-making about fair use and copyright in higher education. Innovate-Journal of Online Education, 4(1).

*Greenhow, C., Walker, J.D., Donnelly, D., & Cohen, B.A. (2007). Fair use analysis tool: Empowering ECT professionals to make decisions about fair use. Techtrends.51(5),11-13.

*Greenhow, C., Dexter, S. & Riedel, E. (2006). Methods for evaluating web-based environments for teacher professional development on technology integration. Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 23(1), 21-28.

Grants and Scholarships

University of Maryland, Support Program for Advancing Research and Collaboration (SPARC): Funding for interdisciplinary research that will lead to the development of grant proposals for external funding.

PI: Christine Greenhow

$14, 621 competitive grant. 2010.

University of Maryland, I-series (Issues, Imagination, Intellect, Inspiration, Innovation, Implementation) Program:  Funding for program development and evaluation.

PI: Christine Greenhow (with J. Ahn)

$5,000 competitive grant and a graduate TA (3 terms). 2010.

University of Maryland, International Travel Grant:  Funding for international research, collaboration and speaking.

PI: Christine Greenhow

$1,000 competitive grant. 2010.

Knight Foundation Grant: Funding to research young people’s engagement and learning with social media.

PI, Team: Christine Greenhow, University of Minnesota & Jeff Reifman, NewsCloud, Inc.

$249, 529 competitive grant. 2008-present

University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Studies, Research and Creative Collaborative Grant: Funding for a research collaborative of interdisciplinary scholars.

PI: Christine Greenhow

$10, 000 competitive grant. 2009

University of Minnesota, Outstanding Postdoctoral Scholar Award: Funding to award outstanding contributions to research and scholarship on a national or international level.

$1,000 competitive award. 2008

University of Minnesota, Futures Grant: Funding to convene a statewide symposium on “Networks and Neighborhoods in CyberSpace.”

Originator and Chair: Christine Greenhow

$25,000 competitive grant. 2007

University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Studies, Research and Creative Collaborative Grant: Funding to found a research collaborative of interdisciplinary scholars.

PI: Christine Greenhow

$20, 000 competitive grant. 2007

University of Minnesota, Office of the Vice President for Research, Responsible Conduct of Research Grant: Funding to develop Internet research seminar series.

PI: Christine Greenhow

$2,600 competitive grant. 2007

University of Minnesota, Office of Public Engagement SEED Grant: Funding to support pilot research & development of students’ learning in social networks.

PI: Christine Greenhow

$5, 000 competitive grant. 2006

Harvard University, Dissertation Support Grant: Funding awarded to support the final stage of doctoral research.

$1, 500 competitive stipend. 2004

Harvard University, Advanced Doctoral Grant: Funding awarded to advanced doctoral candidates.

$12, 000 competitive stipend. 2002

Harvard University, Larsen Fellowship: Funding award for the most promising doctoral candidates.

$26, 000 competitive stipend. 1998

American Association of University Women, Annie Ryder Memorial Scholarship: Funding for teachers entering graduate study.

$ 2, 500 competitive grant. 1998

National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship: Competitive fellowship for participation in summer institute.

$ 5, 000. 1996

Boston College, Charles F. Donovan Scholarship: Funding award for promising master of education candidates.

$12, 000 competitive stipend. 1994

Books and Book Chapters (*refereed)

*Greenhow, C. & Sonnevend, J. (Eds.). Social media, learning, and society: New models for education in the digital age. Anticipated for inclusion in the Information Society Series, MIT Press.

*Greenhow, C. & Sonnevend, J. (in preparation). Social media, learning and society (working title). For inclusion in Greenhow, C. & Sonnevend, J. (Eds.). Social media, learning, and society: New models for education in the digital age. Anticipated for inclusion in the Information Society Series, MIT Press.

*Greenhow, C., & Li, J. (2012). Like, comment, share: Collaboration and civic engagement in social network sites.  For inclusion in Mouza, C. & Lavigne, N. (Eds.). Emerging Technologies for the Classroom: A Learning Sciences Perspective. Springer.

*Greenhow, C. (2012). Literacies in online social networking applications.  For inclusion in Merchant, G., Gillen, J., Marsh, J.,  & Davies, J. (Eds.). Virtual Literacies: Interactive Spaces for Children and Young People. Routledge.

*Greenhow, C. (2011). Research methods unique to digital contexts: An introduction to virtual ethnography.  For inclusion in Duke, N. & Mallette, M. (Eds.). Handbook of Literacy Research Methodologies. Guildford Press.

*Greenhow, C. (2009). Educational benefits of social network sites: Applications to human services education. In Hawkins, L. & Martin, J. (Eds.). Information Communication Technologies for Human Services Education and Delivery: Concepts and Cases. IGI Global Publishing.

Greenhow, C. (2007). Supporting teachers’ development of extended social networks for teaching and learning. Sidebar in G. Solomon & L. Schrum, New Tools, New Schools: Web 2.0 in Education (pp. 107-110). Eugene, OR: ISTE.

Proceedings (*refereed)

*Slotta, J., De Wever, B., Van Keer, H., Charles, E., Damsa, C., Sins, P., Greenhow, C. (2010). Content analysis of collaboratively constructed knowledge artifacts: Issues and opportunities for research. Accepted for presentation. Proceedings for the International Society of the Learning Sciences Conference, Chicago, Illinois, June 28-July 2.

*Lewin, C., Greenhow, C., & Crook, M. (2010). Recrafting formal education: Shifting the boundaries of formal and informal learning. Accepted for presentation. Proceedings of the European Conference on Educational Research, Helsinki, Finland, August 23-27, 2010.

*Walker, S. & Greenhow, C. (2010). The internet and human relationships: Revisiting the personal social networks of parents. Accepted for presentation. Proceedings of the National Council on Family Relations Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, November 2-3, 2010.

*Greenhow, C. (2009). Social network sites and education: Emerging research within CSCL. In A. Dimitrakopoulou (Ed.), CSCL 2009: Proceedings of the International Society of the Learning Sciences Computer-supported Collaborative Learning Conference, Rhodes, Greece, June 10-12.

*Greenhow, C. (2008). Characterizing teens’ online socio-cultural practices to inform teachers’ development of networked pedagogy. Proceedings of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 4-8, 2008.

*Greenhow, C. & Schultz, K. (2007). Using online social networks in an elective learning environment to support underrepresented students’ engagement in education. In C.A. Chinn, G. Erkens, S. Puntambekar (Eds.), CSCL 2007: Proceedings of the International Society of the Learning Sciences Computer-supported Collaborative Learning Conference, New Brunswick, New Jersey, July 16-21.

*Greenhow, C. (2007). What teacher education needs to know about Web 2.0: Preparing new teachers in the 21^st Century. Proceedings of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) Annual Conference, San Antonio, March 26-28, 2007

Hughes, J.E., Greenhow, C., & Schifter, C. (2006). Information Technology Diffusion/Integration Section Introduction. Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) Conference Proceedings (CD-ROM).

*Greenhow, C. (2004). Creative play or ‘puter time: Preservice teachers’ use of Internet-based tools to challenge beliefs about early childhood education. Proceedings of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) Annual Conference, Atlanta, March 27-29, 2004

*Dexter, S. & Greenhow, C. (2002). Evaluating web-based environments for teacher professional development on technology integration. Proceedings of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) Annual Conference. Nashville, March 18-22, 2002.

Newspaper & Newsletter Articles

Greenhow, C. (2004, Spr). Staying in the game: How to go the distance when you’re at a distance. American Educational Research Association Graduate Student Newsletter, p. 2.

Greenhow, C. (2003, Fall). Technology recipe for success. American Educational Research Association Graduate Student Newsletter, p. 4.

Greenhow, C. (2000, March 12). A house divided by race, sex and cyber-savvy [Letter to the editor]. The New York Times, p. A24.

Curriculum Materials

Greenhow, C. & Brown, R. (2003). Admission possible (AP) college preparatory curriculum. St. Paul, MN: Admission Possible.

Greenhow, C. (2004). WCMS technology-integrated curriculum for grades K-6. St. Paul, MN: Saint Paul Schools

Presentations (invited and conference) (*denotes refereed)

International and National

Greenhow, C. (2011).  Invited talk. Open University. Institute of Educational Technology. Milton Keynes, England, April 12.

*Greenhow, C. (2011). Re-writing community and literacies among U.S. teens in social network sites. Paper accepted for presentation at the Computer-assisted Learning Conference (CAL) 2011: Learning Futures. Manchester, England, April 13-15.

*Greenhow, C. (2011). Literacies in a niche online social networking application. Paper accepted for presentation at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 8-11.

*Greenhow, C. with McVerry, J., Hartman, D., Hickey, D., Arena, D., Schwartz, D., Halverson, E., Goldman, S., Lawless, K., et al. (2011). New tools, new times, new learning: Using digital environments and assessments to promote sustainable learning. Session accepted for presentation at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Division C, New Orleans, LA, April 8-11.

*Greenhow, C. (2011). Youth, learning & social network sites.  Invited Address for the Learning and the Brain Conference. Co-sponsored by Learning & the Brain Research Centers at Stanford University, Harvard University, University of California at Berkeley and M.I.T., San Francisco, CA, Feb 17-19.

*Greenhow, C. with Duke, N., Mallette, M., Ongwuegbuzie, T., Hoffman, J., Wilson, M., Washington, R., Sailors, M., & Montero, K. (2010). Going ‘Meta’ on Methodology: Drawing attention to four important approaches to literacy research. Symposium accepted for presentation at the National Reading Conference, Fort Worth, TX, December 1-3.

*Greenhow, C. (discussant) with Slotta, J., De Wever, B., Van Keer, H., Charles, E., Damsa, C., Sins, P. (2010). Content analysis of collaboratively constructed knowledge artifacts: Issues and opportunities for research. Symposium accepted for presentation. International Society of the Learning Sciences Conference, Chicago, Illinois, June 28-July 2.

Greenhow, C. (2010). Invited presentation for “Emerging Media and Practices,” Knowledge Media Design Seminar. Ontario Institute for Educational Studies (OISE). University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, June 10-11.

*Greenhow, C. (2010). Literacies and community formation in social network sites: Understanding a complex ecology. Paper  accepted for presentation at the 2010 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting. Denver, CO, April 30- May 4, 2010.

*Greenhow, C. (2010) with Y. Kafai, B. Barron, E. Hayes, K. Peppler, & C. Steinkuehler. Learning in Out-of-School Contexts: Opportunities for Research & Practice. Symposium accepted for the 2010 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting. Denver, CO, April 30- May 4, 2010.

*Greenhow, C. (2010) with C. Bonk, J. Hughes, G. McVerry, R. Owston, & J.  Zhang. Complex Ecologies: Moving from “Educational Researcher” Position Statements to Research on Web 2.0-enabled Learning EnvironmentsSymposium accepted for the 2010 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting. Denver, CO, April 30- May 4, 2010.

Greenhow, C. (2010). Researching learning in emerging Web contexts: What path should we take now? Invited lecture for the University of Nevada. March 22.

Greenhow, C. with J. Bosco, M. Chen, E. Reilly, & Weigl, M. (2010). Participatory Learning in School: Square Peg in Round Hole? Symposium presented at the MacArthur Digital Media and Learning Conference, La Jolla, CA, February 19-21.

Greenhow, C. (2010). Youth as cultural producers in online social network sites. Guest lecture presented at the Department of Child Development. Tufts University, Medford, MA, February 2.

Greenhow, C. (2010). Cognition and literacy in online social network sites. Keynote address presented at the Economic and Social Research Council’s Seminar on Children and Young People’s Digital Literacies in Virtual Online Spaces, University of Lancaster, England, January 22.

Greenhow, C. (2009). Youth as media producers: The Case of Hot Dish. Invited talk for the On the Future of Media Conference, Minneapolis, MN, December 12.

Greenhow, C. (2009). Youth, niche social media, and ‘learning.‘ Invited talk for the Harvard-MIT-Yale Cyberscholar Series, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Cambridge, MA, October 7.

Greenhow, C. (2009). The rise of social networking. Keynote for the Minnesota Childrens Hospitals Fall Pediatric Conference, Saint Paul, MN, September 24.

Greenhow, C. (2009). Social media research and education. Invited talk for the Institute for New Media Fall Conference, Minneapolis, MN, September 18.

Greenhow, C. (2009). Comment me, friend me, read me: Engaging the MySpace generation. Keynote for the Teaching  & Technology Conference, Bismarck, South Dakota, June 9.

*Greenhow, C. (Accepted). Social network sites and education: Emerging research within CSCL. Paper proposal submitted to the Computer-supported Collaborative Learning Conference of the Learning Sciences, Rhodes, Greece.

*Greenhow, C. (Accepted). Early Career Mentoring Program. Competitive professional development program funded by the International Society of the Learning Sciences, Computer-supported Collaborative Learning Conference, Rhodes, Greece.

*Greenhow, C. (2009). Connecting youths’ social, civic, and educational lives through action-oriented Facebook “publications” proposal submitted to the third annual HASTAC Conference “Traversing Digital Boundaries.” University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, April 19-21, 2009

*Greenhow, C. (2009). Can social network sites like MySpace and Facebook help kids learn? Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. April 4-9

Greenhow, C. (2009). MySpace, Facebook and Youth: What does Social Networking have to offer Youth Development? Keynote for the Inquiry to Impact Conference, Minneapolis, MN, Feb 23.

Greenhow, C. (2009). Young people’s use of social media. Invited Panelist. National Institute on Media and the Family. Minneapolis, MN.

*Walker, S. & Greenhow, C. (2008, November). What can Family Life Education learn from MySpace about reaching the next generation of parents? Paper presented at the National Council on Family Relations’ 70th Annual Conference as a paper presentation, Little Rock, AR, November 4-8, 2008.

*Greenhow, C. (Panel Chair) with Knezek, D., Strudler, N., Prejean, A., & Pfaffman, J. (2008, June). Next Generation of National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers. Panel of members from the NETS-T national stakeholder advisory board accepted for presentation at the International Society of Technology in Education (ISTE), San Antonio, Texas, July 1-3.

*Greenhow, C., Walker, J.D. & Kim, S. (2008, March). Millenial leaners and net-savvy teens?: Examining internet use among low-income students. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association, New York, New York, March 24-28. [*Paper nominated for TACTL-SIG research paper award].

*Greenhow, C., Robelia, E., & Kim, S. (2008, March). Examining the intersections of online social networks, pedagogy, and engagement among low-income students. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association, New York, New York, March 24-28.

*Greenhow, C. & Schultz, K. (2007, July). Using online social networks in an elective learning environment to support underrepresented students’ engagement in education. Poster session presented at the Computer-supported Collaborative Learning Conference, International Society of the Learning Sciences, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

*Greenhow, C. (2007, June). 21^st Century teaching online: Strategies for planning, implementation and assessment. Paper presented at the National Educational Computing Conference, Atlanta.

*Greenhow, C. (2007, April). How the beliefs and practices of constructivist-oriented teachers shape their Internet use and are shaped by the Internet’s affordances. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago.

*Greenhow, C. & Belbas, B. (2007, April). Using activity-oriented design methods to study the e-learning practices of course design teams: Findings of a longitudinal study. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago.

*Greenhow, C. (2007, March). What teacher education needs to know about web 2.0: Preparing new teachers in the 21^st century. Paper presented at the Society for Information Technology in Education, San Antonio.

*Greenhow, C., Walker, J.D., Donnelly, D., Cohen, B. (2006, March). An online, interactive approach to copyright and intellectual property law education. Paper presented at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Conference, Chicago.

*Belbas, B., Greenhow, C., Jorn, L., & Walker, J. (2006, January). Evaluating, disseminating, and supporting best practices of online teaching. Presentation at EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Conference. San Diego.

*Greenhow, C. (2005, April). Blackboard to browser: How beliefs, instruction, and internet capabilities shape teaching practices of constructivist-oriented teachers. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Montreal.

*Dexter, S., & Greenhow, C. (2004, April). Expert teachers’ technology integration knowledge and skills. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego.

*Greenhow, C., Dexter, S., & Hughes, J. (2003, April). Teacher knowledge about technology integration: Comparing the decision-making processes of preservice and in-service teachers about technology integration using internet-based simulations. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago.

*Riedel, E., Dexter, S., Greenhow, C., & White, M. (2003, April). Using internet-based simulations to assess pre-service teacher’s data driven decision-making processes about technology integration. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago.

Dexter, S., Greenhow, C. & Riedel, E. (2002, July). Instructional tools for teaching technology integration decision-making: IMMEX-powered online cases. Paper presented at the Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to use Technology (PT3) Grantees Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

*Dexter, S. & Greenhow, C. (2002, March). Evaluating web-based environments for teacher professional development on technology integration. Paper presented at the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) Annual Conference, Nashville, Tennessee.

*Greenhow, C. & Dexter, S. (2002, February). Learning technology integration and performance assessment with online decision-making software (IMMEX). Paper presented at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Annual Conference, New York.

*Additional State and Local Presentations available upon request