Research
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. (under review). Examining the role of youth as content producers in a niche social network site.
*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. & 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. (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. (2008). @TEOTD JM2C: A look at the research on digital literacies and today’s learners. Learning & Leading, 36 (4), 10-11.
* 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
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
Institute for Advanced Studies, Research and Creative Collaborative Grant: Funding for a research collaborative of interdisciplinary scholars. University of Minnesota.
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
MN Futures Grant: Phase I Funding Funding to convene a statewide symposium on “Networks and Neighborhoods in CyberSpace” University of Minnesota.
Originator and Chair: Christine Greenhow
$25,000 competitive grant. 2007
Institute for Advanced Studies, Research and Creative Collaborative Grant: Funding to found a research collaborative of interdisciplinary scholars. University of Minnesota.
PI: Christine Greenhow
$20, 000 competitive grant. 2007
Office of the Vice President for Research, Responsible Conduct of Research Grant: Funding to develop Internet Research seminar series. University of Minnesota.
PI: Christine Greenhow
$2,600 competitive grant. 2007
Office of Public Engagement SEED Grant: Funding to support pilot research & development of students’ learning in social networks. University of Minnesota.
PI: Christine Greenhow
$5, 000 competitive grant. 2006
Dissertation Support Grant: Funding awarded to support the final stage of doctoral research. Harvard University
$1, 500 competitive stipend. 2004
Advanced Doctoral Grant: Funding awarded to advanced doctoral candidates. Harvard University.
$12, 000 competitive stipend. 2002
Larsen Fellowship: Funding award for the most promising doctoral candidates. Harvard University.
$26, 000 competitive stipend. 1998
Annie Ryder Memorial Scholarship: Funding for teachers entering graduate study
American Association of University Women
$ 2, 500 competitive grant. 1998
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship: Competitive fellowship for participation in summer institute.
$ 5, 000. 1996
Charles F. Donovan Scholarship: Funding award for promising master of education candidates. Boston College
$12, 000 competitive stipend. 1994
Book Chapters and Contributions (*refereed)
*Greenhow, C. (in preparation). Research methods for social media contexts (working title). 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. For inclusion in Hawkins, L. & Martin, J. (Eds.). Information Communication Technologies for Human Services Education and Delivery: Concepts and Cases. IGI Global Publishing.
Greenhow, C. (2007). What colleges and universities need to know about Web 2.0. Chapter for Freedman, T. (Ed.) Coming of Age: An Introduction to the New Worldwide Web. Winter 2007.
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)
*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 21st 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, Spring). Staying in the game: How to go the distance when you are 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, Fall 2003, 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
Papers/Presentations at Professional Meetings (*denotes refereed)
International and National
*Greenhow, C. (accepted). 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. (accepted) 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 Environments. Symposium accepted for the 2010 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting. Denver, CO, April 30- May 4, 2010.
*Greenhow, C. [discussant] for Slotta, J. et al. (under review). Symposium proposal under review for the 2010 International Conference of the Learning Sciences. Chicago, IL, June 29 – July 3, 2010.
*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. (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., Searson, S., & Strudler, N. (Accepted). What the research says about engaging the Web 2.0 generation. Paper proposal submitted to the Society of Information Technology in Teacher Education (SITE) Annual Meeting, Charleston, SC.
*Gibson, D., Doering, A., Greenhow, C., Reynolds-Alpert, S., & Searson, M. (Accepted). Participatory media in informal learning. Panel proposal submitted to the Society of Information Technology in Teacher Education (SITE) Annual Meeting, Charleston, SC.
*Greenhow, C. (2009, April). Can social network sites like MySpace and Facebook help kids learn? Paper proposal submitted to the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
*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.
*Walker, S. & Greenhow, C. (2008, November). What can Family Life Education learn from MySpace about reaching the next generation of parents? Paper accepted for the National Council on Family Relations’ 70th Annual Conference as a paper presentation, Little Rock, AR, November 4-8, 2008.
*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: 4th place finisher].
*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). 21st 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 21st 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
