Publications

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Research Areas

Open Education/Online Education

Social Media, New Media, Digital Youth, & Learning

Learning Analytics

Education Reform & Policy Issues

 

Open Education/Online Education

Butler, B., & Ahn, J. (2013). Ecological perspectives on creating and sustaining open learning environments. In Proc. Computer Supported Collaborative Work 2013, Workshop on CSCW and Education. [PDF]

[**BEST PAPER NOMINEE**] Ahn, J., Weng, C., & Butler, B. S. (2013). The dynamics of open, peer-to-peer learning: What factors influence participation in the P2P University? Proceedings of the 46th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (Learning Analytics and Networked Learning track). [PDF]

Ahn, J. (2011). Policy, technology, and practice in cyber charter schools: Framing the issues. Teachers College Record, 113(1), 1-26. [PDF]

 

 

Social Media, New Media, Digital Youth, & Learning

Ahn, J. (2013). What can we learn from facebook activity? Using social learning analytics to observe new media literacy skills. Proceedings of LAK ’13: The third conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge. [PDF]

Clegg, T., Yip, J., Ahn, J., Bonsignore, E., Gubbels, M., Lewittes, B., & Rhodes, E. (2013). When face-to-face fails: Opportunities for social media to foster collaborative learning. Tenth International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, Madison, WI. [PDF]

[**BEST INFORMATION BEHAVIOR PAPER AWARD**] Ahn, J., Subramaniam, M., Fleischmann, K. R., Waugh, A., Walsh, G., & Druin, A. (2012). Youth identities as remixers in an online community of storytellers: Attitudes, strategies, and values. Proceedings of ASIST 2012: The 75th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. [PDF]

Ahn, J. (2012). Teenagers’ experiences with social network sites: Relationships to bridging and bonding social capital. The Information Society, 28(2), 99-109. [PDF]

Ahn, J. (2012). Teenagers and social network sites: Do off–line inequalities predict their online social networks? First Monday, 17(1-2). [LINK]

Ahn, J., Gubbels, M., Kim, J., & Wu, J. (2012). SINQ: Scientific INQuiry learning using social media. In Proceedings of ACM CHI 2012 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Extended Abstracts. [PDF]

Bonsignore, E., Hansen, D., Kraus, K., Ahn, J., Visconti, A., Fraistat, A., Druin, A. (2012). Alternate Reality Games: Platforms for Collaborative Learning. Tenth International Conference of the Learning Sciences. Sydney, Australia. [PDF]

Lee, T. Y., Mauriello, M. L., Ingraham, J., Sopan, A., Ahn, J., & Bederson, B. B. (2012).  CTArcade: Learning computational thinking while training virtual characters through game play. In Proceedings of ACM CHI 2012 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Extended Abstracts. [PDF]

Subramaniam, M., Ahn, J., Waugh, A., & Druin, A. (2012) Sci-fi, storytelling, and new media literacy. Knowledge Quest, 41(1), 28-33.

Ahn, J. (2011). The effect of social network sites on adolescents’ academic and social development: Current theories and controversies. Journal of the American Society for Information Science & Technology, 62(8), 1435-1445. [PDF]

Ahn, J. (2011). Digital divides and social network sites: Which students participate in social media? Journal of Educational Computing Research, 45(2), 147-163. [PDF]

Ahn, J., Bivona, L. K., & DiScala, J. (2011). Social media access in k-12 schools: Intractable policy controversies in an evolving world. Proceedings of ASIST 2011: The 74th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. (Acceptance Rate 37%) [PDF]

 

Learning Analytics

Ahn, J. (2013). What can we learn from facebook activity? Using social learning analytics to observe new media literacy skills. Proceedings of LAK ’13: The third conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge. [PDF]

[**BEST PAPER NOMINEE**] Ahn, J., Weng, C., & Butler, B. S. (2013). The dynamics of open, peer-to-peer learning: What factors influence participation in the P2P University? Proceedings of the 46th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (Learning Analytics and Networked Learning track). [PDF]

 

Education Reform & Policy Issues

Subramaniam, M. M., Ahn, J., Fleischmann, K. R., & Druin, A. (2012). Re-imagining the role of school libraries in stem education: Creating hybrid spaces for exploration. The Library Quarterly, 82(2), 161-182. [PDF]

Ahn, J. (2011). Policy, technology, and practice in cyber charter schools: Framing the issues. Teachers College Record, 113(1), 1-26. [PDF]

Ahn, J., Bivona, L. K., & DiScala, J. (2011). Social media access in k-12 schools: Intractable policy controversies in an evolving world. Proceedings of ASIST 2011: The 74th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. (Acceptance Rate 37%) [PDF]

Ahn, J. (2010). The role of social network locations in the college access mentoring of urban youth. Education and Urban Society, 42(7), 839-859. [PDF]

Brewer, D. J., & Ahn, J. (2010). What do we know about teachers in charter schools? In J. Betts & P. T. Hill (Eds.), Taking Measure of Charter Schools: Better Assessments, Better Policymaking, Better Schools. Lanham MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

Ahn, J., & Brewer, D. J. (2009). What do we know about reducing class and school size? In G. Sykes, B. Schneider & D. N. Plank (Eds.), AERA Handbook of Education Policy Research (pp. 426-437). New York: Routledge.

Brewer, D. J., & Ahn, J. (2008). Section 3: Charter school effects on student achievement, introduction. In M. Berends, M. G. Springer & H. J. Walberg (Eds.), Charter School Outcomes. Mahweh, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Brewer, D. J., Stern, S., & Ahn, J. (2007). An introduction to “early college”. Education Finance and Policy, 2(2), 175-187.