Rebecca Elizabeth Eynon is a British educationalist specializing in the

sociology Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of Empirical ...

education Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Va ...

. She holds a joint academic post at the

Oxford Internet Institute The Oxford Internet Institute (OII) is a multi-disciplinary department of social and computer science dedicated to the study of information, communication, and technology, and is part of the Social Sciences Division of the University of Oxford ...

and Department of Education,

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

. She is a Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor at the Oxford Internet Institute and she is a co-convenor for the MSc Education (Learning and Technology), at the Department for Education, University of Oxford. Her book ''Teenagers and Technology'', Routledge, 2013 attracted coverage in the national press for its insight in to the nuances of how teenagers behave on the internet and the implications for teens without internet access.

Education

She holds a degree in Psychology with Statistics from the university of London (1995) and a Masters in Mass Communications from the

University of Leicester , mottoeng = So that they may have life , established = , type = public research university , endowment = £20.0 million , budget = £326 million , chancellor = David Willetts , vice_chancellor = Nishan Canagarajah , head_labe ...

(1997), and a PhD from City University (2003). Her dissertation was titled ''The use of the World Wide Web in teaching and learning in higher education: a case study approach''. Before joining Oxford University, she held senior research positions at City University, the

University of Birmingham , mottoeng = Through efforts to heights , established = 1825 – Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery1836 – Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery1843 – Queen's College1875 – Mason Science College1898 – Mason Univers ...

and the

. Eynon also held a Mid-Career Fellowship from the British Academy (2013–2014) for her research work exploring the links between internet use and social mobility in Britain.

Books

Eynon is the co-editor with C. Davies of ''Education and Technology: Major Themes in Education'',

Routledge Routledge () is a British multinational publisher. It was founded in 1836 by George Routledge, and specialises in providing academic books, journals and online resources in the fields of the humanities, behavioural science, education, law, and ...

, 2015''. She is the co-author with Davies of ''Teenagers and Technology'', Routledge, 2013.

Editorial work

Eynon is one of three co-editors-in-chief of the journal ''Learning, Media and Technology''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eynon, Rebecca Year of birth missing (living people) Living people British educational theorists