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New Wave Computer Technology And The Administration Of Speech Communication Performance Courses, Chris R. Sawyer, Ralph R. Behnke
New Wave Computer Technology And The Administration Of Speech Communication Performance Courses, Chris R. Sawyer, Ralph R. Behnke
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
The article talks about the continued interest of the speech communication field in technology-supported instruction. Earlier detailed descriptions of teaching/learning laboratories in speech communication are based upon older computer-assisted instruction models and such laboratories were financially out of reach for most small-to-average sized departments. Recent, dramatic enhancements of the memories and processing speeds of microcomputers has made them ideal for recording, editing, and replaying sound supported motion picture clips of speech presentations. Clearly, evaluating student performance and providing substantial and prompt instructional feedback can easily be accommodated by the course web site. Aside from the interactive testing and automated grading …
Approaches To Teaching Organizational Communication, Ronald L. Applbaum
Approaches To Teaching Organizational Communication, Ronald L. Applbaum
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
This article discusses approaches to teaching organizational communication in departments of speech communication. This paper argues that the primary goal in most organizational communication courses at the undergraduate level is actually the development of communication competencies. There are a number of teaching strategies used in the teaching of the basic course in organizational communication, ranging from lecture/discussion to experiential learning projects. Instructors have been particularly sensitive to criticism for the need to connect the classroom to the workplace. Instructional exercises are used to examine the role of human interaction in organizational life. Some of the most frequently used exercise strategies …
Course Fee Assessments: Categories And Policies, Lorayne W. Lester
Course Fee Assessments: Categories And Policies, Lorayne W. Lester
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
This article provides information on special student fees authorized by the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. These fees are assessments beyond the regular tuition costs paid by all students when departments must purchase markedly unusual, expendable materials or equipment for use by small numbers of students in certain highly specialized courses. Special fees have also been authorized for departments required to provide services, equipment, or facilities for small populations of students when such services, equipment or facilities are clearly beyond those commonly provided for the majority of students on campus. In a few instances, …
Course Fee Assessments: West Virginia State College, David Wohl
Course Fee Assessments: West Virginia State College, David Wohl
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
Presents the author's views on the student assessment fee policy of the West Virginia State College. Effect of assessing fees in theatre classes on enrollment; Incidents when assessing students for incidental materials in theatre classes is not necessary; Proposals in order to maintain the academic quality and integrity of the classes.
A "Bard's Eye" View Of Higher Education: A Satirical Commentary, Gerald Lee Ratliff
A "Bard's Eye" View Of Higher Education: A Satirical Commentary, Gerald Lee Ratliff
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
This article presents several quotations from dramatist and writer William Shakespeare to describe fundamental issues that plague higher education and to express some faculty and administrator's perspectives on people, processes and places in the profession.
New Faculty: Starting Them Off In The Right Direction, Christopher Lynch, Teresa E. Choate
New Faculty: Starting Them Off In The Right Direction, Christopher Lynch, Teresa E. Choate
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
This article focuses on the problems faced by new college professors and the key to their success, which is communication: establishing a network for information, assistance and encouragement. When colleges and universities start new faculty off in the right direction, those faculty members will function better as teachers, as scholars, as committee members, and as long-term members of that academic community. Considering the financial investment a school makes in the interview process and in the hiring of new faculty, a thoroughly considered and well financed orientation program is insurance no college or university should be without.
Perspectives On Norm-Referenced And Criterion-Referenced Grading In Introductory Speech Performance Courses, Ralph R. Behnke, Chris R. Sawyer
Perspectives On Norm-Referenced And Criterion-Referenced Grading In Introductory Speech Performance Courses, Ralph R. Behnke, Chris R. Sawyer
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
This article explores the integration and amalgamation of norm-referenced and criterion-referenced perspectives in a manner that is particularly appropriate for use in basic or introductory speech communication performance courses. Possibly the greatest virtue of using criterion-referenced grading of speeches in a basic speech performance course is the generation of positive affect toward performance. Because students identify with their speeches, they are much more demoralized by negative feedback about their work on these assignments than for others. By setting appropriate minimal performance criteria that most beginning students can achieve, morale remains high, there is an atmosphere of success, and, in fact, …
Factors That Influence The Funding Of College And University Media Outlets: Radio As A Blueprint, Samuel J. Sauls
Factors That Influence The Funding Of College And University Media Outlets: Radio As A Blueprint, Samuel J. Sauls
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
This article presents a study examining the funding aspects of college and university radio stations. The article focuses on the investigation of the variables of station management positions, station types, station power and perceptions of station purposes among radio station directors as possible significant predictors of selected factors which influence the funding of college and university noncommercial radio stations. The traditional function of most campus radio stations has been to serve as a training ground for students who plan to enter professional broadcasting. The present study's findings reinforced this contention by distinguishing the view of the radio station as a …
"The Art Of Framing: Managing The Language Of Leadership," By Gail T. Fairhurst And Robert A. Sarr, Michael W. Shelton
"The Art Of Framing: Managing The Language Of Leadership," By Gail T. Fairhurst And Robert A. Sarr, Michael W. Shelton
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
a book review of "The Art of Framing: Managing the Language of Leadership," by Gail T. Fairhurst and Robert A. Sarr.