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Intergroup Dialogue: Affecting Real Change, Lauryn Hulett
Intergroup Dialogue: Affecting Real Change, Lauryn Hulett
Honors Projects
Intergroup Dialogue (IGD) is a course adapted from The University of Michigan. In this Honors Project, a systematic literature review is done from eleven sources in hopes to theorize best practices and areas of improvement amongst applications of Intergroup Dialogue.
New Media Communication And Recruitment For Postsecondary Institutions, Jessica Gast
New Media Communication And Recruitment For Postsecondary Institutions, Jessica Gast
Master of Arts in Media and Communication Plan II Graduate Projects
The field of higher education is becoming more and more competitive and postsecondary institutions are aggressively searching for the best communication and recruitment strategies to recruit and attain high school seniors. As technology advances, the methods utilized to communicate and engage with prospective students during their college decision-making process must be transformed. The purpose of this Master’s project is to examine higher education marketing and recruitment literature to recommend the best communication and recruitment strategies in which postsecondary institutions should invest. Evidence-based research is utilized to examine how and why high school seniors learn about and engage with institutions, as …
Not Just A Watered-Down Version Of A Freshman Orientation, Emily Skibski
Not Just A Watered-Down Version Of A Freshman Orientation, Emily Skibski
Honors Projects
I developed and piloted two 40 minute sessions for Bowling Green State University’s (BGSU) Student Orientation, Advising, and Registration (SOAR) Program, a one-day intesenive orientation program. After developing facilitation guides for these sessions, I trained a group of eight Orientation Leaders (OLs) to facilitate sessions for nontraditional and transfer students during SOAR, which occurred on January 8, 2016. Depending on how a student self-identified, the student attended among sessions for nontraditional, transfer, or traditional students. A facilitator’s guide for a session for traditional students was already developed and in use. The facilitation guides created for this honors project were designed …
Case Study Of Using A Social Annotation Tool To Support Collaboratively Learning, Fei Gao
Case Study Of Using A Social Annotation Tool To Support Collaboratively Learning, Fei Gao
Visual Communications and Technology Education Faculty Publications
The purpose of the study was to understand student interaction and learning supported by a collaboratively social annotation tool — Diigo. The researcher examined through a case study how students participated and interacted when learning an online text with the social annotation tool — Diigo, and how they perceived their experience. The findings suggested that students participated actively in the collaborative learning activity and were engaged in a variety of behaviors including self-reflection, elaboration, internalization, and showing support. Although students generally had a moderately positive attitude toward using the social annotation tool for collaborative learning, a few problems were identified. …