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Alumni Giving: A Relationship Between On-Campus Alumni Engagement, Participation And Financial Support, Lori Zabatta Oct 2017

Alumni Giving: A Relationship Between On-Campus Alumni Engagement, Participation And Financial Support, Lori Zabatta

MBA Student Scholarship

The relationship of alumni participation in on-campus activities resulting in alumni giving will be studied. Graduates from a private institution in Providence, RI will be invited to complete an online questionnaire to measure their engagement and giving levels. Using a series of pointed questions and a Likert scale, alumni will rate their attitude towards specific alumni activities in relation to their willingness to give to the institution following each opportunity. This will help to determine which activities produce the highest number of annual donors. All responses will be statistically measured and results analyzed. The study will benefit alumni professionals and …


Destination: Information Literacy, The Road From Threshold Concept To Engaging Lesson Plan, Nicole Covone, Daisy De La Rosa, Ramces Marsilli, Jordan Workman Jul 2017

Destination: Information Literacy, The Road From Threshold Concept To Engaging Lesson Plan, Nicole Covone, Daisy De La Rosa, Ramces Marsilli, Jordan Workman

Library Staff Publications

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Reflective Practice Series: The Age Of Synthetic Instruction, Martin W. Sivula Jul 2017

Reflective Practice Series: The Age Of Synthetic Instruction, Martin W. Sivula

MBA Faculty Conference Papers & Journal Articles

Methods of teaching, instruction, and training have been transformed due to advances Information Technology and Communication (ICT). People from all over the globe via ICT can learn just about anything, anytime, and anywhere provided they have basic linguistic knowledge and skills in their native language and an Internet connection. Using these ICT methods, one could question whether deep knowledge, comprehension, and understanding of a given content domain has occurred? More importantly, does instructor personality and their teaching traits make a difference to students in this modality? Quite possibly, the new learner’s ultimate outcome might be: the most convenient and cost …


Jwu Library By The Numbers, Rosita E. Hopper Apr 2017

Jwu Library By The Numbers, Rosita E. Hopper

About the Library

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A Research Proposal: The Relationship Between Seasonal Affective Disorder And Reading Behavior Of Undergraduate College Students, Tsolmon Tsoggerel Apr 2017

A Research Proposal: The Relationship Between Seasonal Affective Disorder And Reading Behavior Of Undergraduate College Students, Tsolmon Tsoggerel

MBA Student Scholarship

The purpose of this research proposal is to investigate the relationship between Seasonal Affective Disorder and reading behavior of undergraduate college students of Rhode Island during winter months /Nov-Feb/. Undergraduate students aged between 18-25 from five different colleges are to be the unit of study. The research will aim to: (1) assess the seasonal mood changes in sample units; (2) describe possible prevalence of SAD; (3) investigate the correlation between SAD occurrence and change in reading behavior of students. Upon the completion of the study, college libraries and book businesses will be able to use the research to optimize their …


Technology And Learning Capacity Of Children: A Positive Impact Of Technology In Early Childhood, Sajana Sigdel Apr 2017

Technology And Learning Capacity Of Children: A Positive Impact Of Technology In Early Childhood, Sajana Sigdel

MBA Student Scholarship

Technology has become an indispensable part in today’s era. From business to human life, people are using different technologies in the name of Computers, Tablet, Ipad, Mobile phone, T.V and so on. In the same way, the prevalence of technology ownership and use is already very high among teens and increasing among younger children. In addition, using such gadgets has become a trend in today’s culture for literacy and knowledge. We can see the positive relationship between learning and technology integration in the education sector with so many benefits. However, some researchers still believe the use of technology may impede …


Inside The Googleplex And The Nra: How To Leverage Corporate Connections For Powerful Alumni Programming, Lori Zabatta, Kevin Wesley Jan 2017

Inside The Googleplex And The Nra: How To Leverage Corporate Connections For Powerful Alumni Programming, Lori Zabatta, Kevin Wesley

Office of Development & Alumni Relations

No abstract provided.