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Online and Distance Education

2020

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Experientiallearning@Socialmedia.Edu: Using The Tech Start-Up Concept To Train, Engage, And Inform Students, Stephanie J. Coopman, Ted Coopman Jan 2020

Experientiallearning@Socialmedia.Edu: Using The Tech Start-Up Concept To Train, Engage, And Inform Students, Stephanie J. Coopman, Ted Coopman

Faculty Publications

Undergraduate and graduate students were enrolled in an upper-division online experiential learning course organized as a technology company start up at a public university in the US. Students participated in an academic department’s social media team, publishing a weekly newsletter and producing and curating content for multiple social media outlets designed for public and university audiences, a website for the department’s students, and a career portal. Responses to survey questions provided support for Experiential Learning Theory’s cyclical learning model. In addition, students viewed the entrepreneurial approach to the team as both liberating and challenging as they engaged with each other …


Online Learning: Some Strategies For Success, Glynis M. Bradfield Jan 2020

Online Learning: Some Strategies For Success, Glynis M. Bradfield

Faculty Publications

The COVID-19 pandemic catapulted all levels of education into varied changes in delivery systems, including remote and e-learning. Both teachers and students are challenged to reflect and train on how online and face-to-face education differ in order to use online pedagogy and digital tools effectively