You are hired by Baruch College to use new media to improve the College. What are some suggestions you would make?
I think Baruch is pretty much well connected through faculty, students and resources that it has to offer. But of course there is always more to be done.
First, I would make like an obligation "advancement courses" that every professor, that is to be hired or is already a part of faculty at Baruch, would have to take additionally to advance their subjects with communications through new media and technology. This will introduce new and advancing technology communication, and allow every professor to continuously be informed and given training with new media. This is very important, because if the student are expected to know, learn and advance from their professors in today's technological society than every professor should be up to date with technology and know how to use and teach their classes using these new media.
I would advice them to set up every class room with all advanced technology and make professors use visual data, internet etc. Visual perceiving advances students memory and keeps us engaged in the classroom and many professors, believe it or not, still just have plain lecturing classes!
Second, I have to mention that my PSY 1001 class this semester has been introduced to a new book that has been custom made for Baruch faculty and student and allows amassing learning techniques that of course involve internet. Our professor can now record his lectures and post them on line through a specially design program that allows students, that have purchased the book to stay connected on very level. Also this program offers online interactions with lectures, it has an uploaded eBook, and it has various quizzes and practice modes that allow student to interact and advance their study performance and most of all make them interesting. I would defiantly advice Baruch to take this aspect of learning and new technology into the consideration, because this not only that it competes with new media aspects but advances student's learning and makes it more interesting.
Third, one of the things that I feel is lacking is communication between students, so I would try to create different social networks to advance the communication among students that have similar interests.
I really like this blog post! I am very interetsed in what my fellow classmates think about the ways in which Baruch could improve its online social media efforts and you offer an excellent insight and practical solutions to help the college. I think that online social media usage is really par tof the culture of any community or society, at Baruch and all other colleges this is no different. So the interest or usage in online social media must come from the top and trickle down. IF Baruch does more to make students mindful of teh incredible ways in which online social media can enrich their college experience and their lives, they will have students who are only social media minded, and more connected to each other as well as the Baruch and NYC community!
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you on the first point because many professors still believe in the traditional way of teaching but if you look at the modern techniques of teaching. Many students are really into the social media and the new technology that we are still using. We definitely need to make professors to make good use of these new technologies.
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