Technology provides one means of meeting the challenge of providing for frequent and meaningful interaction amongst students and staff which underpins students’ feelings of being valued, leading to deeper and more meaningful engagement university studies (Pascarella & Terenzini, 1991). The challenge lies in providing for interaction in an environment where students and casual academic staff are spending less time on campus as a result of busy and complex lives. This paper relates the experiences of one lecturer/tutor using texting to stay in contact with her students and how this contact has supported and encouraged students to persist. It also discusses some of the implications for using mobile telephony to provide connection and community for first year students in higher education.
Conference proceeding
Using SMS as a way of providing connection and community for first year students
Beyond the comfort zone: Proceedings of the 21st ASCILITE Conference, pp.423-427
Beyond the comfort zone: Proceedings of the 21st ASCILITE Conference (Perth, WA, 05/12/2004 - 08/12/2004)
2004
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- Title
- Using SMS as a way of providing connection and community for first year students
- Creators
- Louise Horstmanshof - Griffith University
- Contributors
- Roger Atkinson (Editor of compilation)Clare McBeath (Editor of compilation)Diana Jonas-Dwyer (Editor of compilation)Rob Phillips (Editor of compilation)
- Publication Details
- Beyond the comfort zone: Proceedings of the 21st ASCILITE Conference, pp.423-427
- Conference
- Beyond the comfort zone: Proceedings of the 21st ASCILITE Conference (Perth, WA, 05/12/2004 - 08/12/2004)
- Publisher
- Ascilite; Perth, WA
- Identifiers
- 1220; 991012822017802368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Health; Centre for Teaching and Learning; School of Health and Human Sciences; Human Sciences
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding