10/2/14
Today we met for 30 minutes after class and got more information from DOTS about the services that are available to students through email. We further discussed our proposal plan, and what the next step is!
Problem: Lacking communication/advertising in alternative email (or texting) services provided for students
Cause & effects: Not everyone has a smart phone to directly receive their emails on. This becomes an issue when a class is canceled and someone does not have their computer on them and they end up going to class which results in angry students, wasted time, and even frustrated professors due to the complaints, etc. We have great services and organizations on campus to help with these kind of situations, however they are not communicated and or advertised to students on campus.
Survey questions to ask other UWRF students if they are aware of the text message/email options available to them:
1. Do you have a smart phone?
2. Have you ever gone to class not knowing it was canceled due to not checking your school email beforehand?
3. Are you aware of the options available on your school email to send you text messages?
4. Would you prefer receiving a text message when a class is canceled?
Side note: There has also been other occasions when a professor has canceled class in a short notice which doesn't give students much time to check their email because that student may be coming to class straight from work, or straight from another class, etc.
If you still need clarification about your focus, let's get together and talk about it. It looks as though you're addressing the problem of awareness…students don't realize these tools are out there (as opposed to finding a solution to improve faculty/student communication).
ReplyDeleteIf you plan a survey, that should get done soon, you'll need that data for your presentation. Also, be sure to include the names of who attended each meeting. This is an important record of who is participating. I see Katrina, Andrea and someone "unknown" are all now in the blog. What's going on with Gina, Nathan, and Tina (I assume 1 of you is the "unknown")?