Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Introduction

Finding innovative ways to implement new media into undergraduate and graduate courses can encourage interaction among students and increase students’ engagement in coursework. Encouraging students to become familiar with new media platforms in a professional environment also helps to better prepare them as representatives of agriculture—online and in person—and provides a foundation for relationships with agriculture professionals around the world. Access to course materials, particularly those created by students, can increase professionals’ awareness of course content and encourages professionals to provide informal feedback to students. In this session, instructors from Texas A&M University and West Texas A&M University will share innovative uses of new media, such as conducting class sessions via streaming Twitter conversations and creating a class blog as a portfolio of feature stories. Professionals, faculty, and graduate students are invited to contribute their experiences with and ideas for incorporating new media in agricultural communications courses, with a particular emphasis on building relationships among students and professionals. The advantages and disadvantages of new media assignments also will be discussed.

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