DocumentCode :
2105426
Title :
Alumni stories and students´ commitment to studies
Author :
Kailanto, Meri ; Silius, Kirsi ; Tervakari, Anne-Maritta ; Marttila, Jarno ; Tebest, Teemo ; Huhtamäki, Jukka
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math., Tampere Univ. of Technol., Tampere, Finland
fYear :
2012
fDate :
17-20 April 2012
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
8
Abstract :
In this study, we examined how to use alumni stories to motivate and commit students to their studies. We used TUT Circle, a university-specific social-media service, as a tool for collecting and sharing alumni stories. For additional insights into alumni data, we created a set of visualisations, such as those showing educational paths leading to different professions. After reading the stories, we asked the students what they wanted from alumni stories and how social media (and face-to-face meetings) could be used to make interactions with alumni more useful. Students thought that alumni stories and visualisations were useful, but information that is more detailed and face-to-face meetings were also considered important. With more alumni stories, it would be possible to build alumni networks that would help students and educators to better link students´ studies with future careers and increase their motivation to study.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; data visualisation; human factors; hypermedia; social networking (online); TUT circle; alumni data; alumni networks; alumni story; data visualisations; educational paths; face-to-face meetings; social media; students commitment; students study; study motivation; university-specific social-media service; Communities; Data visualization; Educational institutions; Engineering profession; Laboratories; Media; Visualization; Alumni story; commitment; motivation; social media; visualisation;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Marrakech
ISSN :
2165-9559
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1457-2
Electronic_ISBN :
2165-9559
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/EDUCON.2012.6201166
Filename :
6201166
Link To Document :
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