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You’ve probably noticed,
some things have changed about college students.
But there’s good news:
(They just do a lot of stuff online.)
Students are human.still
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They Need
YOU ARE
NOT
ALONE
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Comfort
Comfort
Connection
Hi! I’m new.
Awesome,join our team!
Comfort
They Need Connectionstill
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They Need Contribution
Connection
Contribution
Here,let me help.
Thanks!
Comfort
still>
(They just look for them online.)
They Need the Same Thingsstill
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(And it doesn’t work that well.)
They Need the Same Thingsstill
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Their Current Approach:
Freshmen try to connect with other new students via Facebook groups, but group walls are full of questions and few answers.
{Comfort: Find People Like You
Activities
Activities
www.yourschool.edu{Activities
Activities
Activities
Sports
Student Clubs
Sports
Students often can't make sense of their institution’s many websites, and information is difficult to keep up to date.
Connection: Join the College Community
There is no central place to share with the college community,so the best work is lost online or buried in private class forums.
?Contribution: Give to the Community
YourEDU
Schools Want Students to Succeed
Connection
Contribution
Comfort
Connection
Contribution Connection
25%of students will drop out in their first year.*
*According to American College Testing
but
Comfort
Contribution
“The major cause of student attrition [is] the inability of students to make the transition to
college and become incorporated into the institution's ongoing social and intellectual life.”
-Dr. Vincent Tinto, Leaving College: Rethinking the Causes and Cures of Student Attrition.
Second Edition.
hello?
We can do better.(With a new web tool and the necessary support.)
YourEDU
Comfort
Connection
Contribution
A Single Web Based Tool:
Helping students
1. Find people like them
2. Create and join groups
3. Contribute to the college community
And helping colleges
4. Track, assess, advise and
support the process
2 minutes to sign up
See interest matches(in year, major, and residence hall)
Comfort: Find People Like You
Receive recommendations for student groups(based on matching interests)
Join groups with one click(clubs recruit automatically)
Connection: Join the College Community
e.g. College 101Class Major CollegeClub/ Org
Automatically share content you create online with any of your groups or with the entire college
Contribution: Give to the Community
A live dashboard shows student activity
and highlights support needs.
Assessment: Support and Advise
Result: Increased Support, Retention, and Success
StudentsCampus-wide lecture on safe and effective use of online tools.
Staff and Faculty
Dashboard training and a technology education curriculum for First Year Experience courses
Training:
Student Leaders
Workshop on increasing engagement by using technology to recruit and organize
An Integrated Solution
• Meet peers in their
major and residence hall
Students:
College:
• Facilitate connections
• Measure interaction
• Find and join groups
• Find campus mentors• Share their online content
• Contribute to community
• Assess and encourage
student leaders• Teach effective use of tools
• Create community culture
Timeline: Your College with Red Rover
YourEDU
Connection
Contribution
Comfort
The 2009 software will be made available to a
few select colleges.
To discuss participation in eitherthe free software or an integrated package
of training and software,please email [email protected].
