Have a seat anywhere
um hello, is this the student focus group session?
Yeah I think it is
I'm Wendy if you haven't figured that out by now. Today we're
going to talk about faculty
and what they know about your learning
so just share with me some ideas
like what you want faculty members to know
[Phone Ringing] sorry
hey how's it going? I know I'm, I'm doing a session right now
Yeah no, we'll talk about that later. yeah no I got it. yeah.
okay, sorry about that. um... Please also make sure your phone's are off
I think it's really disrespectful so we if we can make sure everything is off so we
can actually get the session going.
Okay, so what does faculty know about student learning?
and have you used connect before?
I haven't used connect yet it but i've used vista
Okay so this sessions more about connect and not about vista
so let's try to stay on topic because like
we don't want this session taking forever so if you have anything to say about connect
like anything to contribute.
No..
Ok um, Does anyone else have anything else about connect and learning?
well I don't know if this is on topic
but I don't think I necessarily learn on connect
I mean I use the discussion board
Discussion boards? They don't help you learn?
Do you even post?
Yeah...
All right let's just move on to question two which is
um.. I dont know
Let's just... do you guys even know like
how you learn? Like what's your GPA?
Do you like pay attention in class? You got Facebook?
Like what do you guys do?
um why are you asking us? Are you judging us?
No I'm not judging you. I mean, you don't have to be so defensive
I just wanna know like what gets in the way of your learning?
like do you... are you one of those
kid's that has your laptop open on
Facebook during lectures?
Well there's only three of us so lets wrap this up.
I'm just gonna write down you guys go on
Facebook, and we can just like conclude this session.
Well thanks for coming
good morning everyone
the purpose of this focus group is to
offer your perspective of how you learn
best. This information will be shared anonymously
with faculty members so feel free to
give us all your thoughts on how you request
Sure! I feel the generalization of all
students all being lazy and I'm like
it's just not true.
At times I become un-motivated because of
boring the class is. On the other hand, I'm super
interested in being a social coordinator
on the scheme worklearn. Thats a great point Greg
now think back to that time that you were bored
can you explain to me more about why you were bored? Sure!
How do you learn best? Take your time. It's a safe space.
Feel free to share whatever
comes to mind
I like best when I can apply what I
learned to my personal life
would you like to explain more about that connection?
What are some barriers to your learning?
Think of a time when you were in class and you start
sleeping, playing games online, checking
Facebook. I watch YouTube in class.
Thats a good example, and how does youtube impact your learning?