Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Performance counts!"In many ways this may be the only way to change the world.This paper chronicles one instructor's journey from chalk-mediated, in-classroom andragogy to electronic-mediated, learning-time andragogy in an introductory course in management.The student population is 3:1 engineers to managers.Blending technology with purposefully mediated course design and multiple teaching methods, a diverse student population, year on year, demonstrates improvement of mastery of knowledge-skill relationships coupled with professional attitude development.Using 1) student exemplars, 2) anecdotal comments and 3) a standardized course evaluation instrument, IDEA from Kansas State University, a record of course design, teaching methods, and student performances is depicted.A chronology of interaction amongst student, instructor, and course developer underpins the discussion.Engineers and managers, scientists and artists, architects as well, engage in their initial undergraduate foray into management through [Name of Institution-Name of School]'s Introduction to Management, MGMT-1100.This course is designated as one half of the Institute's communication requirement, and, as such, awards performance."The course, by design, makes you "think" by exposing you to management and business situations, calling upon you to decide "what to do."This requires both individual and team performance criteria promoting a participative and active learning environment.The four broad areas of evaluation are (1) class participation and attendance, (2) case write-ups and presentations, (3) final executive presentation and (4) special assignments 1 ."This paper outlines a nearly eleven-year chronology of the student's improved performance as I, the instructor, journeyed into the blended learning processes. Marie-Pierre HuguetMarie-Pierre Huguet is an award winning instructional designer who, for the past 16 years, has been designing instruction and training for a wide variety of media.At Rensselaer Ploytechnic Institute since 2001, she provides instructional design guidance to faculty as they integrate Webbased and emerging technologies into their face-to-face classroom.
Authors: Frank X. Wright, Marie-Pierre Huguet
Institution: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Language: English
Topic: Online and Blended Learning
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W155034120