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Strategies for Effective Communication with Today's College Students

This workshop highlights essential strategies for fostering communication and engagement in instructional settings tailored to today’s college students. Drawing from insights by Clay Shirky and Arthur Levine, it addresses the challenges faced by educators and the paradox of digital natives—more connected yet isolated. Emphasizing the importance of identity, integrity, and connectedness in teaching, participants will explore practical techniques for effective engagement, including vocal tone, body language, and fostering an inclusive classroom environment.

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Strategies for Effective Communication with Today's College Students

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  1. RELATING TO TODAY’S COLLEGE STUDENT: STRATEGIES FOR COMMUNICATION AND ACTION IN INSTRUCTIONAL SETTINGS

  2. SHIRKY. COGNITIVE SURPLUS: TV TIME TO INTERACTIVE MEDIA

  3. BRUNO

  4. LEVINE/DEAN: GENERATION ON A TIGHTROPE • DIGITAL NATIVES • DIVERSE • MORE CONNECTED/MORE ISOLATED • ECONOMICS • IMMATURE/DEPENDENT/CODDLED/ENTITLED

  5. LEVINE/DEAN CONT….. • PRAGMATIC/HARDWORKING/WANT TO DO GOOD • UNRELENTING CHANGE • SO…….. • PEDAGOGICAL INTEGRATION OF ABSTRACT WITH CONCRETE

  6. PARKER PALMER. THE COURAGE TO TEACH.

  7. GOOD TEACHERS (communicators) possess a capacity for connectedness

  8. TEACHING (communicating) is an exercise in vulnerability

  9. IDENTITY AND INTEGRITY ARE AT THE CORE OF GOOD TEACHING (communicating)

  10. PERSONHOOD: USE TECHNIQUES TO REVEAL NOT CONCEAL

  11. MENTORSHIP

  12. CONNECTING WITH THE INWARD, LIVING CORE OF OUR STUDENTS

  13. AN ACTIVITY

  14. ACHIEVINGENGAGEMENT: • LISTENING CLARIFIES PERCEPTIONS • VOCABULARY ESTABLISHES UNDERSTANDING • BODY LANGUAGE CONFIRMS PRESENCE • TONE CREATES COMMONALITY

  15. SOME ENGAGEMENT QUESTIONS…. LITTLE RANDY:

  16. ARESTUDENTS’FEELINGS IMPORTANT TO YOU?

  17. DO YOU LIKE TO BE WITHSTUDENTS, DRAWING STRENGTH FROM THEIR IDEAS AND VISIONS OR DO THEY ANNOY YOU?

  18. ARE YOU WILLING TO ACCEPT OCCASIONAL DEFEAT AND MOVE ON WITHOUT PUNISHING THE INNOCENT?

  19. DO YOU DIVIDEYOUR STUDENTSINTO FRIENDS (A FEW) AND ENEMIES (MANY)?

  20. WOULD YOU SACRIFICE CONTENT FOR PROCESS?

  21. ARE YOU GOOD AT PERSUADINGSTUDENTSTO DO YOUR BIDDING?

  22. WHENSTUDENTSOPPOSE YOU, DO YOU TRY TO SEE THEIR POINT OF VIEW?

  23. TECHNIQUES TALK….. • BREATH • STANCE • PACE • VOLUME • STYLE

  24. ENTHUSIASM IS: • AUTHENTIC • AMPLIFYING • RECIPROCAL

  25. IN SUMMARY…… • SO WHAT DID YOU LEARN? • WHAT IS YOUR TAKE-AWAY FROM THIS WORKSHOP?

  26. RANDY’S MOTTO: • GO TOWARDS THESTUDENTTHAT DRIVES YOU NUTS….THERE’S SOMETHING YOU NEED TO LEARN!

  27. Randy B. Hensley • NEWMAN LIBRARY, BARUCH COLLEGE, CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK • RANDY.HENSLEY@BARUCH.CUNY.EDU • 646.312.1609

  28. SOURCES MENTIONED: • Notes From the Field: 10 Short Lessons on One-Shot Instruction. Communications In Information Literacy. Vol. 6. Issue 1. 2012. • Arthur Levine and Diane R. Dean. Generation On A Tightrope: A Portrait of Today’s College Student. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2012. • Parker Palmer. The Courage To Teach. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1998. • Clay Shirky. Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age. NY: Penguin Press, 2010.

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