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March, 2002 |
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Department of Communication Students who are enrolled in the Theories of Persuasion course at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown (UPJ) are using technology to build community. Students in Diane Nicodemus’s communication course are partnered with a local nonprofit agency to analyze and develop a plan for the agency’s Web site so that it can be more effective. This project is being funded by grants from the Advisory Council on Instructional Excellence (ACIE) and UPJ’s Integrating Technology into the Curriculum. These awards allowed Nicodemus to purchase computer equipment and advanced training in the use of Web-based technology in education. Nicodemus’s primary objective is “to help students gain further understanding of the course content.” She believes that the Web-based project has made a considerable difference in student learning. “They understand the subject matter better,” she points out, “because they apply what they learn in class.” Students take their theoretical knowledge of persuasion and apply it to a real-life situation. Her students have designed Web sites for the Ethnic Bottle
Works, Allegheny Plateau Audubon Society, and various campus
organizations. Following the course, students have the
opportunity to implement their project through the communication
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