Teaching
Posts created for my students and readers related to our course topics: integrated strategic communication, information design, and social media. Categorized by course number.
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Navigating the campus with new eyes
Students in my communication seminar on proxemics in the Knight School conducted a wheelchair accessibility audit of campus. The audit helped students to better understand how people different from themselves understand and use built space. The following story was featured on the Queens University of Charlotte website about the project: Navigating the campus with new eyes…
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Mapping Innovation: a discussion with digital entrepreneur Nick Such
When was the last time you got lost? Self-proclaimed “indoor map nerd” Nick Such wants to come to the rescue. “People getting lost in buildings is a problem we can solve,” says Such, CEO of BuildingLayer and founder of Awesome Inc. As CEO of BuildingLayer, much of his current work focuses on indoor mapping of built spaces.…
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I took my graduate students to Walmart. Don’t judge.
Everytime I write an paper about user-experience design, I try to illuminate the main concept by comparing Ikea and Walmart. So, it made sense to me that instead of talking about this comparison in my graduate course in “Space, Technology & User Experience,” I would utilize the actual spaces to make the comparison for me. My…
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Proxemics for Blogs: Using digital space to your advantage
I’ve spent the past few days assessing blog sites full of observations about spaces. A blog is a digital space worthy of analysis in the context of proxemics. The objects placed into a blog post all have individual attributes (size, color, location) that impact their perceived use of space on a page. The trick for bloggers is…
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Experimenting with Pinterest in the college classroom
The article below was featured on the Social Media Club’s Education Blog on September 17, 2012. I embarked on another classroom teaching and learning experiment this fall on Pinterest. One hundred of our students at Queens University of Charlotte were dispatched into the venues and streets of Charlotte as student interns and volunteers during the 2012 Democratic…
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Interns score backstage credentials at DNC
The following story was featured here on the Queens University of Charlotte website, September 12, 2012: Raulston Boger and Anna Kirwan had no idea what to expect when they received their DNC internship assignment from the Knight School of Communication. They were appointed to the DNC Host Committee, responsible for planning and executing the entire…
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Charlotte and the Convention – recapping #COMM360
Two days of seminars (followed by a week of volunteering) would normally be enough to leave students glassy-eyed and exhausted. The “Charlotte and the Convention” conference at Queens University of Charlotte was a clear exception. After over 30 different speakers and as many topics, students poured out of the classroom enthusiatic about engaging with the Democratic National…
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DNC Insights 20 seconds at a time
The following article was featured by Queens University of Charlotte on Sept. 5, 2012: In precisely 40 minutes and 120 slides, five Queens’ faculty members and an alumnus regaled students with six presentations tied to the Democratic National Convention. The topics ranged from the history of political protests to the increasing role of influence that…
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Media Makers Covering the Convention
RT @TheKnightSchool: #comm360: you have a front row seat to access #dnc2012 #CLT media with: @rthames @jruckman & Fran Farrer Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Share on Google Share on Linkedin Share by email COMM360 Fri, Aug 31 2012 12:52:54 ReplyRetweet 0 likes · 0 comments Ow.ly – image uploaded by…
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Social Media Changes Journalism – @sleuth presents at #COMM360
So excited to have the talented @sleuth speaking in #COMM360 today @QueensUniv: How social media changes journalism. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Share on Google Share on Linkedin Share by email JAMcArthur Thu, Aug 30 2012 09:21:15 ReplyRetweet 0 likes · 0 comments People are most likely to engage in branded…
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