1. Transition into adult spirituality Changing my roll in spirituality Connecting to Research paper Connection to Bell Hooks reading

2. Evolution to living on my own Taking on responsibility Connecting a journal entry Growth in Seminar Connection to Internship project

3. StoryTelling Connecting research paper to BIF project Connecting Interviews

5. Understanding the Hybrid Student Experience Elicia Welch 12.14.2009

6. Business Innovation Factory is a non-profit company that was started in 2004. BIF focuses on understanding the issues related to healthcare, education and energy. The BIF Model is to Think, Learn, Do, Connect! They explore this by finding innovators from all over to share their story and connect with the communities. A Bit About BIF Understanding the Hybrid Student Experience | 12.14.2009

7. Student Experience Lab Understanding the Hybrid Student Experience | 12.14.2009 The Student Experience Lab was created to help people understand the college student experience. Students were interviewed from colleges and universities around the country to receive information on the student experience to help the experience lab build and evolve into an informational website.

8. “The current U.S. post secondary education system, does not deliver, at sufficient scale or at an affordable price, high quality college experience that prepares all students with the skills they need to participate in the 21 st century knowledge economy. As a result, too many current and prospective students are left with their educational and economic needs unmet.” Project Challenge Understanding the Hybrid Student Experience | 12.14.2009

9. My Problem Statement Understanding the Hybrid Student Experience | 12.14.2009 What are the factors that impact the hybrid student experience?

10. Project Tasks Understanding the Hybrid Student Experience | 12.14.2009 Frame problem statement Find participants Organize audio and visual supplies Create project plan/timeline Develop interview questions Interview prospective students Review/Analyze Define themes/insights Define key challenges Final deliverable

11. Developing a Timeline Understanding the Hybrid Student Experience | 12.14.2009

12. Participant Selection Criteria Understanding the Hybrid Student Experience | 12.14.2009 Undergraduate student Enrolled in hybrid or online class

13. Sample interview Questions Understanding the Hybrid Student Experience | 12.14.2009 Do you like the experience of taking a hybrid course? How does travel impact your educational experience? What is your course of major? How much time do you spend on home work for each class? What do you see yourself doing after college?

14. The Student Voice Megan Lacombe Paralegal Clerk Daniel Gannon Lieutenant Police Officer Understanding the Hybrid Student Experience | 12.14.2009

15. Factors in the Student Experience Understanding the Hybrid Student Experience | 12.14.2009 Communication Awareness Fear Learning Styles Time Management Returning to School Motivation Location

16. Key Challenges Understanding the Hybrid Student Experience | 12.14.2009 Managing Schedules Student have hard times sticking with schedules because of family responsibilities that may go on at home. Maintaining a Job Going to school and maintaining a job is difficult for students like hybrid students carrying more than one responsibility Family Responsibilities Family becomes the biggest responsibility when it children come in the picture in the hybrid student experience. Getting to Class Students have trouble getting from school to work or school to home with the distance in where their school is located. Diverse Learning The majority of educators see a regular traditional school as the only way of learning but a non-traditional student see education in many different forms.

17. Core Learning Goals Understanding the Hybrid Student Experience | 12.14.2009 1) Knowledge of human cultures and physical and natural world 2) Social science 3) Team work collaboration and community 4) Ethnic and Professionalism 5) Cultural understanding 6) Leadership and project management

18. Task vs Goal Evaluation Understanding the Hybrid Student Experience | 12.14.2009 1=little - 5=Most Knowledge of human cultures & the physical & natural worldSocial science Teamwork collaboration and community Cultural Under standing Leadership & project management Frame problem statement Find participants Organize audio and visual List Create project plan/timeline Develop interview questions Interview prospective students Review/Analyze Define themes/insights Define key challenges Final deliverable 12345

19. Thank You!

20. Conflicts in learning community Impacting thoughts and views of myself Feeling like a hypocrite

21. Transition into new Internship Academic progress Paper revisions Skills I’ve learned

22. Connecting seminar and internship Participation in discussions Learning a new language and terms Reading techniques

23. Terms from BIF User experience Human centered design Qualitative research vs. Quantitative

24. Academic Perseverance Serious meeting with Tracy Motivation to move forward

25. Conclusion Semester readiness