Transcript Troy University eTROY Colloquium April 17-18, 2012

Troy University
eTROY Colloquium
April 17-18, 2012
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Dr. Hal Fulmer
◦ Associate Provost and Dean of Undergraduate and First
Year Studies
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Dr. Terry Anderson
◦ Associate Professor and Regional Coordinator, MPA
Program, Southeast Region, Global Campus
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Dr. Scout Blum
◦ Associate Professor of History, Troy Campus
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Dr. Timon Paleologus
◦ Associate Professor of Reading Education, Phenix City
Campus
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Goals of the Forum:
◦ Discussion of the state of reading nationally and the
specific status of student reading skills
◦ Discussion of the impact, good and bad, of
technological advances on reading skills
◦ Discussion of specific steps toward assisting
students to become better/more engaged readers
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Questions for our discussion:
◦ What is the role of reading, nationally, today?
◦ What is the current status of our students’ reading
skills and reading engagement?
◦ What is the relationship between reading and
student success?
◦ How have recent technological changes improved
reading skills? How have these changes adversely
affected reading skills?
◦ What are the specific steps that instructors can take
to help students become better/more engaged
readers?
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Associate Professor of Public Administration
Joined Troy University in 1998
21 years of public sector experience prior to
coming to Troy (FBI and Broward Sheriff’s
Office)
Served for 11 years as a visiting professor in
the Republic of Georgia in an MPA program at
the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (20002010)
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Course-specific content reading
◦ Fail to participate in class discussions
◦ Fail to conduct thorough research
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Technical reading (e.g. syllabus,
instructions for assignments)
◦ Fail to follow specific instructions
◦ Fail to meet specific deadlines
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Lack of appreciation for “educational” reading vs.
“job” reading
Length of reading assignments (impatient readers)
Preference for immediate response to questions
Cost of books
Laziness
Poor reading skills (self-discipline)
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Lack of reading and poor reading skills lead to
◦ Voluntary withdrawal
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Confusion
Feeling of being overwhelmed
Feeling of being disconnected without help
Poor grade
◦ Involuntary withdrawal
 Accumulated poor grades lead to academic probation and
student fails to return
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Blackboard Content Quiz
Administrative Law – book analyses
Foundations of PA – Classics book
Case Study Analysis exams