Friendship at the Speed of Light: Unpacking The Speed-Friending Experience

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Infographic by Kyra DeLoach via Canva is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0.

As things in our world get more digital, it can be hard to get students comfortable with face-to-face interaction, confrontation, and even asking questions in person. As a Residence Hall Manager this is a big problem I noticed in college-aged learners.

In the past 8 weeks of class, I have been trying to come up with solutions to this issue of getting students comfortable with face-to-face interactions in a digital world. In my Wicked Problems Project, I came across some solutions– one being using intentional programming to practice communication. One event idea was Speed-Friending.

Speed-friending is an event that I have done in the past, but not as intentionally as I will in the future. I planned how I would do the program more intentionally– conversation cards, tips for effective communication, and an exit survey.

After planning my event, I planned out how I would evaluate the effectiveness of the learning by using the Learning Transfer Evaluation Model (LTEM) by Dr. Thalheimer. I created an infographic on Canva.com showing how I would evaluate my program and its effectiveness. 

I thoroughly believe that by using intentional programming and programming that encourages face-to-face interaction and communication I can help students be more comfortable with it and confrontation. I’m looking forward to implementing this next semester on my campus and look forward to sharing the results I find.

References

Delta, J. (2019, December 4). The LTEM Training & Learning Evaluation Model. Vectorsolutions.com. https://www.vectorsolutions.com/resources/blogs/the-ltem-training-learning-evaluation-model/

Thalheimer, W. (2018). The learning-transfer evaluation model: Sending messages to enable learning effectiveness.