The Internet is Unwell…and Will Not Be at School Today: Oppositions, Omissions and Online Anxiety
David Mathew, MA, University of Bedfordshire, Luton, Bedfordshire, England
Suggested Citation
Mathew, D. (2014). The internet is unwell…and will not be at school today: Oppositions, omissions and online anxiety. InSight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching, 9, 9-27. https://doi.org/10.46504/09201400ma
Healthcare Learning Community and Student Retention
Sherryl W. Johnson, PhD, Albany State University Georgia
Suggested Citation
Johnson, S. W. (2014). Healthcare learning community and student retention. InSight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching, 9, 28-35. https://doi.org/10.46504/09201401jo
Teaching, learning, and retention processes have evolved historically to include multifaceted techniques beyond the traditional lecture. This article presents related results of a study using a healthcare learning community in a southwest Georgia university. The value of novel techniques and tools in promoting student learning and retention remains under review. This study includes a healthcare learning community as a cutting-edge teaching and learning modality. The results of an introspective survey of 22 students in a learning community explore strategies to
enhance culturally relevant teaching, learning, and retention. Although learning and retention studies have been conducted at numerous universities, few have included feedback from students in a healthcare learning community. Frequencies from student responses were tabulated using five thematic factors: social support, career knowledge/opportunities, academic support, networking and faculty rapport/relationship building. Of the five theme areas, social support was identified most frequently by students as a means to support their learning and retention in the university setting.
