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COMM 470 Agenda - Week 1 • An Introduction to Dr. Andrew Finn • Syllabus • Student Expectations (Exercise) • Implicit and Explicit Course Agreements • Team Formation • Student Introductions (Exercise) • Lecture • Components of Listening Who I Am . . . • Dr. Andrew Finn • • • • • Web Site: E-mail: Home: Cell: Skinner: www.umd.edu/~afinn [email protected] 703-425-1641 703-850-7003 301-405-7447 • My Intention for this Semester: • • • • We Learn a Lot Everybody Makes It Highest Grades EVER in COMM 470 We Have FUN and ENJOY Coming to Class Learning Teams Pedagogical Principles • Student Learning - not Professor Teaching • Discussion is More Engaging than Lecture • Learn the Material, then Apply It Why I Use Teams • Students Learn MUCH More Why Businesses Use Teams • Rapidly Shifting Tasks • Empowerment, Self-Direction What Organizations Value http://www.cox.com/CoxCareer • Critical thinking -- seeing the big picture and being analytical; comprehending what you read Communication -- getting your point across effectively when writing and speaking Visionary qualities -- brainstorming, looking to the future, setting goals Self-motivation -- showing a willingness to take the initiative What Organizations Value Proficiency with information -- being inquisitive, curious, and resourceful; knowing how to conduct research Global-minded -- understanding and showing an interest in other cultures and getting along with diverse groups of people Teamwork -- working well with others to achieve common goals http://www.cox.com/CoxCareer Preliminary Exercise On a Scale of: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10, Where 1 = Very Low and 10 = Very High Please Rate Your Knowledge of: • Communication (Courses and the Major) • Your Current Level of Listening Skills • Your Knowledge of APA Style • Your Level of Introversion • Your Overall ‘Expectations’ for This Course • Then: • Add all the scales to give yourself an overall score (between 5 • and 50) Write it on a half sheet of paper Learning Teams Components of Learning Teams • Readiness Assessment Tests • In-Class Team Exercises • Team Projects • TP1: Peer Evaluation Procedures & Criteria • Evaluating Peers • Helping Behavior In-Class Team Exercise 1 First do individually . . . • Draw a vertical line down a paper • list Negative Thoughts about . . . • Group Work / Team Assignments • then list Positive Thoughts about Both Repeat the process for the idea of: • Sharing Information About Yourself then do as a team (use the “official” form) Concerns You May Have • The Type of Work • Do I Really Want to Learn This Stuff? • This is B O R I N G ! • I’ve Been in Teams -and One Person Does All • • the Work Why Do I Have to Reveal Stuff About Myself? Does this Guy Know What He is Talking About? Housekeeping / Logistics Tasks for EVERYONE: • “Circle” the number on the Class List • Fill in your information on the Team Roster Tasks for each TEAM: • Pick a time to meet between class 1 and 3 • Choose a team name (soon) • Team Photos will be Taken in Class Next Wed. Housekeeping – After Class Tasks for each TEAM: • Download MS Word file from Website, then E• • mail Team Roster to your TA Prepare for TP1, TP2 Choose a Team Name Semester Activities • Thinking • Shifting Paradigms • Learning Teams • Learning New Ways to Listen • Learning New Ways to Speak The Field of Communication Studies Primary Sub-disciplines • Interpersonal Comm • Mass Comm • Rhetoric (Public Comm) The Central Focus of Communication • Messages • Message Creation, Message Interpretation The View of the Individual in Social Science Psychology • Stimulus – Response • The “Organism” is Passive Communication • S–M–C–R • The Receiver is Passive New Paradigm in the 70s-80s • The Receiver is an Active Being Listening A Subset of • Interpersonal Comm • Mass Comm • Public Comm Taken for Granted • No Resume Lists ‘Listening Skills’ • There is Very Little Training Worldviews and Paradigms Worldview • The Sum of Your Paradigms Paradigms • A Specific Approach to a Phenomenon • A Specific Approach to a Situation • A Specific Approach to a Person or People In-Class Team Exercise 1b First do individually . . . • List your Paradigms about Listening • • • • Listening to Friends Listening to Parents Listening to Small Children Listening to Teachers (Lecturing) then do as a team (use the “official” form)