{"id":14509,"date":"2014-03-03T09:00:53","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T14:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/edc\/?p=14509"},"modified":"2021-08-13T10:20:10","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T14:20:10","slug":"new-media-meets-old-fashioned-understanding-spotlight-mary-francoli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/2014\/new-media-meets-old-fashioned-understanding-spotlight-mary-francoli\/","title":{"rendered":"New media meets old-fashioned understanding: Spotlight on Mary Francoli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By: Samantha Wright Allen <\/em><\/p>\n<p>A blend of real-world experiences, new media in the classroom and old-fashioned understanding sums up Mary Francoli\u2019s teaching philosophy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI treat (students) like people,\u201d says Francoli, a communications professor at Carleton since 2005. \u201cWhich seems really silly and it sounds really basic, but understanding that everyone has a life outside of here and there are many things that influence your academic performance. We have to be sensitive to that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That approach is one of the reasons why Francoli was the 2012 recipient of the New Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award.<\/p>\n<p>Though Francoli didn\u2019t start in communications, the political science PhD says the discipline is a perfect fit for her. \u201cThe ability for me to look at politics in a whole new light just revived and refreshed my interest in it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She says she cares about preparing students for life after graduation. She even has a workshop with that name for her fourth-years. Her assignments often focus on that end, designed to get students out of the classroom to develop applicable skills. Or she brings the outside in, organizing a speaker series of specialists in the various arms of communication.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it gives them hope that there\u2019s something that they can do after they leave,\u201d Francoli says with a laugh. \u201cIt\u2019s really interesting for them to hear from people that are employing some of the skill sets that they are learning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But, Francoli says it\u2019s the one-on-one moments that remind her why she loves teaching \u2013 whether it\u2019s guiding a student through their first conference presentation or proofreading a journal abstract or hearing from working students that her assignments were applicable to a \u201creal-world environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New media is both a research passion and a teaching tool for Francoli. \u201cMy attitude to teaching towards media is to really embrace it rather than banning it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Francoli uses online polling and other programs to encourage interaction in the larger classrooms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI use that as a starting point for discussion and engagement,\u201d she says, adding she uses Twitter to answer questions and share interesting links. Even guest speakers use the course hashtags.<\/p>\n<p>For the last couple years, she\u2019s focused on the \u201cinteresting tension\u201d created by the adoption of social media practices in federal government, which can be antithetical to Twitter\u2019s instantaneous and interactive quality. And for Francoli, teaching keeps her engaged in the subject she loves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an opportunity for me to feel refreshed about what I\u2019m learning and researching. The students always have really good ideas \u2013 talking to them I get different insight which I find really compelling.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Samantha Wright Allen A blend of real-world experiences, new media in the classroom and old-fashioned understanding sums up Mary Francoli\u2019s teaching philosophy. \u201cI treat (students) like people,\u201d says Francoli, a communications professor at Carleton since 2005. \u201cWhich seems really silly and it sounds really basic, but understanding that everyone has a life outside of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[456,377,201],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - 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