Well, the page is at
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Springfield-MO/Speckman-Tutoring-Learning-Center-at-OTC/96611480899?ref=ts#/pages/Springfield-MO/Speckman-Tutoring-Learning-Center-at-OTC/96611480899?ref=mf
We are still in our infancy (we have used this for a couple months), but we use it to advertise for tutors, let students know about workshops, and even link to our webpage.
If you are like me, you are thinking.."Isn't all that ON your webpage?" Sure it is. But students are coming in, telling us about our Facebook page, and telling us they didn't know we offered this or that, even though they have been here for semesters, it is posted online and various places in the lab.
Also, our web site has restrictions and processes to get updated. We just do the Facebook page in-house. All in all, I think it has been a successful venture.
Jacob L. Lewellen
Assistant Director
Speckman Tutoring and Learning Center
ICE 212
Ozarks Technical Community College
1001 E. Chestnut Expressway
Springfield, MO 65802-3625
417-447-8166 (fax: 417-447-8169)
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From: Open Forum for Learning Assistance Professionals [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Shari Clevenger
Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 11:08 AM
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Subject: Re: on-line tutoring
How can we access your Facebook page to see how it works?
Thanks,
Shari
Shari Clevenger
Instructor/Coordinator Reading Enhancement
Northeastern State University
Seminary Hall 357
609 N. Grand Avenue
Tahlequah, OK 74464
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On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Elaine Richardson <
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> Jacob,
> Could you elaborate on how you are using Facebook?
> Thanks,
> Elaine
>
> M. Elaine Richardson, PhD
> Director and CU 101 Coordinator
> Academic Success Center
> Clemson University
> Clemson, SC 29634
> (864) 656-6212
> Fax (864) 656-6215
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Open Forum for Learning Assistance Professionals
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of LEWELLEN, JACOB L.
> Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 6:20 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: on-line tutoring
>
> Vicki,
>
> Great ideas about searching for tutoring, I will look into that.
>
> About e-mail, of course you are right. We are also using e-mail, but I
> seem to have forgot it in my post to this list. The only problem with
> e-mail is that my institution sends the students a great deal of
> information, so I am afraid they stop reading them (I would).
>
> Our Main Campus tutoring center just started using Facebook to good
> advantage. I never thought about making one for online tutoring. Great
> idea!
>
> I also like the one about students that are struggling. Thank you for
> your input here.
>
> I am afraid I may have hijacked this thread, though.
>
> Jacob L. Lewellen
> Assistant Director
> Speckman Tutoring and Learning Center
> ICE 212
> Ozarks Technical Community College
> 1001 E. Chestnut Expressway
> Springfield, MO 65802-3625
> 417-447-8166 (fax: 417-447-8169)
> [log in to unmask]
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Open Forum for Learning Assistance Professionals
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Vicki Dominick
> Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 4:00 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: on-line tutoring
>
> Jacob,
>
> I think your best location to advertise online tutoring would be online.
> You might want to see if anyone in your tech department is tracking web
> page hits and searches. How often is "tutoring" searched? What pages
> appear after a search? If your Online Tutoring page is not at the top of
> the found pages, you might want to see how it can be. What pages get the
> most views? These would be places to try to get your name out.
>
> Can you send emails to students? Especially those taking online classes?
> I wouldn't try to overwhelm them, but an email sent out once or twice a
> semester might be useful. Do you have a facebook page? This might be
> another way to spread the word about your services.
>
> Perhaps your target audience is students who are struggling. If your
> campus does mid-term grade reports see if you can get a list of students
> to send a letter that includes a description of your program. Or, if the
> Dean or Provost sends out a letter to students already, see if they are
> willing to include a mention of your online tutoring program.
>
> I hope this helps!
>
> Vicki Dominick
> Learning Specialist
>
> > Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:52:18 -0500
> > From: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: on-line tutoring
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> >
> > One of my primary resources when we opened our online tutoring was
> Martin Golson, so you have a good resource there. I don't have any
> comparisons...however, I will say that you need to advertise it well. I
> am seeing very little use of our online tutoring, but the few who do use
> it are not the people that come in to the tutoring center, for the most
> part. I think you have no worries about it replacing actual
> face-to-face contact, even this day and age.
> >
> > But while we are here...does anyone have some good advertising ideas
> for online tutoring? We already have flyers, ads on TV screens around
> campus, and we ask the online teachers to announce it in their class.
> In addition, there is a link on the Course Management System (we use
> Blackboard) and we mention it when we visit the Main Campus classrooms
> to advertise for our on-campus tutoring services.
> >
> > The people who come love it. Very few come. Any ideas?
> >
> > Jacob L. Lewellen
> > Assistant Director
> > Speckman Tutoring and Learning Center
> > ICE 212
> > Ozarks Technical Community College
> > 1001 E. Chestnut Expressway
> > Springfield, MO 65802-3625
> > 417-447-8166 (fax: 417-447-8169)
> > [log in to unmask]
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Open Forum for Learning Assistance Professionals
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Gustavson, Karen
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 2:23 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: on-line tutoring
> >
> > Hello again,
> >
> > We are looking at implementing on-line tutoring as a part of our
> services, but would like to hear from other centers about how and when
> they went about this process. Does anyone have a handy checklist for
> this decision making process? Do you have a comparison sheet between
> all of the companies that offer tutoring services like Smartthinking? We
> just opened our center in January and are just now beginning to reach
> some of our goals (Thanks Martin Golson), how does on-line tutoring
> impact tutoring at a center?
> >
> > Thank you in advance for your assistance,
> >
> > Karen
> >
> > Karen Gustavson
> > Title V Activity Coordinator/Learning Specialist
> > Coordinator, Academic Success Center
> > Dodge City Community College
> > 2501 North 14th. Ave
> > Dodge City, KS 67801
> >
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