Connecting with students outside of the classroom and LMS is important to student engagement leading to improved student retention rates.

1. Engage Outside the Classroom
Improve Student Retention
Reducing the cost of education
Increasing the effectiveness of the institution
HiveSocial for Higher Education
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2. Student Retention2
“Students who have frequent contact with faculty
members in and out of class during their college years
are more satisfied with their educational experiences,
are less likely to drop out, and perceive themselves to
have learned more than students who have less
faculty contact.” - K. Patricia Cross, 1998
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3. Engagement3
When you can get students outside of the curriculum
then they will also be more engaged inside the curriculum
an emotional commitment to an organization and its
goals
Students Faculty/Staff
George Kuh, professor of higher education
at Indiana University Bloomington
Gallup Poll
Engaged employees outperform those without by up 202%
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4. How do we engage?4
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Motivate/
Incent
Reward
Intrinsic/extrinsic
Recognize
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GAMIFICATION COMMUNICATION

5. Gaming vs. Gamification5
Gamification Adding game elements and mechanics to things that aren’t designed to be games.
To “gamify” To “gamify” something in education means you’re applying game design
principles to motivate and inspire learners.
~Alex Chisholm, executive director of the Learning Games Network,
a spin-off from the MIT Education Arcade and University of Wisconsin
Software
Solutions
• Point Systems (competitive leaderboards)
• Badges for accomplishments
• Levels of progression
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6. Communication
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Private Social
Network
Instant
Messaging
Instant
Email
Social MediaVideo
Conferencing
Desktop
Sharing
Audio
Conferencing

7. 5 Tips for Faculty to Build Student
Relationships
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Login in often to the school’s private social network
Post and comment in the network frequently
Respond to instant notifications/emails quickly
Express genuine enthusiasm in all communication methods
Acknowledge and greet students by names or with a smile and
wave in the hallways or around campus.
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8. Improve Student Retention
CONNECT. LEARN. REWARD.TRANSFORM
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9. HiveSocialTM for Higher Education by Enterprise Hive
transforms the educational institution into an engaged
campus by easily connecting all its constituents through
innovation using an enterprise engagement platform that
includes gaming mechanics and more.
Contact Enterprise Hive:
info@enterprisehive.com
804.438.9393
www.enterprisehive.com
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