Leveraging Competitions as a Mechanism to Increase Digital Fluency

Wednesday, October 11, 2023 | 3:00PM–3:45PM CT | Poster #114, Halls F1, F2, Level 3
Session Type: Poster Session
Delivery Format: Poster Session
Student-centered technology-related competitions are an effective cocurricular mechanism for engaging liberal arts students and increasing their digital fluency. This session will overview our definition and types of competitions, detail our workflow for creating and running effective competitions, provide background and metric data, and walk the audience through one tangible example related to data analytics and visualization. Everything presented could be replicated at another university.

Presenters

  • Michael Boyles

    Director, Tenzer Technology Center and the Information Technology Associates Program, DePauw University

  • Laurel Tilton

    Assistant Director of the Tenzer Technology Center, DePauw University