How We Combined Marketing Strategies, Pedagogy, and Personal Connections to Double Our VoiceThread User Base
How We Combined Marketing Strategies, Pedagogy, and Personal Connections to Double Our VoiceThread User Base
Wednesday, March 29 | 1:30PM–2:10PM | Ballroom DE
Session Type:
Poster Session
Delivery Format:
Poster Session
You have researched and signed a contract for a new software for your campus. Now what? How do you find and support hundreds of users? It's daunting, but doable! Learn the five-pronged marketing solution developed by the VoiceThread Admin at UMass Boston to more than double the user base in one year, bringing it to 20% of all university faculty. Features of this solution include many typical marketing activities built on a solid pedagogical foundation and sealed with a faculty-by-faculty relationship-building approach.
Outcomes: Learn about UMass Boston's 5-pronged marketing strategy to spread VoiceThread on campus * Explore 5 innovative pedagogical strategies for integrating VoiceThread into online, web-enhanced, and face-to-face courses * Understand what VoiceThread does and why/how I might use it
Presenters
Ellen Foust
Instructional Designer, University of Massachusetts Boston