茂秀色直播 Spotlight interviews are published twice weekly before major professional development meetings. They feature our conversations with industry experts, highlighting key issues and promoting sessions and workshops at the upcoming conference.
Below you'll find brief summaries of four recent Q-and-As with links to the full interviews.
Dynamic Data Models, Modularity, and Agile Development in Student Systems
Do you know how to avoid 鈥淐onway鈥檚 law鈥 and develop software that actually meets the needs of your student systems? Jerald Bracken, Software Engineer at Brigham Young University, will help attendees understand 鈥淒ynamic Data Models, Modularity, and Agile Development in Student Systems鈥 at this year鈥檚 秀色直播 Technology Conference.
Read our interview with Bracken here.
Writing Across the Institutions Conference: Initiating a Dialogue about Transfer Student Success in Writing
Transfer student conversations often revolve around registrar practices and credit equivalencies. Another important topic should be added to the mix, according to C.C. Hendricks, consultant to the (WAC) program at Appalachian State University (ASU).
鈥淲e need to have conversations about transfer student success in writing,鈥 she said. 鈥淪trong writing skills help students succeed in all curriculum.鈥
Read the rest of our interview with Hendricks here.
How to Recommend the Transfer Option to First-Year Students: UNCW's Teal Track Program
It鈥檚 possible to turn denied first-year applicants into successful second-year transfers, says Tom Tascone, Transfer Admissions Coordinator at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington. It鈥檚 not as hard as it may seem at first鈥攁nd it doesn鈥檛 require a lot of extra resources.
Tascone will reflect on the success and lessons of the pilot year of UNCW鈥檚 unique transfer program during his session 鈥淗ow to Recommend the Transfer Option to First-Year Students: UNCW's Teal Track Program,鈥 at this year鈥檚 秀色直播 Transfer and Technology program.
Read our interview with Tascone here.