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International Journal of Transformative Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

ORCID

Kerri Anne Crowne https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8774-7884

Submission Category

Practice-Based Article

Abstract

Diversity has increased in our classrooms, and students, on average, spend over seven hours on screens daily. These factors create more complexity in higher education. Networking provides opportunities to engage students with others and build social capital in diverse environments. So, during the first day of the semester, I conduct a networking icebreaker that provides students the chance to get to know their classmates better. During the activity, students use a handout with a table of criteria to find someone in the class who fits each criterion listed. Then they write the person’s name in the table and ask them some additional questions listed on the handout. This process of talking with others and handwriting notes provides value for building relationships and aid in retention of information, as well as developing in-person networking skills.

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).

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