Discussion List for campus-based and allied personnel working to end gender-based violence on campus.

["Brittany Thompson" <>]

Hi Fellow Activists,

 

I have been working with a team of researchers and practitioners for the last 16 months to create an entirely new way to do online learning.  I recently graduated from college and had to take AlcoholEdu, too.  

 

We thought there must be a way to personally reach every student based on their individual characteristics.  I wasn’t a drinker, so I needed something different from my friends who were. 

I’ve had the amazing opportunity to work with Claire Kaplan of UVA, Dr. Marisa Silveri of Harvard Medical School, Eric Klein at Lehigh, and over 50 others! 

 

Here’s what we made:  ThinkDrink and ThinkLuv run 726 different ways within a movie environment where you get to be in the show.

What’s totally exciting:  results have shown positive impact on Bystander Intervention with an increase of over 270% from pre- to post-test! 

We would love to see if you all get the same results with your students!  I can send each member of our listserve a free pass for 100 seats.  You could use them before Spring Break!  If you think you’d need more, please let me know.

 

I keep reading how big many of your schools are.  Campuses with over 15K students would only pay fractions of a dollar per student.  We made it 100% customizable, with stylish and intuitive at-a-glance dashboards and reports, plus text message reminders, funny emails to get students to take it, and a James Bond design!

Thanks so much for all you do!  It’s so exciting to be involved with this listserve and hear about the culture change we’re creating.

 

Brittany

 

 

From: Seguin, Angela DiNunzio [mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 11:25 AM
To: Tom Schiff;
Subject: RE: Online bystander intervention programs

 

We have been using Alcohol.Edu for several years now and last year we opted to stick with it as a way to also educate our incoming students about sexual assault, dating violence and bystander intervention because the folks at Everfi enhanced the “Haven” section (module 2 – there are 3 modules to the course) to include these topics.  We also chose to stick with it because it provides us with data that is comparable year to year on students’ behavior as well as data on the effectiveness of Alcohol.Edu on our campus.

 

Since we are a larger school – 21,000+ and 17,000 of them are undergrads – it is challenging to find ways of holding more intimate discussions or interactive programs that reach ALL the students.  At least we know all students (age 25 & under) MUST complete Alcohol.Edu or a hold is placed on their account and they cannot register for Spring classes until they complete the program.  This accountability piece works.

 

Nevertheless, it seems there are a few new products on the market right now, so we are also reviewing what’s out there to determine what might work best and be affordable to use on our campus.  So I’d love to hear other responses about what other campuses have found to be effective.

 

Angela

 

Angela DiNunzio Seguin

Project Director, UD-DSU Violence Against Women Act Grant

Coordinator, Sexual Offense Support

Student Wellness & Health Promotion

University of Delaware

(302) 831-3457

http://www.udel.edu/studentwellness

 

From: Tom Schiff []
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 10:26 AM
To:
Subject: Online bystander intervention programs

 

Hi All,

 

I am wondering which products folk are using, and what you see as the pro and cons of them.

 

I apologize for any cross posting.

 

Tom Schiff, Ed.D.

Interim Lead

Health Promotion

Center for Health Promotion

University of Massachusetts

Amherst, MA 01003

413-577-5133

 

“Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire” - William Butler Yeats

 

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