{"655504":{"#nid":"655504","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New LMC Class Prepares Students to Become CommLab Consultants","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA new course in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.lmc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Literature, Media, and Communication\u003C\/a\u003E (LMC) will help students study how people communicate, learn to communicate better themselves, and develop strategies to help others hone those skills. Students who complete the class can apply for paid employment as \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.communicationcenter.gatech.edu\/jobs\u0022\u003Epeer consultants\u003C\/a\u003E in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.communicationcenter.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ENaugle CommLab\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.lmc.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/f7a0b486-5836-5882-ae6c-e02584ad3d5d\u0022\u003EMelissa Ianetta\u003C\/a\u003E, interim chair of LMC and executive director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/wcprogram.lmc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EWriting and Communication Program\u003C\/a\u003E, is teaching the special topics class \u0026mdash; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/oscar.gatech.edu\/bprod\/bwckschd.p_disp_detail_sched?term_in=202202\u0026amp;crn_in=32927\u0022\u003ELMC 4813: Communication Theory, Pedagogy, and Practice\u003C\/a\u003E \u0026mdash; in its inaugural semester.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Having led writing and communication centers before, I know that well-prepared peer tutors make enormous differences in campus writing culture and often serve as agents of pedagogical change,\u0026rdquo; Ianetta said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStudents begin by learning the theory of communication and applying it to their own writing before diving into educational theory and tutoring. In doing so, they become models of best practices for writing and tutoring, supporting Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s efforts to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/strategicplan.gatech.edu\/focus\/lead\u0022\u003Elead by example.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Peer tutoring complements what students learn in the classroom but is independent from it and is a completely different learning experience for the student and the tutor,\u0026rdquo; Ianetta said. \u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s transformational for the learners, who come to get assistance with their writing and communication at the CommLab, but it is equally as transformative for the students who are working there, because nothing will teach you mastery of something like teaching it, or in this case, tutoring.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA major assignment for the students will be to develop and execute an original empirical research project analyzing writing at either Georgia Tech or the CommLab and applying the theories they have learned throughout the semester.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMost of the students enrolled in the class are LMC majors who intend to apply for a peer consultant position in the CommLab. But others, such as biomedical engineering graduate student Caroline Greiner, hope to use the skills they learn in the class to better themselves.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;When I got to Georgia Tech, I decided to get better at communication,\u0026rdquo; Greiner said. \u0026ldquo;I had heard about the CommLab and found this class, so I decided to take it to learn not only how to analyze and help other people with their writing and communication, but also to improve myself.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe small class size allows students to engage in meaningful discussion and focus on topics they are interested in more than they would in traditional writing classes, said Eli Hibberts, a first-year LMC major.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;For so long, I\u0026rsquo;ve been in writing and rhetoric classes where it\u0026rsquo;s just these huge lecture halls, and you are being taught at, not taught to,\u0026rdquo; Hibberts said. \u0026ldquo;In this class, I\u0026rsquo;m able to sit with a small group of people and just understand rhetoric and writing. It\u0026rsquo;s an experience I\u0026rsquo;ve never had before, and I\u0026rsquo;m learning so much.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIanetta and the CommLab faculty members hope this class becomes a permanent offering in the School so they can continue training peer consultants and offering high-quality support to students across campus in the CommLab.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe CommLab is a part of the School of Literature, Media, and Communication and recently \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/news-events\/features\/georgia-tech-communication-center\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003Ecelebrated its 10-year anniversary\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E. The CommLab aids students from the Georgia Tech community with communication skills and projects related to their classes, careers, and civic and community lives.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Students begin by learning the theory of communication and applying it to their own writing before diving into educational theory and tutoring."}],"uid":"36009","created_gmt":"2022-02-15 19:54:04","changed_gmt":"2022-02-15 19:54:04","author":"cwhittle9","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-02-15T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2022-02-15T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"655503":{"id":"655503","type":"image","title":"Professor and Chair Melissa Ianetta with students during a LMC 4813 class meeting in the Naugle CommLab facility.","body":null,"created":"1644954547","gmt_created":"2022-02-15 19:49:07","changed":"1644954951","gmt_changed":"2022-02-15 19:55:51","alt":"","file":{"fid":"248510","name":"New LMC Class Prepares Students to Become CommLab Consultants.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/New%20LMC%20Class%20Prepares%20Students%20to%20Become%20CommLab%20Consultants.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/New%20LMC%20Class%20Prepares%20Students%20to%20Become%20CommLab%20Consultants.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":441278,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/New%20LMC%20Class%20Prepares%20Students%20to%20Become%20CommLab%20Consultants.jpeg?itok=37xNqc0B"}}},"media_ids":["655503"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"185303","name":"Naugle CommLab"},{"id":"3754","name":"communication center"},{"id":"184994","name":"Melissa Ianetta"},{"id":"189978","name":"LMC 4813"},{"id":"167943","name":"School of Literature Media and Communication"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECassidy Chreene Whittle\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCommunications Officer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nSchool of Literature, Media, and Communication | School of Modern Languages\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:cwhittle9@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ecwhittle9@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}