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If you happen to be a parent, do you have a screenager or know one? If so, how are you communicating with them and is it effective? Sheenah Hartigan deals with this generation of student (a.k.a. Gen Z or iGeneration) all day long every day at Ocean County College. Students are changing as is technology. After implementing a process to map out student processes, inefficiencies and opportunities, the Director of Enrollment Services came up with a modality to reach them quickly and efficiently. It utilizes AI - you guessed it, a chatbot. His name is Reggie. Hear about him and the vendor the college partnered with that brought this virtual assistant to life.
Listen: Using Chatbots to Increase Student Engagement
Highlights include:
- What is the purpose and outcome of Ocean County College’s Student Success Experience?
- How do you build a chatbot’s knowledge base and how long does it take?
- Where can a virtual assistant help throughout the various student processes at an institution?
- How have students responded to this new technology and what was their involvement in the chatbot’s training?
- What are the various challenges of implementing a tool like this and best practices at the onset?