Kou Kumu, Kou Hua: Your Reason, Your Hua

Session Description

Students transitioning from high school to college can face new and challenging experiences. Studies show that identifying a student’s purpose for attending college and understanding their decision to continue education reinforces the importance of completing the journey. The purpose of Kou Kumu, Kou Hua is targeted for first-semester students at UH Maui College as they identify and share their Hua (purpose) regarding why they are attending college.

This presentation will review a one-credit, two-day class focused on storytelling that has been developed to address the importance of identifying Hua (purpose). By using interactive tools and Mayer’s Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning, our goal is for students to develop skills pertaining to trust, empowerment, listening, and diversity while understanding the importance of attending college.

Presenter(s)

Marc Antosch
Learning Design and Technology (LTEC)
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Marc was born in Connecticut. He is a first-generation American born from immigrant parents and is the first in his family to get a higher education degree. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in Visual and Public Art, he went on a two-year adventure traveling the globe.

Marc resides in Wailuku, Maui which he's called home for the past 25 years. Marc is employed at UH Maui College as a Graphic Designer, Marketing Facilitator, and Instructor in Creative Media. During his free time, you'll see him surfing with his partner Nicole at the Rivermouth in Paukukalo or walking his dog Daisy to check the waves.


Kalei Carvalho
Learning Design and Technology (LTEC)
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Kalei Carvalho is currently an M.Ed. Student at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in the Learning Design and Technology (LTEC) department. Interestingly enough, she obtained her BA in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from the University of Hawaiʻi - West Oʻahu and her Associates in Accounting from Kauaʻi Community College. However, Kalei found her passion in her current position as the Student Support for The Waiʻaleʻale Project, a first-year experience program, at Kauaʻi Community College. Born and raised in Kaua'i, supporting students in her position at Kaua'i Community College allows her to give back to a community that helped her, her husband, and her three children create a life she never knew was possible.

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