Hope you will plan to attend our Experiential Learning Preconference in DC. Here are the details! Wed, 11/20: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Marriott Wardman Park Room: Washington Room 1 - Exhibit Level Experience is the Best Teacher 35 Years of Insights from the Experiential Learning Division and Consideration of Critical Questions for the Next 35 years Preconference "Dialogue" Session The preconference session will begin with a one hour panel discussion that looks back at the roots from which all forms of experiential learning have emerged (internships, service-learning, experiential activities, community-based learning, etc.). The panel will discuss the common assumptions and beliefs about education that unite experiential approaches to learning and will set the stage for an engaged dialogue by all participants. The remainder of the preconference will be set up as an Open Space Dialogue that will engage participants in a series of questions. Open Space Dialogue is a public engagement method that seeks to explore facets of a common topic; the guiding principle is that that people will have the opportunity to become a part of many focused conversations and will naturally gravitate toward issues that they have a deep interest in, discovering others with similar questions and passions along the way. This format will provide the opportunity for scholars with the same questions and challenges to form ongoing action teams and perhaps engage in collaborative research projects that advance our scholarly knowledge of experiential learning practices. While many more questions are expected to emerge organically from the group, following are some questions that will start the exploration: What lessons have we learned from our own experiences, and from those who charted the early waters of experiential learning and the Experiential Learning Division? Have experiential learning approaches become integrated into communication curriculum and indeed campuses in general and with what effects? What are the best ways we can together synthesize and continue to add rigorous research that supports these forms of pedagogy? How do we describe our approaches in ways that garner institutional support and offer those who engage in this kind of teaching with the resources, support, and recognition needed in the climate of academic tenure? How do we manage the tensions of developing large-scale, longitudinal projects with potential to help create meaningful change with the reality of 15-week semesters? The goal of this pre-conference is to jump-start the next 35 years of practice and research about Experiential Learning. Chair Lori Leonard Britt, James Madison University Presenters Bren Ortega Murphy, Loyola University Chicago Donna Pawlowski, Bemidji State University Karen M. Roloff, Elmhurst College Michael Smith, LaSalle University Toni S. Whitfield, James Madison University Sara Weintraub, Regis College
Posted on: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 14:15:11 +0000
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