On the third floor of Old Main something very special is happening. Fifteen students are gathered around a large conference room table. A flat screen Panasonic television glows blue, and Jennifer Peeples, associate professor of speech communication, is tapping on her laptop, trying to connect with her co-instructors 2,000 miles away over Skype. Seconds later two women appear onscreen smiling. They are two hours into the future.? A student pulls out a Flip Video Camera and begins recording. This is how class begins.
Prior to January 11, 2011, this course had not existed on campus. There was not a classroom designated for it to meet. And it did not have an official title. Dean John C. Allen of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences offered his conference room to the cause, and the students have owned the space and the experience ever since. ??Immediately when students walked in the door they knew that this is not your typical class," Peeples said. And it isn?t.
2010, the Lumina Foundation for Education awarded the Business Innovation Factory (BIF), a nonprofit focused on innovation in areas of high social impact, a grant to fund a project to give undergraduates the opportunity to use real-world research and design methodologies to transform how students understand, evaluate and articulate the skills, competencies, and capabilities they learn in college. Since the Lumina Foundation was already familiar with USU?s education reform efforts led by professor Norman Jones, ?chair of the history department, it recommended BIF partner with the university to develop a pilot class.?
This article appears in the Summer 2011 addition of LIBERAILS continue reading here.
Source: http://businessinnovationfactory.com/weblog/designing-better-university
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