Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Educating the Whole Person “Focusing on character can help many colleges and universities realize their aspirations to educate the whole person and generate the knowledge, capacity and character that our students will need to live and lead well in the 21st century,” says Michael Lamb, program executive, F.

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Experiential Learning Depot

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Student-centered learning helps students build self-direction skills such as organizing details, decision-making, task management, creative problem-solving, finding information, and more. I like to spend the first week or two of school just doing self-direction skills training and I do that with a seminar.

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Experiential Learning Depot

JULY 4, 2023

I facilitate a women's studies seminar every year, and as a seminar finale, my high school students design self-directed project-based learning experiences around a subtopic of their choice. ​ One year a student chose to self-direct a PBL experience on the topic of domestic violence. .​ Start here.

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Creatrix Campus

AUGUST 21, 2023

Promoting a Positive Campus Culture: Using Behavior Management in Higher Education editor Mon, 08/21/2023 - 03:15 In the dynamic realm of higher education, fostering a positive campus culture is not only desirable but essential for academic excellence and holistic student development.

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Experiential Learning Depot

APRIL 27, 2023

Then students launch and run their own businesses over the summer during the break, at which point, my job is done. This would be a great option for those of you teaching a high school entrepreneurship class, a college and career readiness seminar, a business course, an entrepreneurship summer camp, etc.

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Experiential Learning Depot

APRIL 29, 2023

This idea here is that students develop some kind of production such as a skit, play, documentary, music concert, etc. I have had students organize screenings of documentaries that are only available to educators. I have also had students host environmental science fairs, fundraisers (carnivals, cook-offs, car washes, etc.),

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Experiential Learning Depot

JULY 24, 2023

It’s super fun to watch them develop and execute their own businesses, especially when they add a community or solutions-based element to the experience. I have had a lot of students develop businesses, but one that stands out amongst the rest was a skateboard company. This is the project-based learning example.

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