This paper builds on student-instructor partnerships by describing how an instructor, students, program coordinator, and members of a research team were involved in the co-design of an open educational resource in a graduate program in education. A four-part open learning design framework was used to guide the course design: (a) clarifying the…

Successful careers in sustainability are determined by positive real-world change towards sustainability. This success depends heavily on professional skills in effective and compassionate communication, collaborative teamwork, or impactful stakeholder engagement, among others. These professional skills extend beyond content knowledge and…

The value of experiential learning projects (which are usually major assessments in courses) in education has been touted since the early 1900s (Dewey, 1938). These projects have the potential to deepen students' understanding of course topics by allowing them to put concepts into practice and watch the results develop. However, experiential…

In 2004, the University of Kansas (KU) launched an interdisciplinary Graduate Writing Program as part of a larger initiative to reduce time to degree rates and increase degree completion rates. Serving both domestic and international students, this program employs a rhetorical genre-based approach in a series of courses organized around the genres…

"The First-Year Seminar: Designing, Implementing, and Assessing Courses to Support Student Learning and Success," a five-volume series, is designed to assist educators who are interested in launching a firstyear seminar or revamping an existing program. Each volume examines a different aspect of first-year seminar design or…

Teaching students to become project management professionals requires a real world experience. Incorporating live clients into student projects, instead of using case studies or mock companies, adds a dimension that exposes students to the realities of project management. This paper will describe a structured methodology used in a project…

The National University Consortium for Telecommunications in Teaching, the first national effort to provide high quality bachelor's degree programs for Americans who cannot attend college full-time on campus, is described. It is suggested that both institutional participation and enrollment projections may be exceeded. (MLW)

This self-evaluation report provides descriptive and evaluative information on the Associate Degree Nursing program at St. Louis Community College at Forest Park. After a brief outline of institutional information, the report describes the philosophy, purposes, and objectives of the nursing unit. The next section examines the organization and…

Professors describe their experiences with the undergraduate psychology practicum course that has been in operation for over 10 years at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Specifically discussed are planning and implementation, special problems of industrial placements, administrative issues, and the perspective of a placement agency…

This manual describes the Experience Based Career Education (EBCE) program at Hagerstown Junior College (HJC) as a model for community colleges interested in implementing a community-based career exploration program. The first sections of the manual present background information on the program and HJC. Next, the components of the EBCE program are…

A new course of clinical education at the University of Mississippi is described. A member of the teaching faculty was appointed under the Criminal Justice Act to represent indigent defendants with the assistance of student interns. Goals for the future and possible implementation at other law schools are discussed. (MLW)

The primary care clerkship at George Washington University (District of Columbia) medical school, the only required ambulatory care experience in the curriculum, is described. Topics discussed include the interdisciplinary structure of the program, its goals, curriculum and student evaluation, and challenges faced in implementation (faculty,…

The authors describe a course intended to produce graduates with a European perspective, fluent in English and Italian, and able to understand and practice the management functions required in high technology areas of the manufacturing industry. Each student will spend two years in England and two years in Italy. (Author/MLW)

Since the inception in 1987 of European funding programmes the number of students and the range of countries annually involved in international exchange have increased dramatically. In order to comply with this international development, the European Project Semester (EPS) was started in 1995. Since then, more and more students, also from…

This evaluation of the Twin City Institute for Talented Youth, a summer program for gifted students in grades 9 through 12, consists of two parts: a description of the program; and the evaluators' assessments, including advocate and adversary reports. Achievement tests were not used for evaluation. Evaluative comments follow each segment of the…