Discussions

Your Name and Title: Holly McCracken, Teacher; session title: Experience as the Foundation for Authentic Learning Online

School or Organization Name: Capella University

Co-Presenter Name(s): Not applicable

Area of the World from Which You Will Present: United States (Illinois)

Language in Which You Will Present: English

Target Audience(s): secondary and post-secondary students and teachers.

Short Session Description (one line): This presentation will focus on developing a teaching practice that combines a range of critical pedagogies as applied to an experiential instructional framework made increasingly richer and accessible through the use of new media.

Full Session Description (as long as you would like):  The use of new media has enabled broad access to educational environments creating innovative opportunities for learning and teaching. Experiential learning provides a particularly important educational framework when facilitated through the use of the Internet to engage geographically dispersed students as they participate in career education. This approach to facilitating learning has become increasingly popular in the United States (“US”), spanning academic disciplines from the liberal arts and sciences to the professional studies, and including students and instructors from around the globe. The use of a hybrid instructional delivery method combines technologies with innovative teaching approaches to enable participants to impact their local communities while concurrently collaborating to explore new areas of learning, self identity, skill development, and cognitive growth. This presentation will focus on developing a teaching practice that combines a range of critical pedagogies as applied to an experiential instructional framework made increasingly richer and accessible through the use of new media.