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Phillip Hartley, Luis Torres, Amanda Wilsker and Will Holmes Georgia Gwinnett College

Research Questions:

What techniques have you used to

• rchestrate experiential learning

projects in your classes? Which ones have generated the best

• utcomes?

Motivation

 “Experiential learning is a powerful and proven approach

to teaching and learning that is based on one incontrovertible reality: People learn best through experience.” Kolb, 2015

 Experiential Learning Projects can create numerous

benefits:

 Student learning  Service provision  Professional development  Communication skill development  Real world application of acquired knowledge

Research Design

 Professors from various business disciplines reported on

their experiences regarding these questions:

 How did you identify/recruit “clients”?  What were students’ deliverables?  How did you ensure student learning through and evaluate

projects that entailed different approaches to the same task?

 How did you balance the need to generate results for

clients while managing their expectations?

 Please share any other takeaways from your experiences.

Project Design Strategies

 Assigning groups based on “pre-tests” of students’ skills

• r abilities relevant to the project or allowing self-

selection

 Duplicative vs. Unique Assignments-Having multiple

student groups work on the same portion of a project or not

 Collaborative vs. Individual Client Assignments-

Segmenting project among groups or allotting a single group for each client

 Provide multiple deadlines for project portions  Be sure project structure fits with text/class structure

Student Strategies

 Frame the project as a reflection of the students, the

class, and the school

 Emphasize the potential impact of helping the client with

something very important to them

 Communicate the value of the project as work experience

and resume material

 Use peer evaluations to limit freeriding  Create competition between groups either implicitly or

explicitly

 Schedule frequent progress reports to provide guidance

Client Strategies

 Recruit clients that fit with and can benefit from the

project structure

 Communicate project structure clearly and repeatedly to

ensure complete buy-in and to avoid project creep

 Manage expectations with realistic depictions of results

and students’ inputs of time and effort

 Schedule frequent progress reports to solicit feedback

Thank you for your time and feedback!