Projects

Victoria Calvert and co-investigator Dr. Paul Varella have been studying the service- learning teaching method to find out if it enhances a student’s leadership development and social engagement. The service-learning model allows students to learn academically by providing a service to the community. What makes this particular model different from other learning models is that both the students and the recipient in the community benefit from the experience, not just the student.

Dr. Norman Vaughan, Teaching and Learning Faculty, is launching a research project with several other faculty members at MRC called Student Engagement and Web2.0: What’s the connection? Dr. Vaughan, author of the award-winning Blended Learning in Higher Education, will work with five instructors to analyze the effectiveness of five different collaborative technologies as tools in the classroom.