Practical Learning: Anthropology, Sociology, and Urban Ethnography

In Urban Ethnographic Field School, students discuss readings and ideas that they are working on, comparing and contrasting experiences of people doing ethnographies all over the world, how they write and what kind of techniques they use, and how they take field notes.

Practical Learning: Designing Sound and Emerging Technology

In THTR 308, a Sound Design course, students learn about different considerations when it comes to the design of sound for live or virtual productions.

Practical Learning: Experiencing Real-World Dynamics with Community Partners

Explore how students are partnered with on-campus groups or community partners to build relationships and enhance their learning. 

Practical Learning: Hands-on Preparation for Careers in Writing

In Malory Tater’s course, students discuss hypothetical, professional opportunities and prepare the tools necessary for them to feel emboldened and confident to go out and succeed in however they want to forge their writing careers.

Speaking in the Disciplines: A “Precedents” Archive for Teaching and Learning Oral Genres

Moberley Luger (English Language and Literatures / Coordinated Arts Program) and team developed an open resource designed to help students build confidence and competence in academic speaking situations.

Practical Learning: Engaging Community

Community-engaged learning shows students the kinds of things that they could be doing when working in economics and related fields.

Practical Learning: Information Curation for a Public-Facing Website

Students build skills to curate, filter, and present information efficiently in this Political Science course.

Practical Learning: Alumni Interviews

By interviewing alumni, students get to know about life post-graduation.

Practical Learning: Bringing Alumni Expertise into the Classroom

Connecting students directly with alumni from a whole range of different working situations and professions in this Political Science course. 

Implement student response activities into your classroom

Increase engagement, check student understanding, and stimulate discussion in large classrooms with student response activities.