The Highs and Lows of Project-Based Learning in College Media Environments

Panel Submission Type: Panel/Research Presentation Session

Abstract

Project-Based Learning (PBL) is a dynamic, comprehensive approach to teaching and learning designed to engage students in exploring real-world problems and challenges. With this approach to learning, students engage and investigate authentic problems and have more freedom to construct personally significant knowledge. This panel will explore the purpose of Project-Based Learning in a college media atmosphere with both success and failures in PBL.

Sub Unit

• Curriculum, Assessment & Administration

Cosponsor

• Service Learning & Community Engagement

Moderator

• Shawn Montano, University of Northern Colorado

Panelists

• Elizabeth Oppe, West Virginia University

• Rita Colistra, West Virginia University

• Jennida Chase, University of North Carolina Greensboro

• Todd O'Neill, Middle Tennessee State University