Conference Session

The "Education" in Experiential Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Lynn Ogletree, San Jacinto College; Anthony Zippay, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

Principal Investigator and Project Manager of the NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program, one of NASA’s largest national higher education projects. In his role with USRP, he led the program to tremendous growth through a comprehensive strategic commu- nications plan, resulting in exponential increase to the applicant pool, as well as the participation of the program. USRP later received a NASA Group Achievement Award in 2010 for Management Excellence. Zippay graduated from Bowling Green State University with a B.A. in communications and marketing. His background involves working as a marketing research executive for Insight Advertising and a cor- porate account executive for the University of Texas, Pan-American

Conference Session

CEED Paper Session 2: Leveraging Internships and Experiential Learning in Higher Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

accepted that active learning requires students to take part in“pre-planned” learning-related activities, believed to spark and stimulate their learning, whilein the classroom.(17) These activities would include: reading, writing, solving problems,answering questions, participating in a discussion, etc.; and most important, students must beengaged in thinking tasks while actively involved. It is generally understood that duringactive learning, less emphasis is placed on transmission of information and more ondeveloping students’ skills. Additionally, during an active learning cycle, emphasis is placedon students’ exploration of their own abilities, including: their thinking process, their valuesystem, their intellect, and their courage to express