The Book “Blink” and Experiential Education: Tapping the same Other Lobe of the Brain Circuits? Once one begins to think about how emotional logic circuits operate in experiential education (other lobe of the brain thinking), one sees them in other … Continued
As you can see, we continue to connect experiential learning notions to learning opportunities that might not to appear at first glance to be experiential, such as the entrepreneurship teaching techniques in Jamie’s classroom about which she and Jim write below. … Continued
Study abroad is in many ways the most academic of experiential programs and therefore has the greatest acceptance in colleges and universities. What is interesting then is how it is sometimes combined with co-op abroad to really intensify the abroad … Continued
We notice more and more articles appearing that talk about education and social media, like this one last week in the Washington Post about twittering professors. So, we continue this theme with a post by Ashley and Jim. Take a … Continued
World Association of Cooperative Education (WACE) conference. -Jim Stellar I just came from the World Association of Cooperative Education (WACE) and as I post this brief note from the Vancouver airport, they are wrapping up the meeting. Some … Continued
We had such a nice reaction to our last piece on leadership that we did it again below with Cynthia Bainton. We think it is important to see the connections between “other lobe” thinking in various domains and hope you … Continued
Here is another post that comes out of Jim’s conversations with Northeastern students. It is touching on social media, something Shwen writes about in his blog, Med 2.0. -Jim and Shwen Social Media, Warmth, and “Other … Continued
As we continue with this blog, we find ourselves drawn to other topics outside experiential education, but ones that seem to utilize the same principles as we have been writing about. Here is one on leadership that developed between Jim … Continued
I wanted this blog to focus on ideas about experiential education and not be about me. But I have to note for those of you who do not already know, that after 23 years of being a professor at Northeastern … Continued
Northeastern University is well known for its experiential education programs, particularly cooperative education. But it has only been recently that experiential education was made a part of the core curriculum in the College of Arts and Sciences and therefore a … Continued