Co-Primary Investigators: Connie Justice, Debbie Oesch-Minor
Design, Data, & PR/ Faculty Investigators: Mary Ann Cohen, Sara Harrell, Lynn Jettpace
Research Contributors: Hannah Haas, Jennifer Mahoney, Norm Minnick
Project Overview, W231 Faculty Survey, Getting on The Record,
Mid-Point Progress Report,
Student Survey, Student Exit Interview
W231/LivLab Grant
GENERAL OVERVIEW
The W231/Living Lab CEG created a pathway between the IU School of Liberal Arts and the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology where students could pursue Project-Based Learning [PBL] with a community client in W231 and expand on the project concept to develop depth and expertise through a subsequent internship in The Living Lab.
To help facilitate the documentation of PBL with community clients in W231, a Living Lab student/intern designed and built a database where W231 students share PBL relevant information that the Department of English [DOE] Writing Program can use to support and track community engaged PBL. Writing Program faculty circulated the database link and collected information in December of 2021 and April of 2022; ongoing DOE research will include analysis of the data to better understand the scope and impact of PBL in an IUPUI course offered campus-wide to meet general education, writing requirements in most majors.
The W231/LivLab bridge provides a unique pathway for IUPUI students to develop depth and expertise by starting a project in one course, then taking the topic and/or client with them into a future PBL course.
