After six months of planning
and execution of Online Democracy, it is apparent the faculty in the
Online/CAR program wish to further develop some of the original principles
and supporting framework.
The project-base learning
model was very successful as a teaching methodology. However, as adult
learners, students were given the full latitude in the application of
the theory being delivered in class. Often, their skills and lack of
context meant some of the theory was not fully developed to its potential.
Faculty wish to develop a
web site that would take the principles of e-journalism in the context
of civic journalism that we are teaching and give them direct, unfettered
application for the purpose of further defining and articulating this
new form.
The results would be:
1. A more highly developed
curriculum for the Online/CAR program
2. A framework for e-journalism
and online publishing that would be more clearly defined and useful
to industry
3. Further articulate the
project-based learning model
4. Materials for Loyalist
College to use for promotion and recruiting
5. A service for the agriculture
community
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