Discover how PebblePad was deployed by Wichita State University’s Cohen Honors College to support its service-learning partnership with the US National Park Service.
In this case study featured at PebbleBash 2024, the college’s Dr Chelsea Redger-Marquardt, Dr Kimberly Engber and Aaron Valentine reveal how the park trip-based programme includes a PebblePad ePortfolio workbook. This is organised into pre/on/post-trip sections to scaffold student learning and offers a roadmap to success. The approach helps to:
- Give co-instructor teams the platform they need to bring in a diverse group of students and create a comprehensive curriculum for the annual programme.
- Provide learners with an integrated textbook, assignment framework and reflective tool for capturing photo, video, narrative, sketches and mapping.
- Create a one-stop home for content, integrative thinking and reflection activities that supports student’s learning regardless of the time or location.
- Introduce a rich variety of engagement that supports diverse students, enhances group dynamics and demonstrates the course’s entire arc of learning.
Ultimately, PebblePad’s inclusion in the programme has led to the creation a set of content-rich, student-centred academic resources that can greatly impact student learning, lessen faculty administrative tasks and enhance collaborative teaching.
To discover how PebblePad creates environments that prepare students to engage in applied learning experiences, download the exclusive use case now.
