K-12 Digital Education Resources
Dr. Maggie Renken is leading a Project Lab connecting undergraduates with a community partner to develop a digital resource bank designed for parents to support their Pre-K-12 students’ education. Participating undergraduates will observe current resources, identify successful models, and share their findings with the community partner. The undergraduates’ participation will be enhanced with exposure to speakers, activities, and readings that emphasize interdisciplinary research on how people learn in the 21st century and issues around equity, inclusion, and accessibility.
Learning Objectives
At the end of the semester, all students should be able to:
- Describe what interdisciplinary research is and what its benefits are
- Describe key characteristics of how people learn in the 21st century
- Describe how issues of equity, inclusion, and accessibility should be considered when addressing specific problem spaces
- Communicate professionally with stakeholders inside and outside the university
Depending on students’ specific interests, individual students should be able to do one or more of the following:
- Make informed decisions about web design,
- Search for and evaluate reliable academic and journalism sources of information,
- Demonstrate skills in leadership or project management,
- Present information in a public forum
