Speaker: Ed Nagelhout

Students travel through the digital world leaving a variety of footprints, impressions, and artifacts; likewise, students travel through their academic programs leaving a variety of footprints, impressions, and artifacts: and yet, it is unusual for students to consider their digital lives, or their learning lives, holistically. For our short presentation, we will describe a version of an anchor project that might serve as a series of touchstones for students as they come to understand their learning, their majors, and their Domains in more sophisticated ways.

Our presentation begins by defining our Domains progress at UNLV, our goals for large-scale Domains use, and the ways that an anchor project can serve to enhance student learning and support more effective teaching across all majors on our campus. We will then offer an example of a narrative-driven digital tour project in a particular major that spans UNLV’s general education requirements: First-Year Experience (introduction to the university), Milestone Experience (introduction to the major), and Culminating Experience (reflection on the major experience). We conclude with potential short- and long-term benefits, as well as potential obstacles for an initiative like this one.