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Interdisciplinary Community-Based Learning Utilizing the Internet

by Pamela York Frasier, Ph.D.

                                      We seek to construct an electronic infrastructure to expand and
                             strengthen community-based learning, service, research, and
                             networking among students, and campus and community-based
                             faculty. North Carolina's communities are quickly becoming the
                             classrooms of the future, with significant and increasingly competitive
                             demands for student field experience by institutions of higher learning
                             across the state. However, neither UNC faculty nor students are
                             aware of other disciplines' field placements, losing a valuable
                             opportunity for interdisciplinary collaboration. Further students are
                             often ill-prepared for entry in the community. Our proposal addresses
                             the faculty's struggle to improve UNC's coordination and  placement of
                             students and students' preparation for their community experience. 

                                      This project will a) develop and implement a database of faculty
                             and relevant course characteristics offered in four counties: Chatham,
                             Durham, Orange, and Wake; b) develop and implement a listserv for
                             faculty, students, and community discussion; c) develop an
                             on-demand electronic community orientation, including maps,
                             demographics, audio/video clips, an inventory of prior student projects
                             and needs assessments, and specific community resources and
                             directories; and d) develop and refine course "linkages." An
                             interdisciplinary ad hoc committee from Health and Academic Affairs
                             will direct the project. Outcomes expected are the specific products
                             outlined above and the ability to transfer this application to other
                             University-community partnerships across the state. The server will
                             measure frequency of use of the online orientation and the listserv. A
                             Faculty Forum will assess the utility of the data base and the
                             electronic orientation.

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