Collaborative Explorations

What, When, Who, How, Why?

What?

Collaborative Explorations (CEs) are an an extension of Project-Based Learning (PBL) and related approaches to education in which participants address a scenario or case in which the problems are not well defined, shaping your own directions of inquiry and developing your skills as investigators and prospective teachers (in the broadest sense of the word).

The basic mode of a CE centers on interactions in small groups over a delimited period of time, designed to sustain the face-to-face PBL experience of re-engagement with yourself as an avid learner and inquirer. An online CE consists of live sessions for an hour over 4 weeks and exchanges on a private community between sessions.
(For more background, read the prospectus or watch a general preview of the CE process below.)

When?

The day and time for the live session is arranged to fit the schedules of those who register--often 9-10am, 4-5, 5-6 or 6-7pm to maximize the coverage of international time zones.