Experiential Learning Day

There are many great things about Albertus, but I think one of the top 10 would be the emphasis on learning by doing. This type of teaching shows up every day in the classroom, but is exemplified by the annual Experiential Learning Day at Albertus. Experiential Learning Day is a day that showcases work that Albertus students have been doing throughout the year. It offers a forum for students to share research they have been doing, and discoveries they have made. 

I love Experiential Learning Day for two reasons: 

1. The research projects that my fellow students do are amazing. This day really showcases how creative, diverse, and curious our student body is and you really do learn a lot by going from project to project learning about the steps they took to do the research and their findings. 
2. Classes are canceled until 3 pm! Because Experiential Learning Day is a campus wide event that students are encouraged to partake in, all classes were canceled today while the event was going on. In addition, many teachers will offer an extra-credit opportunity as in incentive for you to go. 

My friend Meaghan and I did a poster this year about our research project, Climate 4 Creativity. Climate 4 Creativity is an Independent Study/Internship I am working on with Meaghan and an Albertus professor, Mr. Patsalides. 

It was a lot of fun to share our project with other students and the faculty because many of the people who took the time to look at our poster were really impressed! Everyone was very supportive of our project, which was also pretty nice and motivating!

Meaghan and I worked really hard on our poster and we were really happy about how it turned out. 

Do you have anything like Experiential Learning Day at your school? If you already go to Albertus, did you attend? What was your favorite research project that you heard about?