Experiential Learning in Communication

Undergraduate Political Communication in Action: UnCONVENTIONal Volunteer Experiences in a Situated Learning Course

In many college classes, students spend their time learning about the theories from the linear logic of a textbook. True learning occurs when these theories are integrated with hands-on authentic...

Student Success in Service-Learning: Building Ethical Citizen Scholars

This research investigates whether students ethically increase in their moral development by participating in a service-learning course. The Defining Issues Test, Version 2 (Rest, 1976) was...

Finding Education's Voice (Again): How Communication has Been Overlooked in Experiential Education Theory and How it Can Be Reinstated

Experiential education is one area of research that should be of primary importance to the communication discipline. This paper explores how communication has been overlooked in traditional experiential...

Building Positive Communication Pedagogy: Positive Experiential Learning in Human Relating

Following the lead of positive psychology (Seligman & Csikszentmihalyi, 2000) and complementing the dark side of interpersonal communication (Spitzberg & Cupach, 1998, 2004, 2007)...