The Fusion Project
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The Fusion Project aims to integrate two fast-spreading and maturing instructional approaches: service-learning and online learning.
Nationally, nearly thirty percent of higher education students now take at least one course online. And sixty-three percent of higher education institutions say online learning is a critical part of their institution's long term strategy. In a parallel development, faculty across the country have been adopting service-learning as a strategy in their face-to-face courses to improve engagement with the curriculum, the learning environment, and to educate students for citizenship in any discipline.
Through this faculty development project, faculty will learn how to infuse service-learning components into online courses to give students hands on, real-world experience to strengthen learning, create connections to the larger community, and improve student retention rates.
Outcomes of the two-year project:
- A piloted and refined online course to support faculty in the development of online service-learning courses
- Fusion Training for at least 50 faculty
- Delivery of at least 30 online service-learning courses, enrolling at least 450 students.
- Development of support mechanisms for community partners and student service-learners in the online system.
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The Fusion Project is funded by a grant from the Davis Educational Foundation, established by Stanton and Elisabeth Davis after Mr. Davis' retirement as chairman of Shaw's Supermarkets, Inc.