Improving Authentic Learning through Service Learning
A technology-based solution designed to improve culturally-relevant instructions for a US-style Liberal Arts College in Viet Nam.
Bridiging the gap through Service-Learning
The challenge
– Faculty disconnection with Vietnam context & learning culture.
– Significant gap between secondary education and higher education readiness.
– Students are geographically diverse but not socioeconomically, susceptible to brain-drain.
The solution
Culturally-relevant curriculum drawing authentic local problem-solving process.
Faculties play the role of knowledge experts, students as context experts.
Developing portfolios as part of the reflective learning practice.