Dear Colleagues
Here is an update on the Action Learning PDW, from Robert Sroufe.
Regards
Mile'
I just noticed I sent you my first draft of the PDW information. Here is a more polished
approach that is better suited for the list serv. Thank you again for your help toward this
mater.
***Apologies for any cross-postings***
Friends;
As you finalize your Academy plans we want to inform you of an Action Learning PDW
developed and delivered by a cadre of schools integrating diverse types of projects into
MBA curriculum. Here are the details:
Action Learning: MBA Project Courses and the Paradox of Using Experiential Learning
Pedagogy
Scheduled: Saturday, Aug 4 2012 1:30PM - 3:30PM
Location: Sloan School of Business at MIT. Building E62, Room 233
This is a participatory workshop inviting teachers and scholars to share current and on-
going development of action learning project based courses and management pedagogy.
Our workshop will review established practices in developing teaching strategies and
techniques for action learning courses. Workshop participants and attendees will explore
a paradox in the traditional delivery of management education within many disciplines and
find new opportunities for teacher/scholar/student collaboration. Within this experiential
learning workshop, participants will uncover and reinforce why these courses matter to
scholars and teachers in management education, business and society. The delivery of
applied coursework with external corporate partners is a flourishing field with many
delivery models for project-based courses. The development of action learning projects
and whole courses typically generate complex questions regarding delivery of the course.
This complexity escalates when projects are global in nature and deal with organizations
or entities in emerging economies. Faculty and students need to consider the draw of the
informal economy when preparing to work on these projects. Understanding the
movement toward action learning will help management teachers and scholars collaborate
across disciplines and develop a pedagogy that encourages learning beyond personal
experiences, beliefs, and value systems. Attendees will be able to build networks, deepen
insights into current and pressing issues in management education and provide an
opportunity to share and enhance on-going project and course development.
Maps and Directions - MIT Sloan School of Management; MIT Campus Map
Directions from Hynes Convention Center to Sloan School using public transit
Taxi 8 minutes ? destination is 50 Memorial Drive
Bus 19 minutes - Hynes Convention Center Station, Bus 1 toward Harvard Square, exit at
memorial drive and walk east to the Sloan School
Subway 26 minutes ? Hynes Convention Center Station, take the green line towards
Government Center, at Park Station stop, switch to the Red Line towards Alewife, at
Kendall MIT stop, walk east on Main street, Right on Wadsworth, then left onto Memorial
Drive.
Best Regards,
PDW Organizer: Robert Sroufe
On behalf of the Action Learning PDW Team: (Michellana Jester; MIT Sloan; Sinead
O'Flanagan; Norwegian School of Economics; Diane Ramos; Duquesne U.; Michael V. Russo;
U. of Oregon; Peter M. Senge; Society of Organizational Learning; and Anne White
Harrington; U. of Michigan)
Robert Sroufe, Ph.D.
Murrin Chair of Global Competitiveness
Beard Institute Director of Applied Sustainability
Marketing and Supply Chain Department
John F. Donahue Graduate School of Business
Rockwell Hall 820
600 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15282
(412) 396-1909
(412) 396-4764 (fax)
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Thank you,
Robert