INTERACTIVE
LEARNING
Hands-on research, interactive technology and community engagement Remember those classes where
you were lectured to for more than an hour without a break, where you could have
downed a whole pot of coffee just to stay awake? Faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences are experimenting with new ways of keeping students active and interested, whether in large lecture classes or smaller seminars.
Instructors are moving beyond a one-dimensional format and using interactive
tools and technology, redesigned classroom spaces, and guest speakers. And plenty of learning takes place outside of the classroom
through hands-on research and community
engagement. We profile some of those
efforts in the following pages.
Visit magazine.college.unc.edu for more stories, including a video on the Spanish for the Professions minor, which prepares students for bilingual careers in the
business, communications
and healthcare professions. •
16 • COLLEGE.UNC.EDU • SPRING 2013 • CAROLINA ARTS & SCIENCES