Service-learning and cross-course or cross-college collaborations on applied projects is resource and logistically intensive. So, what are smaller strategies with high impacts for active and experiential learning?! My students absolutely loved this one class period (2 hours) meet-up during site analysis between our HORT 440 Urban Landscape Design Studio and the HONR 494 Design Thinking honors course taught by professors in the College of Engineering. Both courses were exploring future improvements for the College Street corridor and streetscape through different lenses. I was amazed at how much the students learned from one another in such a short period. I noticed how the event energized students as we dove into schematic design iteration.

What are other small footprint, high impact ideas for collaborative learning? Shared project reviews? Midterm feedback swap? And, how to the benefits of these experiences differ from semester-long service-learning projects?

Thank you to Mandy Rutherford and Lucas Graf for helping to make this happen.