Integrating virtual internships into online classrooms
With the rapid increase in the number of online enrollments, educators are faced with the challenge of ensuring on-campus experiences are available to distant students, which meet quality and accessibility expectations. One of the biggest challenges with online courses is constructing meaningful group projects for part-time students who can be in disparate time zones. As part of our Master's biotechnology programme, offered completely online, we have developed a capstone course for students approaching graduation, which integrates a semester-long project working with a small biotechnology company in the DC metro area into the course curriculum. The experience and results from these projects have been well received by the participating students and companies. We describe some of the challenges we have faced, strategies we have developed, and ongoing modifications to the programme to integrate projects with small biotechnology businesses into the online classroom.
Work in progress — restructuring online capstone courses in partnership with industry for professional science master's (PSM) recognition
The procedures and challenges for acquiring a PSM designation for online programs are introduced. The approaches for creating partnerships with industry and restructuring the capstone courses, developed by the Biotechnology and Telecommunications Management PSM programs at University of Maryland University College, are presented. The significance of the newly designed capstone courses, their integration with virtual internships, the expected outcomes, and the preliminary results are discussed. Innovative use of technology, recommended teaching strategies, and lessons learned by program directors and industry liaisons are shared.
America Or Europe?: British Foreign Policy, 1739-63
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