JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION - naspaa
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION - naspaa
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Badgers & Hoosiers: An Interstate Collaborative Learning Experience Connecting<br />
MPA Students in Wisconsin and Indiana<br />
APPENDIX A<br />
Collaborative Teaching Project Summary<br />
Spring 2007<br />
Fall 2007<br />
Spring 2008<br />
IUN<br />
UWO<br />
IUN<br />
UWO<br />
IUN<br />
UWO<br />
Implement Chopsticks Exercise<br />
with students.<br />
Implement Chopsticks Exercise<br />
with students.<br />
Teams create abstracts to submit<br />
to corresponding teams at UWO.<br />
Teams create abstracts to submit<br />
to corresponding teams at IUN.<br />
UWO teams also charged with<br />
developing extended case studies.<br />
• Research respective communities,<br />
institutions, and programs.<br />
• One-on-one telephone<br />
interviews with assigned<br />
partners.<br />
• Analysis of self-organizing<br />
behaviors in reference to<br />
Bolman and Deal “Frames.”<br />
• Research respective<br />
communities, institutions, and<br />
programs.<br />
• One-on-one telephone<br />
interview with assigned<br />
partners.<br />
• Mini social-science research<br />
project.<br />
Exercise is more valuable if<br />
students are allowed to<br />
communicate directly about their<br />
experiences.<br />
• Critical to develop an e-mail<br />
protocol to maintain clarity of<br />
communication threads.<br />
• Advisable for class participants<br />
to communicate directly, instead<br />
of through instructors.<br />
• Many students comment that<br />
the most enjoyable part of the<br />
collaborative project was the<br />
one-on-one interviews.<br />
• E-mail protocol dramatically<br />
improved interaction quality.<br />
• Students would have preferred<br />
to create their own one-on-one<br />
interview guide.<br />
• Collaborative project is most<br />
effective when working with all<br />
of the same components in the<br />
assignment.<br />
APPENDIX B<br />
Spring 2008<br />
Collaborative Learning Project – Interview Form<br />
Name of Interviewer<br />
Date<br />
Name of Person Being Interviewed<br />
Length<br />
1. What do you see as the value of public administration to a society<br />
2. Based on the analysis of the two collaborating communities, what stood out<br />
Similarities Differences Did anything surprise you<br />
3. What do you feel are the greatest challenges faced by public organizations in your<br />
community<br />
4. What is the value of professional programs in public administration/affairs<br />
5. Why are you pursuing an MPA degree<br />
360 Journal of Public Affairs Education