As part of the Fall 2026 CET Faculty Showcase, Tanvi Patel from the Dornsife Writing Program explored how experiential learning can strengthen humanistic skills and reduce students’ reliance on generative AI. Sample writing assignments illustrated learning objectives, evaluation methods, and strategies for success.
As part of the Fall 2026 CET Faculty Showcase, Kaali Dass from USC Bovard College shared a practical framework for using AI-generated case studies, structured prompts, and interactive breakout sessions in graduate courses. This approach helped students connect theory with real-world application, practice decision-making, receive timely feedback, and translate knowledge into action.
This document provides a structured peer review tool with submission guidelines and a rubric that instructors can use to evaluate a colleague’s active learning lesson plan and offer targeted feedback on engagement, inclusion, and effectiveness.
In this Fall 2025 Faculty Showcase on Experiential Learning, Susan Harris, Executive Director of the USC Joint Educational Project (JEP) outlines the service learning and community engagement opportunities offered through JEP, as well as other resources for faculty who are interested in implementing community-based learning.
For this Fall 2025 Faculty Showcase on Experiential Learning, Anastassia Tzoytzoyrakos, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, American Language Institute, describes a collaboration with the Joint Educational Project program that supports graduate students’ language learning through teaching and tutoring in community K-12 schools.
In this Fall 2025 Faculty Showcase on Experiential Learning, Kiel Shaub, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences (Physical Education & Mind Body Health), outlines opportunities for project-based learning grounded in faculty research through the EXL Lab at the Office of Experiential and Applied Learning.
For this Fall 2025 Faculty Showcase on Experiential Learning, Hannah Maryanski Kiszla, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences (Wrigley Institute for Environment and Sustainability), highlights opportunities for faculty in a variety of disciplines to engage in experiential learning at the USC campus on Catalina Island.
In this Fall 2025 Faculty Showcase on Experiential Learning, Chelsea Graham, USC Office of Sustainability, gives an overview of the Exploring Sustainability through Campus Living Labs (ExSCLL) program, which gives students an opportunity to apply academic skills to a variety of sustainability projects on campus.
For this Fall 2025 Faculty Showcase on Experiential Learning, Sean Fraga, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences (Environmental Studies and History), demonstrates how students connect to global coastal environmental history through physical water and land-based exploration of Catalina Island.
In this Fall 2025 Faculty Showcase on Experiential Learning, Phil Ethington, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences (Spatial Sciences Institute), shares a learning experience where students connect to the indigenous history of LA by taking part in a guided walk from reconstructed maps indigenous roadways and sites across the USC campus.
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