[Video] This month with the President – Learning outside the classroom

[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/patrickdecember2011.jpg” caption=”In the latest installment of his video series, President Patrick Deane talks about recognizing outside-the-classroom experience in the academic curriculum. “]In the latest edition of This month with the President, Patrick Deane talks about the
importance of recognizing outside-the-classroom experience in the academic
curriculum.
“This University has a better record than most at building-in experiential components
[to courses],” said Deane. “We've come up with some extremely original ways of doing
this, so this is not something completely new.”
Deane also said it's clear from conversations with students that experiential learning opportunities are incredibly valuable. He continues in the video below: