About the Connected Learning Program

The Connected Learning Program provides unique opportunities for students to shape their own learning outside of the traditional classroom, to make connections across disciplines, to excel in their individual interests, and to collaborate with fellow undergraduates and faculty on projects designed to enlarge their intellectual lives. The Connected Learning Program is open to all students who are eager for a self-directed, "build-your-own" experience.

Connected Learning Program residents develop academically based projects that connect their passionate interests with classroom experiences, campus involvements, and the greater community. Possibilities for projects include but are not limited to:

• Projects that join the expertise of different academic departments to explore a common topic through discussions, lectures, film series, concerts and performances, or other similar activities
• Projects that connect students' international experiences to campus classrooms and communities
• Projects that support students' original research or artistic activity
• Projects in which students pursue deeper understanding and effective action on contemporary issues

You may see descriptions of current year projects by clicking on the “Current Projects” link to the left. Click on “Past projects” to see examples of completed projects.

Mentors
Upper-class students serve as project team leaders and mentors to first year students in the Connected Learning Program. Mentors are expected to develop and implement a project, either on their own or with fellow mentors, and actively engage first year students in the project.

First Year Students and Transfer Students
Incoming first year students and transfer students will have the opportunity to join a project team organized by a mentor. Mid-year transfer students may apply to the program and will be matched with a project already in progress.

Faculty and Staff
Faculty and staff can participate in the Connected Learning Program, either by getting involved in a student-run project, or through the development of a project that students choose to join.

The Connected Learning Program at Cobb residence hall is a joint project of the James M. Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence and Housing & Residential Education.