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Title: Collaborative Team-Based and Experiential Learning

Collaborative Team-Based and Experiential Learning

A Path to Student Innovation in Communication

by Elizabeth Johnson-Young (Volume editor) Adria Y. Goldman (Volume editor) Alexis Walker (Volume editor)
©2026 Textbook XIV, 136 Pages
Education

Summary

This handbook provides innovative teaching strategies designed to enhance collaboration, critical thinking, and community engagement in communication classrooms. Focusing on practical, experiential learning, it equips educators with assignments and activities that align with the needs of today’s college students.
Incorporating insights from various communication subfields, this handbook emphasizes a flexible approach. It features assignments that promote deep learning through real-world applications, such as project-based learning, team activities, and community-engaged projects. These strategies prepare students for future careers by fostering skills in problem-solving, teamwork, and critical analysis.
The handbook also addresses the importance of equitable pedagogy, offering methods to create inclusive learning environments. It aims to cultivate an atmosphere where students actively participate and engage with the material.
Whether you are a seasoned educator or new to college teaching, this handbook serves as an adaptable resource, offering step-by-step instructions, reflections from educators, and supplemental materials adaptable to multiple classrooms and a diversity of student learning needs.

Table Of Contents

  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Tables
  • Contributing Authors
  • Introduction
  • Introductory and Human Communication Studies
  • Chapter 1 Time and Money Spent on Media (Susan A. Sci)
  • Chapter 2 “Missed” Communication: A Critical Assessment of Communication in Relationships (Stephanie Medden)
  • Chapter 3 Combining Collaboration with Making Predictions to Inspire Deep Learning (Carol L. Thompson, Marceline Thompson-Hayes, & April Chatham-Carpenter)
  • Chapter 4 Practicing Communication Consulting and Creating Messages that Matter (Emily Stones)
  • Chapter 5 Interviewing Collaboration Leaders (Renee Guarriello Heath)
  • Communication Sub-Fields
  • Chapter 6 Amplify Utah: Enterprise Stories for Diverse and Underrepresented Communities (Lana Medina and Marcie Young Cancio)
  • Chapter 7 Covering the Live Sporting Event: A Path to Experiential Learning (J. Frazier Smith)
  • Chapter 8 Block Party: A Hyperlocal Journalism Learning Partnership Assignment (Rhema Zlaten)
  • Chapter 9 Teaching AP Style: A Comprehensive Toolkit With Google Docs and ChatGPT (Andrew M. Abernathy, Jinger Bernhardt, and Drake Hills)
  • Strategic, Political, and Organizational Communication
  • Chapter 10 Social Media Listening Report (Davide Girardelli and Jonas Nilsson)
  • Chapter 11 Social Media Project: Cause-Driven Campaigns (Steffi Shook)
  • Chapter 12 Going Global: A Feasibility Exercise for Establishing International Branches of the Campus Student-Run Agency (Sarah K. Maben)
  • Chapter 13 The Organizational Communication Assessment: A Service-Learning Experience Cultivating Career Readiness (Audrey Wilson Allison)
  • Chapter 14 Voter Registration Campaigns: Activating Students’ Civic Engagement (David Lynn Painter)
  • Research, Methods, and Theories
  • Chapter 15 Research is in Your Reach! In-Class Research Activity (Tyana J. Ellis)
  • Chapter 16 Getting “SMART” with Student Goal-Setting, Technology, and Community Collaboration (Austin J. Beattie, Kate Magsamen-Conrad & Amanda J. Oyen)
  • Chapter 17 Bridging Theory and Practice for Enhanced Student Learning: A Review of “Communication Project” (Tuong-Minh Ly-Le)
  • Chapter 18 Constructing Health Communication Campaign Messages to Address Community Health Needs: A Community-Engaged Learning Approach (Holli H. Seitz)
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Appendix

Contents

  1. List of Figures

  2. List of Tables

  3. Contributing Authors

  4. Introduction

  5. Introductory and Human Communication Studies

    1. Chapter 1 Time and Money Spent on Media

      Susan A. Sci

    2. Chapter 2 “Missed” Communication: A Critical Assessment of Communication in Relationships

      Stephanie Medden

    3. Chapter 3 Combining Collaboration with Making Predictions to Inspire Deep Learning

      Carol L. Thompson, Marceline Thompson-Hayes, & April Chatham-Carpenter

    4. Chapter 4 Practicing Communication Consulting and Creating Messages that Matter

      Emily Stones

    5. Chapter 5 Interviewing Collaboration Leaders

      Renee Guarriello Heath

  6. Communication Sub-Fields

    1. Chapter 6 Amplify Utah: Enterprise Stories for Diverse and Underrepresented Communities*

      Lana Medina and Marcie Young Cancio

    2. Chapter 7 Covering the Live Sporting Event: A Path to Experiential Learning

      J. Frazier Smith

    3. Chapter 8 Block Party: A Hyperlocal Journalism Learning Partnership Assignment

      Rhema Zlaten

    4. Chapter 9 Teaching AP Style: A Comprehensive Toolkit With Google Docs and ChatGPT

      Andrew M. Abernathy, Jinger Bernhardt, and Drake Hills

  7. Strategic, Political, and Organizational Communication

    1. Chapter 10 Social Media Listening Report*

      Davide Girardelli and Jonas Nilsson

    2. Chapter 11 Social Media Project: Cause-Driven Campaigns

      Steffi Shook

    3. Chapter 12 Going Global: A Feasibility Exercise for Establishing International Branches of the Campus Student-Run Agency

      Sarah K. Maben

    4. Chapter 13 The Organizational Communication Assessment: A Service-Learning Experience Cultivating Career Readiness*

      Audrey Wilson Allison

    5. Chapter 14 Voter Registration Campaigns: Activating Students’ Civic Engagement*

      David Lynn Painter

  8. Research, Methods, and Theories

    1. Chapter 15 Research is in Your Reach! In-Class Research Activity

      Tyana J. Ellis

    2. Chapter 16 Getting “SMART” with Student Goal-Setting, Technology, and Community Collaboration*

      Austin J. Beattie, Kate Magsamen-Conrad & Amanda J. Oyen

    3. Chapter 17 Bridging Theory and Practice for Enhanced Student Learning: A Review of “Communication Project”*

      Tuong-Minh Ly-Le

    4. Chapter 18 Constructing Health Communication Campaign Messages to Address Community Health Needs: A Community-Engaged Learning Approach

Details

Pages
XIV, 136
Publication Year
2026
ISBN (PDF)
9783034351881
ISBN (ePUB)
9783034351898
ISBN (Softcover)
9783034351874
DOI
10.3726/b22864
Language
English
Publication date
2026 (July)
Keywords
communication education classroom activities student engagement higher education teaching Collaborative Team-Based and Experiential Learning A Path to Student Innovation in Communication Elizabeth Johnson-Young Adria Goldman Alexis Romero Walker
Published
New York, Berlin, Bruxelles, Chennai, Lausanne, Oxford, 2026. XIV, 136 pp., 6 b/w ill., 3 tables.
Product Safety
Peter Lang Group AG

Biographical notes

Elizabeth Johnson-Young (Volume editor) Adria Y. Goldman (Volume editor) Alexis Walker (Volume editor)

Elizabeth Johnson-Young is an Associate Professor of Communication and the Associate Director of the Center for Teaching at the University of Mary Washington. Dr. Johnson-Young teaches courses including research methods, campaigns, and health communication. In the classroom she focuses on classroom collaboration and often partners with community members. Adria Y. Goldman is an Associate Professor of Communication and Director of the Speaking Intensive Program at the University of Mary Washington. Her scholarly interests include rhetoric, media, and identity. She co-authored Black Women in Reality Television Docusoaps: Media Depictions and Reflections and co-edited insecure, Awkward, and #Winning. Alexis Romero Walker is an Instructor at Fordham University and a Senior Researcher at the Geena Davis Institute. Their scholarly interests include media literacy education and media representation. They were awarded the Higher Educator award from the NAMLE and the AEJMC Mass Communication and Society Distinguished Educator Award.

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