http://www.syndicatemizzou.org Thu, 24 May 2012 10:20:23 GMT en-us 40 Center for eResearch Connecting you with the University of Missouri’s innovative research and creative activity http://www.syndicatemizzou.org/images/logo.png 384 80 http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/urmforum07/ipod/blockus3.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/urmforum07/ipod/blockus3.m4v Some of the images that people have about research include laboratories, as well as boring and solitary confinement. Well, Blockus tries to dispel some of these misconceptions. These undergraduate researchers have an opportunity to work one-on-one with researchers from a variety of countries (including Pakistan, South Korea, Australia, England, and Israel). “It really helps broaden their understanding of how science is a global experience” says Blockus. “The students are really working in a team environment, learning how to interact with other people on projects.” 3 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:41:42 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/peacecorps2/ipod/PC2_04_PC_in_Columbia.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/peacecorps2/ipod/PC2_04_PC_in_Columbia.m4v As part of their fellowship at MU, the volunteers need to come up with a project that benefits the local community. Toward that end they have developed a class to help globalize students, and are working on organizing a service-learning trip. “The idea is to connect what we are doing in class with the volunteer work they are doing in order to see the reasons people volunteer and how a community looks at a problem and pools their resources to solve it,” Craver says. 3 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:50:53 GMT