Date: January 6
Time: 4:00- 5:00 p.m.
Location: Rodney Room, Perkins Student Center

Description: Most PBL models encourage team-based problem solving. But how do we structure teams and facilitate teams so they can be productive? What specific strategies will encourage strong team formation and performance?

 

Mark Serva

Mark Serva

Mark Serva, Accounting & MIS

Mark A. Serva is an associate professor of management information systems at the University of Delaware. His research focuses are trust in electronic commerce and latent growth modeling. He is the former director for the Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education (ITUE) at the University of Delaware, a leading advocate for PBL and other student-centered pedagogies. He is the current program director for the global enterprise technology (GET) program, which places students in extended internships in area companies. The program allows students to make significant progress toward graduation, while also defraying the costs of higher education. The program has placed 100% of its students since its inception in 2010. Dr. Serva has also worked as an educational consultant for over ten years, conducting PBL workshops around the United States and the world for UD and Harvard University.