“Developing Global-Ready Agriculturists through Experiential Learning Modules: Solving Problems of Food Insecurity & Human Suffering in Haiti”

As part of a USDA Higher Education Challenge Grant, faculty and graduate student pairs have traveled to Haiti and developed Experiential Learning Modules (ELMs) to be included in international agricultural development graduate curricula. Faculty and student pairs from Texas A&M University, Auburn University, and Sam Houston State University have come together to make this project possible. These teams have been hosted by Christianville, a faith-based NGO in Gressier. During their immersive experience faculty/student pairs engage with the community and resources around them to identify challenges and innovations related to food insecurity ad human suffering in Haiti to develop the topic of their ELMs.

May 2017

January 2017

What is an Experiential Learning Module?

 An Experiential Learning Module or ELM is a multimedia presentation based on the four adaptive modes of Kolb’s Learning Cycle (1984). ELMs contain pictures or video and voice over presentations to create an active vicarious experience for the classroom learner. Each ELM includes specific objectives based on identified needs related to food security and human suffering. Each ELM also describes the background information of the need identified by the target audience and will include author/developer pair members’ perceptions of Haiti such as culture, history, economy, and religion.

January 2017 (L-R) Roopesh Gopaul, Isabella Virgl, Taya Brown, Katlin Keppler, Kathryn Jasper, James Lindner, Gary Briers, Rebecca Robles-Piña,Paul Bowers, and Manuel Piña

May 2016 (L-R) Gary Briers, Elizabeth Wofford (Webb), Roopesh Gopaul, Joseph Molnar, Glenn Brodbeck, Rebecca Robles-Piña, Manuel Piña, Katlin Keppler, Elizabeth Bird, Danette Philpot

Take Survery

Experiential Learning Module	Assessment	Author
Advanced Agricultural Education in Haiti	Learning Assessment	Katlin D. Keppler, Master’s Student Texas A&M University
Sustainable Management Practices Of Plantain In Haiti With Emphasis on The Control of the Disease Black Sigatoka	Learning Assessment	Abhimanyu Gopaul, Master’s Student Auburn University
Improving Food Security Programs and Decreasing Human Suffering by Building Relationships with Children in Haiti	Learning Assessment	Elizabeth J. Wofford (Webb), PhD Student Sam Houston State University
Screwworm in Livestock and Humans? Case in Haiti	Learning Assessment	Glenn Brodbeck, Master’s Student Texas A&M University
A Systems Approach to Improving Agricultural Production in a Development Setting	Learning Assessment-	Taya Brown, PhD Student Texas A&M University
Career Aspirations of Haitian Secondary Students	Learning Assessment-	Katlin D. Keppler, Master’s Student Texas A&M University
Composting to Increase Food Production	Learning Assessment-	Paul B. Bowers, Master’s Student Texas A&M University
Haiti: Water Resource Management	Learning Assessment-	Kathryn Jasper, Master’s Student Texas A&M University
The Potential and Role of an Extension Service in the Provision of Sustainable Farming Practices in Gressier : Challenges and Scope	Learning Assessment-	Abhimanyu Gopaul, Master’s Student Auburn University
Developing the Goat Industry in Haiti	Learning Assessment	Mekenzie Hargaden Master’s Student Auburn University
Goat Chili: A School Lunch Program to Feed a Community in Haiti	Learning Assessment	Elizabeth Wofford PhD Student Sam Houston State University
Use of Comparative Education to Increase Cultural Identity Development with Children in Haiti	Learning Assessment	Elizabeth Wofford PhD Student Sam Houston State University
Relieving Human Suffering through a Child Sponsorship Program in Haiti: A Case Study	Learning Assessment	Elizabeth Wofford PhD Student Sam Houston State University
Relieving Human Suffering through a Children’s Home Internship in Haiti	Learning Assessment	Elizabeth Wofford PhD Student Sam Houston State University
International Development Work Model: Case Study of Christianville Foundation	Learning Assessment	Elizabeth Wofford PhD Student Sam Houston State University
Corn Production in Haiti	Learning Assessment	Abby Heidenreich Master’s Student Auburn University
An Exploration of Haitian Vocational Education	Learning Assessment	Nicole Dietzel PhD Student Texas A&M University
Post-Harvest Loss in Haiti	Learning Assessment	Kelsey Barnes Master’s Student Texas A&M University
Biosecurity at an NGO Site	Learning Assessment	Shannon Seelye Master’s Student Texas A&M University
International Agricultural Development: Selecting a Research Topic	Learning Assessment	Kristen Berger Master’s Student Texas A&M University
Evaluation of Rabbit Production Project	Learning Assessment	Kristen Berger Master’s Student Texas A&M University
Aquaponics for the Developing World	Learning Assessment	Taya Brown PhD Student Texas A&M University
Moringa: The Tree of Life	Learning Assessment	Kerry Kennedy Master’s Student Texas A&M University

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Contact Information

Dr. Gary Briers
Professor, Principal Investigator
Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications
2116 TAMU, Room 244, Agriculture and Life Sciences Building,
600 John Kimborough Blvd.
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-2116
g-briers@tamu.edu

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This material was created with funding from: USDA/NIFA Higher Education Challenge Grant Project # TEX09637