Translational Learning
Translational learning allows students to take what they learn in the classroom or lab and apply it in a diverse range of real-world and real-work settings.
Students are encouraged to apply new research or basic technology to a specific situation or discipline and to use applied skills in new ways. In an increasingly global marketplace, the range of real-world and real-work settings continues to expand with virtually no limits on the type of learning or knowledge that can be applied in particular or discrete settings.
Example of Translational Learning at MSU
The Digital Media Art and Technology (DMAT) Showcase features media projects from students enrolled in the DMAT program, a collaboration involving the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media; School of Journalism, and the Department of Advertising in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences. DMAT’s three core objectives are
- to drive invention of new media technologies and foster experimentation with new genres;
- to nurture the next generation of media designers by providing experience with the latest tools, sharing perspective on the creative process, and encouraging a variety of approaches to developing high quality, compelling new media products;
- to conduct research on the process, design, and impacts of new media.
