Experiential Learning Summit March 27 th , 2019 To begin, let us acknowledge that Queen’s is situated on traditional Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee territory. We are grateful to be able to live, learn, and play on these lands.
Welcome Vice Provost and Dean of Student Affairs Ann Tierney
Agenda Plenary • Context • Strategy • Activities Refreshment Break Panel #1: Strategies for Developing Effective Courses or Program Panel #2: What makes for an Impact EL Experience Next Steps
Context and Considerations for EL at Queen's Vice Provost, Teaching and Learning Jill Scott
Growing Interest in EL
What is Experiential Learning? Experiential learning is a method in which educators purposefully engage with learners in direct experience and focused reflection in order to increase knowledge, develop skills, and clarify values. Not all experience is experiential learning. Definition adapted from American Association for Experiential Education
Ministry Definition
Job Search Skills Experiential Learning i.e. Resumes, interviews i.e. Practicum, internship, SWEP Employability Skills, Career Exploration & Development & Choice Reflection i.e. Guest speakers, information interviews i.e. Time management
EL Working Group To recommend strategies that would facilitate the development and growth of self-sustaining, curricular-based and co-curricular based, experiential learning opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students that build on the existing programs and course offerings. Responsibility for EL curriculum and program development retained by faculties and units.
Working Group Membership • Vice Provost Student Affairs (chair) • Vice Provost Teaching and Learning • Faculty - Associate Deans • Faculty members • Students - student government, students who had completed EL activities • Career Services • Institutional Research and Planning
Goals & Principles • EL programs should be simple for students and employers (complexity stays behind the scenes) • EL Language should establish a strong message for recruitment • Stimulate growth in intern numbers • Increase efficiencies using coordinated infrastructure • Establish clearly defined roles and responsibilities • Contribute to specific learning outcomes • Programming must be sustainable
Working Group Research & Consultations Faculties: received EL Plans covering Faculties/Schools Current EL Programming: received SWOT reports from • EL Activity Instructors - Curricular • EL Activity Coordinators - Co-Curricular Cross-Campus Mechanisms and Communication: received summary reports and meeting participation from • Health and safety • Tracking and reporting (including NSSE) • Central internship program • Finance • Undergraduate recruitment
Consultations: What We Heard • Experiential learning has great benefit for students and is desired by students and prospective students • Programs such as practicums are well developed and functioning well • A lot of experiential learning activity happening • Students interested in a variety of opportunities • Most current activities operate independent of each other • Instructors could benefit from shared administrative support • Academic decisions need to remain at the unit level • Need to ensure there are mechanisms for risk management, tracking of participation, sustainable development • Need clear messaging
Working Group Results: Report Set of recommendations • Provides clarity to next steps • Grounded in consultation Opportunity for regular updates • e.g. to Provost Advisory Committee on Teaching and Learning Raised profile of experiential learning
EL 101
The Experiential Learning Cycle David Kolb (1984) Why Kolb’s Model? Purposeful design of a concrete experience to create unique opportunities for guided reflection and critical analysis
Source: Ash & Clayton, 2009 DEAL Model for Critical Reflection
Benefits of Experiential Learning Students • Practical experience • Applied learning • Skill/professional development • Critical analysis • Self-reflexivity • Career exploration • Networking • Personal growth • Enhanced transition to workplace • Increased engagement in academics Source: HEQCO, 2016. A Practical Guide for Work-Integrated Learning
Benefits of Experiential Learning Academic Institution • Increased community engagement • Increased communication with government and industry • Opportunities for curriculum enhancement with applied content • Enhanced student education, satisfaction and engagement • Enhanced student recruitment Source: HEQCO, 2016. A Practical Guide for Work-Integrated Learning
Benefits of Experiential Learning Community Partners • Students bring new ideas and innovation to projects • Access to current theoretical knowledge and resources • Access to high-quality students for temporary employment • Development of the employer’s coaching and leadership skills Source: HEQCO, 2016. A Practical Guide for Work-Integrated Learning
EL Program and Course Design
ELWG Recommendations: Progress Raising Awareness Growing QUIP Enhancing Learning Structures Creating a ‘Hub’ Overseeing Growth
Recommendation: Raising Awareness Continue to encourage and value co- curricular experiences by improving mechanisms for skill development and for students to learn about experiential learning opportunities, increasing awareness.
Major Maps
Grad Maps
Major Maps: Reach 225,000 250 200 PAGE 150 100 VIEWS 50 AND 0 COUNTING… 2015 2016 2017 2018 Total Page Views (Thousands)
Major Maps: Response from Students 100 93% 91% 90% % Students who Strongly Agree or Agree 83% 75 79% 50 25 0 Understand the skills and Be more confident in making Be more aware of Be motivated to start career Be aware of support services career options associated informed decisions about experiential learning and palnning earlier and prepare with programs at Queen's. your programs and career resume building for your job search at plans. opportunities. graduation.
Recommendation: Grow QUIP Expand the number of students pursuing for-credit long-term internships in the Queen’s Undergraduate Internship Program
QUIP: Types of Work
QUIP: Example Positions
QUIP: Where Students Work
QUIP: On-Campus Internships • • Information Security Associate Intern, Communications and Market Research • • Communications, Digital Marketing Intern Intern, Energy Engineer • • Professional Intern in Programming Geomechanics Laboratory Internship • • Intern, Marketing and Student Support Communications Intern • Academic Initiatives Assistant • Cognitive Analytics - Developer Intern • Energy Engineering Internship • Intern, Marketing and Strategic Initiatives • Marketing and Communications Intern • Project Intern • Project Coordinator Interested in hiring a QUIP intern? Contact us at quip@queensu.ca
The QUIP Team Nick Gregg Melissa Marcucci Grant Sarah Towns Tiffany Pearsall Tara Poole QUIP Coordinator QUIP Coordinator QUIP Coordinator QUIP Administrative QUIP Coordinator Assistant
Recommendation: Co-curricular Learning Structure Enhance learning structure for two on campus work programs, SWEP and Work Study , and extend that framework across all student jobs on campus. Explore adding EL structures to existing on campus opportunities
First Meeting: Reflection Part 1 Professional Skills Leadership (Taking initiative by providing vision, motivation, Adaptability (Open and respond constructively to feedback; and action; Guided by principles of integrity, social Learn from mistakes; Manage/cope with uncertainty) responsibility and an ethic of care) Written & Oral Communication ( Express ideas clearly and Inquiry and Analysis (Engage in learning and discovery; convincingly using a variety of methods) Transfer knowledge and skills to new situations, experiences and environments) Self-Management (Manage and evaluate own learning, Time Management (Plan and manage time (and other behaviour, well-being and values while practicing ethical resources) to achieve goals; Set appropriate and achievable decision-making) goals & priorities) Collaboration (Make meaningful contributions in a group Civic Engagement and Global Learning (Students make a environment with a positive manner of interaction) difference in their communities, both locally and globally) Critical Thinking (Provide informed and innovative Intercultural Competence (Students develop skills and conclusions, judgements or solutions while recognizing need attributes that support effective and appropriate interaction for ongoing learning and limits of knowledge) in diverse cultural contexts) Other (Add additional job specific or industry specific professional skills) EL WrapAround
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