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Experiential Learning Summit March 27 th , 2019 To begin, let us acknowledge that Queens is situated on traditional Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee territory. We are grateful to be able to live, learn, and play on these lands. Welcome Vice

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Experiential Learning

Summit

March 27th, 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.

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Welcome

Vice Provost and Dean of Student Affairs Ann Tierney

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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

Agenda

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Context and Considerations for EL at Queen's

Vice Provost, Teaching and Learning Jill Scott

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Growing Interest in EL

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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

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Ministry Definition

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Experiential Learning

i.e. Practicum, internship, SWEP

Career Exploration & Choice

i.e. Guest speakers, information interviews

Job Search Skills

i.e. Resumes, interviews

Employability Skills, Development & Reflection

i.e. Time management

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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

  • fferings.

Responsibility for EL curriculum and program development retained by faculties and units.

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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

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EL 101

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The Experiential Learning Cycle David Kolb (1984)

Why Kolb’s Model? Purposeful design of a concrete experience to create unique

  • pportunities

for guided reflection and critical analysis

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DEAL Model for Critical Reflection

Source: Ash & Clayton, 2009

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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
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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
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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
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EL Program and Course Design

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ELWG Recommendations:

Progress

Raising Awareness Growing QUIP Enhancing Learning Structures Creating a ‘Hub’ Overseeing Growth

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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.

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Major Maps

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Grad Maps

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Major Maps: Reach

50 100 150 200 250 2015 2016 2017 2018

Total Page Views (Thousands)

225,000

PAGE VIEWS

AND COUNTING…

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SLIDE 27 93% 91% 83% 90% 79% 25 50 75 100 Understand the skills and career options associated with programs at Queen's. Be more confident in making informed decisions about your programs and career plans. Be more aware of experiential learning and resume building
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Be motivated to start career palnning earlier and prepare for your job search at graduation. Be aware of support services

Major Maps: Response from Students

% Students who Strongly Agree or Agree

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Recommendation: Grow QUIP

Expand the number of students pursuing for-credit long-term internships in the Queen’s Undergraduate Internship Program

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QUIP: Types of Work

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QUIP: Example Positions

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QUIP: Where Students Work

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QUIP: On-Campus Internships

  • Information Security Associate
  • Communications, Digital Marketing Intern
  • Professional Intern in Programming
  • Intern, Marketing and Student Support
  • Academic Initiatives Assistant
  • Cognitive Analytics - Developer Intern
  • Energy Engineering Internship
  • Intern, Marketing and Strategic Initiatives
  • Marketing and Communications Intern
  • Project Intern
  • Project Coordinator
  • Intern, Communications and Market Research
  • Intern, Energy Engineer
  • Geomechanics Laboratory Internship
  • Communications Intern

Interested in hiring a QUIP intern? Contact us at quip@queensu.ca

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The QUIP Team

Nick Gregg

QUIP Coordinator

Melissa Marcucci Grant

QUIP Coordinator

Sarah Towns

QUIP Coordinator

Tara Poole

QUIP Coordinator

Tiffany Pearsall

QUIP Administrative Assistant
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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

  • pportunities
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SLIDE 35 Professional Skills  Leadership (Taking initiative by providing vision, motivation, and action; Guided by principles of integrity, social responsibility and an ethic of care)  Adaptability (Open and respond constructively to feedback; Learn from mistakes; Manage/cope with uncertainty)  Written & Oral Communication (Express ideas clearly and convincingly using a variety of methods)  Inquiry and Analysis (Engage in learning and discovery; Transfer knowledge and skills to new situations, experiences and environments)  Self-Management (Manage and evaluate own learning, behaviour, well-being and values while practicing ethical decision-making)  Time Management (Plan and manage time (and other resources) to achieve goals; Set appropriate and achievable goals & priorities)  Collaboration (Make meaningful contributions in a group environment with a positive manner of interaction)  Civic Engagement and Global Learning (Students make a difference in their communities, both locally and globally)  Critical Thinking (Provide informed and innovative conclusions, judgements or solutions while recognizing need for ongoing learning and limits of knowledge)  Intercultural Competence (Students develop skills and attributes that support effective and appropriate interaction in diverse cultural contexts)  Other (Add additional job specific or industry specific professional skills)

First Meeting: Reflection Part 1

EL WrapAround

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Final Meeting: Reflection Part 2

EL WrapAround

Part 2 – Near End of Role Student records reflections below and brings form to meeting with supervisor to discuss. Student Questions (to be completed by student):

  • 1. Comment on how you developed and/or demonstrated the 2-5 work-related skills that

were identified in Part 1.

  • 2. How did your work contribute to the department?
  • 3. How has this experience helped to inform your long term options and/or goals?

Supervisor Comments (to be completed by supervisor at meeting):

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EL WrapAround

On Campus Work and DSA Student Positions

Number 165 SWEP positions that had an EL reflective component added to their role 481 Work-study students who had an EL reflective component added to their role 685 Students in student affairs roles (paid and volunteer) who had an EL reflective component added to their existing role (projected) 82 Staff trained to facilitate EL WrapAround 5 Students trained to supervisor other students 7 Students who attended skill reflection training (pre and mid-year) 21 Online resources and tip sheets uploaded to the new EL Living Library 2 New training videos created

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EL WrapAround

2018-2019 Example Student Roles

QUIC Student Assistants English Conversation Volunteers Work Link Volunteers Residence Dons and Program Assistants Peer Learning and Writing Assistants Q Success Mentors Bounceback Mentors Peer Health Educators Campus Observation Room Volunteers BISC Mentors Work Study Positions SWEP Positions

2019-20 Expansion Contact the EL Hub if you’re interested in using the EL WrapAround

el.hub@queensu.ca

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Recommendation: Create a “Hub”

Create a "hub" building

  • n the QUIP model for

the coordination of experiential learning to communicate the importance of EL an to most efficiently support cross-institutional planning and delivery, and relationships with community and employer partners.

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Experiential Learning Hub

Adv dvice ce on EL Planning nning & L Logi gistics tics

Inform

  • rmatio

tion Shari ring ng Connectin ecting g with th Pa Partn tner ers

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Experiential Learning Hub Highlights

2017-18

  • EL Hub launch
  • Website live
  • Online tools and resources for faculty

and employers

  • Mapping existing EL on campus
  • Faculty consultations
  • Host Outreach Network
  • Risk Management Group

2018-19

  • Updates to website
  • Faculty Toolkit
  • Employing Student Talent Quick

Guide

  • ELPF
  • EL WrapAround
  • Risk Management Referral Process
  • Customized workshops for

curricular and co-curricular EL

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Experiential Learning Hub How to Connect with Us

1-1 Consultation with EL Hub Staff Online Tools and Resources Customized Workshops Risk Management Referrals Partnership Building

  • Strategies for engaging host organizations
  • Host Outreach Network

Visit EL Hub Table at Summit

el.hub@queensu.ca

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Recommendation:

Mechanisms to Oversee Growth

Recommend that the Provost consider appropriate mechanisms to oversee the development and growth

  • f El activities at Queen’s

such as an advisory committee.

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EL Steering Committee Members

  • Faculty of Arts and Science – Associate Dean,

Teaching and Learning

  • Faculty of Engineering – Associate Dean, Teaching

and Learning

  • Faculty of Health Sciences - Vice Dean Education
  • Faculty of Law, Assistant Dean of Students
  • Faculty of Education - Associate Dean

Undergraduate Studies

  • Smith School of Business - Executive Director,

Commerce Program

  • School of Graduate Studies – Associate Dean
  • Associate Vice-Principal (International)
  • Assistant Dean, Student Life and Learning, Student

Affairs

  • Centre for Teaching and Learning – Director
  • AMS representative
  • SGPS representative
  • Student who has completed a Queen’s EL

experience

  • Co-Chairs: Vice Provost, Teaching and Learning and

Director, Career Services & Experiential Learning

https://www.queensu.ca/provost/committees-and- reports/provosts-advisory-committee-teaching-and- learning/experiential-learning-0

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Career Ready Fund

Queen's Cares

  • International Pilot

Experiential Learning Projects Fund BISC ELO Design Local Employer Development

  • Wage Subsidy
  • DDQIC
  • Employing Student Talent Quick Guide
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Community Engaged Learning Queen’s Cares

CRF Funding supported addition of two new international experiences in partnership with Western University, creating local and global options for an Alternative Reading Program Partners Leaders Participants Kingston

The Boys & Girls Club KEYS Job Centre Focus Forward for Indigenous Youth Art the Science Joe’s Mill Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board Kingston Frontenac Public Library

10 20 (5 from Western)

New Orleans

ARC GNO Camp Restore Habitat for Humanity

2 5

Ecuador

Operation Groundswell Bee Farm Shunku Fundación Brethren y Unida

1 2

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Community Engaged Learning Queen’s Cares

https://www.queensu.ca/studentexperience/queens-cares

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Experiential Learning Projects Fund

“I gained so much from this experience, including cultural sensitivity, Indigenous issues awareness, a broader mindset, teaching experience and research experience… This experience gave me so many skills that I can carry on to my future career as a teacher.”

  • Applicant, Queen’s Health Outreach Northern Expansion Project 2018
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ELPF: Reach

Applications submitted by Number of Projects Number of EL Roles Created

Student Groups associated with a Faculty 8 80 Student Groups associated with AMS 21 418 Student (no Faculty or AMS affiliation) 5 61 Faculty member 22 183 Staff member 6 90 TOTAL 62 832

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ELPF: Reach

ELPF Project Category Number of Projects Conference 17 Competition 2 Community Service Project 12 Artistic Performance 6 Symposium 1 Online Publication 1 Professional Development Workshops 4 Educational Outreach 2 Public Awareness Campaign 2 Industry Related Boot Camp 1 Industry Related Innovation Project 2 Field Experience Related to Student’s Field of Study 12 TOTAL 62

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Bader International Study Centre Experiential Learning Opportunities

  • Long history of ELOs
  • Aligning some with Ministry

definition and career ready skills

  • Piloting EL Hub resources supporting

design

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Local Employer Development Experiential Learning Opportunities

  • Wage Subsidy Programs
  • Employing Student Talent

Quick Guide

  • Mayor’s Innovation Challenge
  • QICSI Summer Fellowships
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Plenary

Summary

History and context Vibrant landscape Significant progress Tools and resources

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Coming Up

Next

Refreshment Break Panel #1: Strategies for Developing Effective Courses or Program Panel #2: What Makes an Impactful EL Experience Next Steps

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Rebecca Huegler

Coordinator, Communications and Post-Doctoral Training

Sarah Bunting

Experiential Learning Projects Coordinator

Bryan McGann

Manager, Insurance and Risk Management

Margaret Maliszewska

Instructor, LLCU

Katie Fizzell

Experiential Learning Projects Coordinator; Instructor, DEVS/CDS

Panel #1: Strategies for Developing Effective Courses or Program

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Panel #2: What Makes an Impactful EL Experience?

Tess Wittman James Xie Candice Pinto

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Thank You

  • Department of Environmental Health

and Safety

  • EL Steering Committee Members
  • Centre for Teaching and Learning
  • AMS and SGPS
  • Counsel Office
  • Insurance and Risk Management
  • ffice
  • Every supervisor of an EL activity
  • All students who have participated

and given feedback

  • Faculty and students who submitted

photos of their EL projects

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Next Steps

Visit table in hall – EL Hub staff & materials Complete post-event survey Topics for events Contributions you are interested in making

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Wrap Up

How we can all contribute to EL

  • Create student roles in your unit
  • Use the EL Wraparound
  • Speak positively about skills

learned

  • Connect with the EL Hub to share

and connect with resources and

  • thers

Thank you!