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With higher education costs and a tough job market, the best way to prepare students for the future may be to develop their flexibility. This session will discuss how a university-wide badging system, campus technology positions, and core academic skills combine to increase a student's ability to adapt to a changing job market. This flexibility as well as technological ability may help a student work in a future career that does not yet exist.OUTCOMES: Learn how experiential learning in technology combines with liberal arts academic skills and a badging program to prepare students for the flexibility needed for jobs that do not yet exist. http://www.educause.edu/eli/events/eli-annual-meeting/2015/experiential-learning-liberal-arts-and-campus-technology-developing-students-future-jobs
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Learning through Experiential Applications Program
Deborah Jones [email protected]
bit.ly/depauwleap LEAP started Fall 2014 with incoming first years and students completing a sophomore institute. A student attends six LEAP-approved events, such as one-on-one career advising, lectures, or workshops, including those in technology, and the program plans to give a certificate at the end of the year. Open to all DePauw students, most Student Technology Support (bit.ly.com/dpustudenttech) training workshops are LEAP approved. LEAP is part of a four-year program for career development during a student’s time at DePauw. Students become more aware of their strengths and their skill sets— academic as well as professional.
LEAP Badging
Information Technology Associates Program
Doug Fellegy [email protected]
www.depauw.edu/it/itap ITAP began Fall 2001 as a technology and leadership development program mostly for incoming first-year students. Students—with any major—work with technology in academic and administrative departments. Technology skills development takes place in first-year rotations, on the job, or through Student Technology Support workshops. Staff redesigned the program last summer by updating training, increasing experiential learning opportunities, and improving host mentoring. ITAP students have been encouraged to participate in the LEAP program.
ITAP
Flexibility in the job market/career path is important because a future job or career may not exist today.
Liberal Arts Educa6on
Experiential Learning, Liberal Arts, and Campus Technology: Student Development for Future Jobs
Donnie Sendelbach, DePauw University
Think about what jobs were not in existence 10 years ago . . . or even 5 years ago.
Transferable skills: Critical thinking, analytical reasoning,
problem solving, communication skills across disciplines
Students practice these skills outside of coursework through technology workshops and employment. Students prepare for the future by putting theory into practice through experiential learning. Liberal arts skills empower a student to “learn how to learn,” take ownership of learning, and become comfortable with learning as well as with complexity and ambiguity. This empowerment, in turn, helps make learning new technologies, important for many types of jobs, less daunting. Liberal arts and technology skills paired provide flexibility and agility to learn new skills as the job market changes or new career paths arise.
Contact Info: [email protected], bit.ly/sendelbach poster template from www.makesigns.com
How could your campus develop new or enhance existing programs to help students foster agility for the future?
What do your students need to enhance their preparation for the future while earning an academic degree?
Who are the stakeholders in making this happen? Who can assist your efforts?
What are the challenges and the strategies to meet those challenges?
