Broadening Participation in Experiential Learning Opportunities to Enhance Learner Engagement and Develop In-Demand Professional Skills

扩大体验式学习机会的参与，以提高学习者的参与度并发展所需的专业技能

• 批准号: 1725941
• 负责人: Kemi Jona
• 金额: $ 59.76万
• 依托单位: Northeastern University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-09-01 至 2021-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1725941&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Broadening; Participation; Experiential; Learning; Opportunities

The mismatch between graduates' skills and the needs of STEM employers has economic and societal costs. Students can gain the needed skills by participating in traditional cooperative education (co-op) placements or internships, thus increasing their workplace readiness. However, co-op/internship opportunities are impractical for adult, non-traditional students who are working full- or part-time while in school. This project will serve the national interest by exploring a potential solution to this challenge: integrating employer-provided projects into college curricula. These projects are designed to be flexible, so that they can be used in different kinds of courses and at different institutions. They are also designed to be accessible to students for whom traditional co-op placements and internships are not feasible. The integrated experiential learning opportunities will include both individual and team experiences. The goal of this project is to provide opportunities for non-traditional, adult students to gain professional skills. Many of the targeted students are from low-income or underrepresented minority populations. Students will gain professional skills by working on projects submitted by employers to the Experiential Network. This online platform contains over 500 employer-provided projects designed to provide flexible, accessible experiential learning opportunities that can be implemented in courses. This project will support faculty integrating Experiential Network projects into their courses. It will study the impacts of this integration on students and faculty across multiple institutions, including university bachelor completion programs and five community colleges. The Experiential Network platform will be enhanced to connect students, employers, and faculty, to support project work, team collaboration, feedback from both faculty and employer sponsors, and reflection. The design-based research study will document the benefits and challenges of integrating experiential learning opportunities into undergraduate STEM instruction, from both faculty and student points of view. The research will also contribute to understanding student self-directed learning and skill development. It will encourage the adoption and adaptation of innovative tools and practices for STEM learning. Sustainability of this approach will be supported through enactment of strategies for successful cross-institutional partnerships. Active partnerships will facilitate broad dissemination both statewide and nationally.

毕业生的技能与STEM雇主的需求之间的不匹配造成了经济和社会代价。学生可以通过参加传统的合作教育(co-op)实习或实习来获得所需的技能，从而增强他们对工作场所的准备。然而，对于在校期间从事全职或兼职工作的成年非传统学生来说，合作/实习机会是不切实际的。这个项目将通过探索解决这一挑战的潜在解决方案来服务于国家利益：将雇主提供的项目纳入大学课程。这些项目的设计是灵活的，因此它们可以用于不同类型的课程和不同的机构。它们的设计也是为了方便那些传统的合作公寓实习和实习不可行的学生。综合体验式学习机会将包括个人体验和团队体验。该项目的目标是为非传统的成人学生提供获得专业技能的机会。许多目标学生来自低收入或代表性不足的少数族裔人口。学生将通过参与雇主提交给体验网络的项目来获得专业技能。这个在线平台包含500多个雇主提供的项目，旨在提供灵活、可获得的体验式学习机会，可以在课程中实施。该项目将支持教师将体验网络项目整合到他们的课程中。它将研究这种整合对多个机构的学生和教职员工的影响，包括大学学士学位完成计划和五个社区学院。体验式网络平台将得到增强，以连接学生、雇主和教职员工，以支持项目工作、团队合作、教职员工和雇主赞助商的反馈以及反思。这项以设计为基础的研究性研究将从教师和学生的角度记录将体验式学习机会整合到本科STEM教学中的好处和挑战。这项研究也将有助于理解学生的自我导向学习和技能发展。它将鼓励采用和适应STEM学习的创新工具和做法。将通过制定成功的跨机构伙伴关系战略来支持这一方法的可持续性。积极的伙伴关系将促进在全州和全国范围内的广泛传播。

项目成果

Using Technology to Structure and Scaffold Real World Experiential Learning in Distance Education

• DOI: 10.1007/s11528-020-00515-2
• 发表时间: 2020-06-06
• 期刊: TECHTRENDS
• 影响因子: 2.5
• 作者: James, Nikki;Humez, Andrea;Laufenberg, Philipp
• 通讯作者: Laufenberg, Philipp

Virtual Gemba Analytics for Experiential Learning

用于体验式学习的虚拟现场分析

• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: Proceedings 11th International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK21
• 作者: Santos, Fabiana;Mello, Alice;James, Nikki
• 通讯作者: James, Nikki

Virtual Internships: Accelerating opportunity through disruption

虚拟实习：通过颠覆来加速机会

• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: ASEE Global Colloquium on Engineering Education
• 作者: Ekstedt, L.;James, N.;Jona, K.;White, E.;Fleetwood, J;Paja, S.
• 通讯作者: Paja, S.

Practera: An Online Platform to Support and Scaffold Experiential Learning

Practora：支持和支撑体验式学习的在线平台

• 发表时间: 2019
• 期刊: 2019 Connected Learning Summit
• 作者: Humez, A;James, N.
• 通讯作者: James, N.

Using Technology to Scaffold Experiential Learning Programs Based on Student Skill Level

利用技术根据学生技能水平构建体验式学习计划

• 发表时间: 2019
• 期刊: 48th Annual Conference of the National Society for Experiential Learning
• 作者: Humez, Andrea;James, Nikki
• 通讯作者: James, Nikki