Fostering Professional Development Through Experiential Learning Alverno College Milwaukee, Wisconsi

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Fostering Professional DevelopmentThrough
Experiential LearningAlverno CollegeMilwaukee,
Wisconsin

• Dawn Balistreri
• Associate Professor,Professional Communication
• Sue LeisterDirector, Internship Program

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How do we do this at Alverno College?

• Principles and practices of experiential learning
  have been an essential component of the
  educational program of Alverno College since the
  early 1970s

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Experiential learning is keyfor all students

• Campus-wide commitment
• Experiential Learning Committee
• Internship Program
• Career Education Center

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We emphasize experiential learningin 3 ways

• Through course content
• Through the 8 abilities
• Through student self assessmentand reflection

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We provide curricular co-curricular
experiential learning opportunities
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All disciplines incorporate components of
experiential learning, including

• Active learning group projects
• Classroom simulations
• Experimentation
• Assessments
• Off-campus experiences

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These 8 abilitiesprovide experiential learning
opportunities

• Communication
• Analysis
• Problem Solving
• Valuing in Decision-Making
• Social Interaction
• Developing a Global Perspective
• Effective Citizenship
• Aesthetic Engagement

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Experiential learning includes systematic
reflection student self assessment

• experience reflection learning that lasts
• incremental, developmental, systematic
• observe, interpret, judge planfor improvement

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Transition between the classroom and the
professional world becomes easier because
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• Activity in the classroom leads to expectation of
  activity in the field
• Students learn to think and take action within a
  disciplinary frame of reference before leaving
  the classroom

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• Students are given the chance to transfer their
  learning to new settings through
• assessments
• service learning
• Internships/clinical experiences
• co-curriculuar activities

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Experiential learning self assessment
developmentProgression from . . .

• Discrete to integrated abilities
• Instructor-guided to student-directed learning
• In-class to community-based experiences

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Fostering Professional Development through
Experiential Learning at Alverno Collegediscrete
to integratedin-class to communityinstructor-gui
ded to student-directed
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• Alverno College
• Milwaukee, Wisconsin