1. Incorporating Experiential Learning Into Your Classroom
Faculty Development Day
Nicholas Salter, Yvette Kisor, & Leah Warner
February 22, 2017

2. Definition of Experiential Learning
At Ramapo College, experiential learning is a purposeful process of engaged, active learning and reflection guided by faculty and staff in which the student develops knowledge, skills, and/or values, from direct experiences in hands-on settings. In all cases experiential learning should be extended, formalized, and include an application of theory to practice.
Experiential Learning Task Force Final Report
April 2016

3. Definition of Experiential Learning
This includes
Service Learning
Faculty/Student Research
Internships
Study Abroad
In-Class Experiential Learning

4. Outcomes of Experiential Learning
Identify how academic content and concepts apply to their experiential activities and how these activities will further their academic study and personal, professional, and civic development.
Experiential Learning Task Force Final Report
April 2016
Connecting academic concepts to the experiential activity

5. Outcomes of Experiential Learning
Critically reflect on their experiential activities in a formal way—either orally or in writing—in order to assess their assumptions, identify the outcomes of their decisions, consider alternative courses of action, share their insights, and demonstrate the integration of theory and practice.
Experiential Learning Task Force Final Report
April 2016
Crticially reflect on the experiential activity

6. Outcomes of Experiential Learning
Where relevant, demonstrate and articulate an understanding of the structure, relationships among, and impacts of the communities and organizations with which they interact.
Experiential Learning Task Force Final Report
April 2016
Demonstrate an understanding of how communities and organizations interact

7. The New Gen Ed Program
The new GE program includes an experiential component
Outcomes:
Practice reflective inter/intra-personal skills
Understand diverse communities on local, national, and/or global levels
Classes associated with this:
First Year Seminar
Studies in the Arts and Humanities
Social Science Inquiry