1. Experiential Learning
The Center for Student Achievement is proposing the creation of a center for Experiential Education. Experiential Education will define and coordinate internships, cooperative education, research and service learning relationships among Purdue University Calumet faculty, staff and students.
a world of learning opportunities…

2. Purpose Provide information about Experiential Learning Gain input
Exchange ideas

3. Experiential Learning Defined
Experiential learning refers to learning activities that involve the learner in the process of active engagement with and critical reflection about phenomena being studied.
NSEE, March 2006

4. Experiential Learning
Strategic Plan Fit
Improve student success and retention
Enhance the classroom learning environment
Cultivate and energize community learning partnerships

5. Senate Document May 3, 2006
Faculty Senate approves CEP resolution that recommends formation of an Ad Hoc Committee representing all the Academic Schools, Academic Affairs, The Office of the Chancellor, The Center for Student Achievement, the Center for Instructional Excellence and the CEP.
Experiential Learning Task Force begins.

6. An Educational Partnership
Purdue University Calumet
Faculty, EL Coordinators, Advisors
Concrete
Experiences
Kolb (1981)
Student
Partner Site

7. Standards of Practice: Eight Principles of Good Practice
Intention
Preparedness and Planning
Reflection
Authenticity
Orientation and Training
Monitoring and Continuous Improvement
Assessment and Evaluation
Acknowledgment
National Society for Experiential Education. Presented at the 1998 Annual Meeting. Norfolk, VA (

8. Purdue University Calumet Experiential Learning Programs will incorporate a supervised and structured learning experience that promotes critical thinking, observation and reflection, to foster intellectual, personal and professional development.

9. Experiential Learning
Types of Experiential Learning Programs
Service Learning
Experiential Learning
Under-
graduate Research
Practicum
Cooperative Education
Design Project
Internship
Cultural Immersion

10. Types of Experiential Learning Programs
Service Learning refers to a structured experience in the community with specific learning objectives where by the learner will partake in active collaboration that builds on the resources, skills, expertise and knowledge of the campus and community.
Cooperative Education refers to a formal, structured plan of education in which students alternate periods of full-time classroom study with periods of paid, supervised, and progressively responsible training related to their academic major.

11. Types of Experiential Learning Programs
Internship - combining practical experience with a structured learning experience to support academic and career goals
Undergraduate Research - a scholarly or artistic activity that leads to the production of new knowledge
Design Project - a problem solving activity to provide students with a supervised experience within a particular course
Cultural Immersion - a travel experience which involves both academic learning and value added experiences designed to enhance student awareness of cultural differences
Practicum - a supervised clinical lab, work or service experience done by a student to make the connection between theory and practice of a particular discipline

12. Partnership with NSEE
NSEE is the National Society of Experiential Education
Strategic partnership with NSEE to provide Faculty and Staff development
National links to established best practice Universities
Resource of faculty experts in the field of Experiential Education

13. Advantages
Experiential Learning at Purdue University Calumet will improve and broaden opportunities to apply research/learning in a particular field of study
Students will be offered broad opportunity to acquire practical learning experiences
Partner sites will be offered a range of expertise, research interests and intellectual resources
Enhance the classroom experience with cutting edge research, business and technology initiatives
Purdue University Calumet will showcase an exemplary experiential program