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5.
Identifyandsupport aunifiedvirtual platformto facilitate reflectiveassessment, suchas
ePortfoliosorWordPress.
6.
Activelyencourageandvalueco-curricular experiencesbydevelopingexpandedco-
curricular programmingand increasingawarenesson the importanceof gaining
experience, especially tostudents early in their academicprogram. For example,
Queen’sMajorMaps.
7.
Exploreadding integrated learning structures toall on-campus employment
opportunities, including theUniversity’sWorkStudyprogram.
8.
Identifyandalign toUWindsor LearningOutcomes, communicate, and track
employment competencies (i.e., skills, knowledge, andattributes) for eachacademic
program, thereby, enabling students toclearlyarticulate their learning.
DevelopEE/WILCurriculum
1.
Senateadopt thedefinitions andcriteria recommendedby thePTFEEaround
experiential education, thereby, creatinga common lexicon.
If adopted, a streamlinedprocess shouldbeundertaken, toeasilyenableacademicunits
toupdatecurrent language tomatchapproved terminologywithin theUniversity
Calendars andcourse syllabi.
2.
TheCentre for Teaching&Learningand theOfficeofOpenLearning collaboratewith
theproposedexperiential hub (and/or Co-op, Career andEmployment Services) to
expandandhighlight programmingaround integrativeandEL initiatives.
Possible topics include sharingnewideasonhowEL canbe integrated into teachingand
learning, highlight best practices, andsharehowstudent aremaking connections
between learning in theclassroomand learning that takesplaceoutside the traditional
academicenvironment.
3.
Whereappropriate, ensure that experiential opportunities areclearly identifiedwithin
all curriculummappingprocesses, especiallyas they relate to learningoutcomes and
assessment.
4.
ProgramDevelopment Committeeand Institutional QualityAssuranceProcessupdate
documents andprocesses toadequatelydecipher, qualify, andquantifyexperiential
opportunitiesproposedwithinanacademicprogramand/or course.
5.
Identifyandsupport technologies toenable relevant disciplines,where feasibleand
appropriate, tocreate simulatedworkplaceswithin theclassroomor laboratory
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