Participants in this workshop will explore the theoretical and philosophical roots of experiential education and the principles of good practice fundamental to all types of experiential learning. Participants will have an opportunity to actively explore the implications and applications of this information, and to identify the resources available for continued professional development and specific use in their programs.
This workshop will be an introduction/refresher to those interested or working in Experiential Education. Although it is designed for K-12 educators, it is applicable to higher education as well. This hands-on active workshop will take you through the steps in preparing for experiential education back on your campuses. Participants will explore and engage in activities related to NSEEs Eight Principles (Intention, Authenticity, Preparedness and Planning, Orientation and Training, Reflection, Monitoring and Continuous Improvement, Assessment and Evaluation, and Acknowledgment). Many of the strategies and website/apps we will use in the workshop will be beneficial to all educators in other aspects of learning.
While experiences are the first E in experiential education, it is through reflection that the learning takes its root and makes lasting changes. According to Kolb, learning is a process where knowledge is created through the transformation of experience. Reflection is integral to that transformation. This workshop will explore methods of guiding students to be more reflective in their experiences and following their experiences: the use of journals in reflection and models for conducting regular seminars promoting reflection and reflective conversation.
This workshop will introduce beginners to the fundamentals of assessment in experiential learning settings and provide intermediate level assessment training for practitioners beyond the beginner’s level, who seek to improve their outcomes assessment skills. The primary goal is to assist participants in the development of an outcomes assessment plan to use at their own institution. Employing a hands-on, active learning approach, this workshop will include a mix of presentation, applied tasks, small group work, and interactive discussion.
*A continuation of the morning K-12 Educator Workshop* This workshop will be an introduction/refresher to those interested or working in Experiential Education. Although it is designed for K-12 educators, it is applicable to higher education as well. This hands-on active workshop will take you through the steps in preparing for experiential education back on your campuses. Participants will explore and engage in activities related to NSEEs Eight Principles (Intention, Authenticity, Preparedness and Planning, Orientation and Training, Reflection, Monitoring and Continuous Improvement, Assessment and Evaluation, and Acknowledgment). Many of the strategies and website/apps we will use in the workshop will be beneficial to all educators in other aspects of learning.
NSEE has pioneered the area of strategic planning related to the process of institutionalizing the full range of experiential education into educational and community institutions. This workshop addresses seven critical factors that need initial and ongoing attention: mission and values; curricular integration; faculty involvement; quality assurance and assessment; administrative infrastructure; budget integration; and strategies for change. Participants will examine alternative strategies and collaborate with one another in identifying appropriate approaches for their respective institutions/organizations.
Monday June 24, 2019 1:00pm - 4:00pm MDT
Whiting Room
The presenter will share information on the use of podcasting in study abroad program using with expert interviews, instructor-generated lectures, panel discussions and student-generated content. The discussion will include podcast formats, podcast equipment, and solutions for the barriers to implementing podcasts. Three types of podcasts used in a study abroad program will be demonstrated. The attendees will brainstorm how podcasts can be used in their study abroad program or other experiential learning activity.
Join the presenters as they discuss the evolution of experiential learning programs, specifically a Shadow Day program that had disintegrated and was recently revamped! This session will include how to re-establish and advance non-traditional experiential learning within a higher education program that is rapidly expanding its definitions of experiential education. Best practices regarding stakeholder partnerships, logistics, assessment and student engagement with limited resources will be covered.
The purpose of this roundtable is to obtain feedback in answer to the question “To what extent do we cultivate holistic student development in non-traditional students through experiential learning” The target audience is higher education professionals across multiple disciplines. Research includes a survey administered to non-traditional students, age 25 or older at Southern Utah University, as well as focus groups of the same population of students and faculty and staff.
American higher education has experienced a growing trend of globalization and internationalization during the past two decades. The quality of and investment in study abroad programs are considered as an important indicator of overall institutional competitiveness. An institution that offers high-quality study abroad programs is perceived as likely to provide a stimulating and engaging, experiential learning environment for the students (Stroud, 2010).
Department Chair - Teacher Education, Southern Utah University
Dr. Tony Pellegrini is a professor of Education at Southern Utah University. He received his B.A from Brigham Young University, his M.Ed. from Utah State University, and terminal degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, before eventually becoming school principal at Blanding... Read More →
Tuesday June 25, 2019 9:00am - 9:50am MDT
Charles Hunter
CHOICE Humanitarian has been working to eliminate extreme poverty since 1983. American Academy of Innovation has been seeking innovative international partners to engage in Experiential Learning. AAI and CHOICE have created an interactive, experiential, service-learning based program. Our goal is to train school and community leaders to take ownership of their own development and education, both within the country served and in the institution.
NSEE’s new advanced EEA workshop is anchored to the two NSEE foundational documents, the Eight Principles of Best Practice in Experiential Education and the Guiding Principles of Ethical Practice. In this ELLI session, explore the vision, development, implementation and evaluation of this unique and extended full-day workshop that provides step-by-step theoretical and practical instruction in the design, delivery and assessment of field-based experiential teaching and learning activities.
This round-table session will begin with a presentation on a dual enrollment partnership between a traditional university and a competency-based technical college in Southern Utah. The presenters will review the goals, elements, opportunities, and challenges of this initiative. Following the presentation, attendees will discuss how this type of partnership may benefit their institutions, as well as how similar programs might be implemented at their home schools.
Vice President of Instruction & Accreditation, Southwest Technical College
Dr. Will Pierce is the Vice President of Instruction at Southwest Technical College. He has over 12 years of developing and managing technical programs in the higher education and technical college systems. Prior to transitioning into higher education, Will owned and operated a successful... Read More →
An update on the 2018 ELLI Conference presentation, Developing Servant Leaders: Creating an Assessment Center for Entry Level Professionals; this session traces the ensuring steps taken to develop a full-fledged assessment center specifically designed for entry-level professionals. A collection of exercises created to assess the most important competencies as identified by the NACE, this assessment center is a comprehensive and innovative means to help prepare students for early success in their professional careers.
High-Impact Practices (HIPs) of experiential learning can help students prepare to tackle complex, real-world problems. This session will highlight two virtual and augmented reality projects created by student Innovation Fellows and their faculty mentors. Participants will learn how to incorporate HIPs to guide student-driven projects and draw insights on how to set up collaborative partnerships in their organizations. In this interactive session, participants will explore the VR/AR software from their smartphones.
This presentation will outline the details of a collaborative experience where students from two universities work together in small teams at two separate Spring Training sites over the course of a week, with the expressed purpose of developing both technical and soft skills. Additionally, the results of a qualitative examination of student perceptions of the impact of this experience on the development of both their technical and soft skills.
West Texas A&M University has created a program called the Hispanic Leadership Academy. After only two cycles, this program is impacting students in positive ways and this presentation will highlight the perspective of one graduate from this program. students towards the Hispanic Leadership Academy in West Texas A&M University.
Restorative practices, in small components like peer mediation and circle process, have been implemented in K-12 settings for decades. Comprehensive restorative programs, however, are just now gaining footing as states are recognizing their impact in preventing the school to prison pipeline. States, such as Utah, are currently legislating the use of these practices. Schools with secure footing in experiential learning are well prepared to navigate the territory of restorative practices because of its similar landscape.
“Powered by PechaKucha” events are one-off events that are separate from regular city-based PechaKucha Nights, and are usually held as part of festivals and conferences, but can also act as standalone events. These events include presentations that use the PechaKucha 20 images x 20 seconds format. Find out more at PechaKucha.org.
This presentation will detail the experience of pairing an English 2010 class to an English 1010 class for peer mentoring. We know that having a different perspective helps students and that teaching helps learning. Pairing these classes helped students on both sides of the relationship, culminating in improved writing skills.
We would like to share our experience and lessons learned during our senior capstone project. Our group project included: SUU students: Taylor Cella, Jared Smith, Junming Chen, and Trystan Humphries; Mentor: Dr. Kesar and client: Jim Pollard. It involves Information System Students working on a real -case setting in the Forest Inventory Analysis Context. We used Accessibility Management Platform (AMP) to test and analysis the website accessibility for disability for DATIM website.
Associate Professor of Information Systems, Southern Utah University
Associate Professor of information systems at Dept. of CSIS, Southern Utah University. Teaching and research in information systems related topics including information security. Also Program Leader for Southern Utah Aspirations NCWIT for high school girls and Southern Utah Girls... Read More →
Each April, Southern Utah University hosts a campus-wide all-day event celebrating the academic and creative scholarship conducted at the university. In the span of a single day, attendees have the opportunity to engage with more than 350 presentations with topics ranging from nanoparticle fabrication and set theory to jazz dance and Shakespeare. This annual event allows individuals to cross disciplines and learn about the experiential and engaged learning taking place throughout the university.
Centralization of experiential learning opportunity listings and participation data can enable institutes to take the necessary measures to address the needs of underrepresented student populations. In this interactive session, presenters will share several case studies and best practices on how some of SOC’s partner colleges and universities have adopted the Pathway to 100% initiative to reach previously underserved populations.
As Engineering student at Southern Utah University (SUU) and working as a tutor, I am passionate about outreach projects that aim to: 1) Increase awareness education and career opportunities for women in STEM; 2) provide a platform for high school girls to participate in hands-on STEM activities. As an intern, this platform is used to share various success stories, lessons learned, and research with Microsoft linked the two outreach projects spearheaded by Dr. Kesar.
Associate Professor of Information Systems, Southern Utah University
Associate Professor of information systems at Dept. of CSIS, Southern Utah University. Teaching and research in information systems related topics including information security. Also Program Leader for Southern Utah Aspirations NCWIT for high school girls and Southern Utah Girls... Read More →
Given the nature of the industry, graphic design majors play very well with others. Their visual communication skills help to convey a multitude of messages to a variety of audiences. Partnering graphic design students with other majors to work on a combined/team project helps students from both disciplines become better communicators and makes for a memorable experience for the students.
Providing research students with adequate learning materials and methods to be successful in their daily responsibilities is a critical, and sometimes ignored, part of the training process. To mitigate the steep learning curve that accompanied our projects, the Eight Principles of Good Practice for Experiential Learning Activities were utilized in each step of our newly developed training process. Following these principles ensured that the students were adequately prepared to produce professional quality work.
Experiential learning programs are often maintained by a small group people. However, education is constantly evolving, at varying speeds. Such change might involve supporting a program amid a growing student population or preparing for rotations between faculty and leadership roles. This presentation will provide attendees the opportunity to reflect on their programs, share ways to support more students, and offer a model for creating a successful succession plan.
Life presents ongoing opportunities for learning. However, as experience does not necessarily equal learning, students need to make meaning from their experiences to understand how they have grown as a result. This presentation discusses findings from a doctoral study which explores the meaning-making process of uncovering the significance of life experiences. The research was conducted in the context of education abroad but can be applied to any activity where there is potential for significant learning.
The presentation focuses on High Impact Practices (HIPS) considering the experiential learning project from conception to implementation. The presenter will illustrate how to embed experiential learning into the curriculum beginning with direct teaching, the course purpose, needs of the partnering organization, and student learning goals. Taking these elements and then applying them in an experiential learning setting then allows students to gain hands-on experience, debrief about the learning activity and then reflect on their experience.
California State University, San Marcos offers students from the College of Business (COBA) and the Department of Human Development (HD) an opportunity to participate on a 5 student team hired by a community organization to complete a project utilizing their college experiences to problem solve for a real world project. This is the journey of one team hired to create a manual for establishing a surfing program for children with autism.
Kevin Koontz, SUU Outdoor Education Liaison & ORPT Instructor will lead the Cedar Break excursion on a 2 miles round trip, easy-moderate, hike along the Alpine Pond Nature Trail in the lovely Cedar Breaks National Monument. This trail goes through Spruce, Fir, and Aspen forests, through meadows, and past the Alpine Pond. This beautiful route displays the “breaks” and contains ancient deposits of volcanic materials. Dinner not included.
Capacity of 12 participants. Some participants may have registered for this event, but have not added it to their Sched.
Led by modern day Archeologist Samantha Kirkley, excursion attendees will learn of the deep history of Cedar City, from the Iron Mining days to the Native Paiute Tribe. Attendees will have the opportunity to visit Parowan Gap, where MANY Native American Rock Art, including petroglyphs and dinosaur tracks, can be found. To round out the evening attendees will enjoy a traditional fry bread Dinner and Show provided by the Paiute tribe. This rich history and cultural immersion will leave attendees with a greater appreciation of our Native Americans and history of Southern Utah.
Arlene Braithwaite is a renowned artist, nationally recognized, and a dear treasure of Southern Utah. On this excursion, Arlene will teach a watercolor art class within the canyons of Cedar Mountain. This excursion will provide attendees with beautiful scenic landscapes to be captured on canvas led by Arlene. Not only will attendees be surrounded by tranquility of nature for the afternoon, but also have the opportunity to be taught by a timeless artist that has personal connections with the landscape. Dinner will be included-a traditional fry bread Dinner and Show at the Paiute Center. Excurison Cost: $20, supplies
Prepare to view the wonders of outer space through the telescopes at the Ashcroft Observatory. Led by Dr. Cameron Pace and assistants, participants will have the opportunity to view the beautiful night sky and the many interstellar phenomena of outer space. This excursion will begin after the sun goes down and will last a few hours.
“Experts emphasize that a major determinant to the success of online education is faculty willingness to embrace the technology and incorporate new pedagogy to develop stimulative teaching experiences for their learners” (DeGagne & Walters, 2010, p. 357). A significant finding in the Hart Research (2013) includes 87% of employers are more likely to hire an applicant with experiential learning. Let’s learning how to move experiential learning into the online realm.
The purpose of this presentation is to share my experience creating an experiential course on water and sustainability for undergraduate honors students. Emphasis will be placed on how I applied NSEE’s 8 principles and relevant instructional design and learning theories to develop the learning outcomes, assignments, activities and assessments. Lessons learned relating to planning, coordination of internal and external collaborators, scheduling, logistics, risk management, and funding will also be discussed.
As educators we want our teaching to transform our students to learn, grow, and make a positive difference in their lives. Yet, we can not make students have a transformative education experience. We can only create the opportunity through our classes and programs. This presentation will review the literature reporting on what know from transformative learning theory, then will share best practices and give examples of students who have been transformated by experiential learning opportunities.
The Internship Accelerator at Leeds School of Business is a fresh take on a professional development course. This course involves an experiential learning component, which couples real world experience with opportunities for in-depth self-reflection designed to prepare students to take the initiative in capitalizing on future internship experiences. Courses adapted from this model will allow students to test out soft skill development in a safe space while simultaneously connecting with local employers on real-world projects.
The presentation will highlight experiential learning through one of DePaul University’s Short-Term Study Abroad Programs in the Business School. Among 14 separate courses offered in 2018-2019, Economics Professor Thomas Mondschean will discuss his recent credit-based seminar in which he traveled with 18 students to Dublin and Belfast at the end of March 2019. They focused on how Brexit would affect both Ireland and Northern Ireland (UK) at time of great uncertainty.
This interactive session discusses how educators can use the NSEE Principles of Best Practices, as a platform while developing for capstone courses. It discusses how the framework has been used, along with its challenges, and lesson learned while developing and implementing information systems undergraduate capstone course in the Forest Service context projects. It aims to inform experiential educators on how NSEE principles of best practices can be used in capstone projects of different contexts.
Associate Professor of Information Systems, Southern Utah University
Associate Professor of information systems at Dept. of CSIS, Southern Utah University. Teaching and research in information systems related topics including information security. Also Program Leader for Southern Utah Aspirations NCWIT for high school girls and Southern Utah Girls... Read More →
Thursday June 27, 2019 10:40am - 11:30am MDT
Shooting Star
Higher education often mistakenly believes that first-year students know how to negotiate the nuances of college. However, first-year students are entering a new culture, often not connecting with campus resources or even knowing such support exists; yet, both academic and student affairs acknowledge familiarity with these resources are vital for academic growth and personal wellness. At SUU, these entities united to create a hybrid course that introduces students to resources according to research-supported timeliness markers.
Asst. Director, COMPASS & Academic Recovery, Southern Utah University
Hello! I would love to connect with you about supporting students on academic probation, assessing first-year experience initiatives, designing authentic assessments, and implementing UDL principles. I have 24 years of experience working with many different kinds of K-12, college... Read More →
Thursday June 27, 2019 10:40am - 11:30am MDT
Red Hills
Some may be lost when trying to pen the words of the heart or the scenic vistas of Kolob Canyon. But, while led by renowned creative writer and poet, Dr. Danielle Dubrasky, the words will flow easily. On this excursion Dr. Dubrasky will lead attendees on a short hike viewing the wondrous sights of Kolob Canyon. While in the Canyon attendees will have the opportunity to create poetry and reflect on the views of nature around them. Dinner not included.
Zion National Park is one of the Wonders of Southern Utah located just north of Springdale, the cutest town in Washington County. This excursion will be a minimally guided experience of Zion and Springdale. For the more adventurous hiker, a group guide will lead hikers to the top of Angel’s Landing (limit of 20, 10 to the top). Participants will have the opportunity to hike trails they are comfortable with. If you are interested in just a day of galleries, shopping and food, experience Southern Utah culture, art, food, and shops of Springdale, the city at the mouth of Zion. Participants will be free to explore on their own the many opportunities offered by Zion National Park and Springdale. Dinner is on your own.
