Dartmouth College, Office of the Provost, 207 Parkhurst Hall, Hanover, NH 03755

The Office of the Provost, Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of

Learning (DCAL), Educational Technologies, & the Jones Media Center

Present:

EXPERIENTIAL,

ACTION-BASED LEARNING

AT DARTMOUTH

October 23, 2014

What is your most memorable learning moment?

What made it stick with you?

Opening Reflection

(You may be trying to recollect a situation during your years of

academia but look beyond the classroom and see what you can recall.)

Discuss the details with the person sitting next to you.

What is Experiential Learning?

Definition

It’s an experience that is intentional – students are actively engaged

intellectually, creatively, emotionally or physically in the activity. Maybe

in all these ways at the same time.

There is accountability. Students have the opportunity to take the

initiative, to make decisions, solve problems and be accountable for the

results.

And finally, there is a period of reflection. Students are given the

chance to conceptualize and reflect on the experience and how it will

inform them going forward.

Experiential Learning Outcomes

• Having the confidence to innovate, take risks and learn from failure

• Being able to work effectively with people from very different

backgrounds, cultures and life situations

• Understanding the importance of deep thinking and the power of the

intellect to address the world’s most difficult issues

• Being able to effectively communicate about complex issues and

objectives

• Appreciating the power of applying multiple disciplines and

perspectives to a complex problem or opportunity

Kinds of Activities

• Class Immersion projects

• Research experiences

• Outreach Activities

• Community Service

• Entrepreneurial activities

• Creative Performances

• Internships

• International Experiences

Experiential Learning In Courses

• Active – Hands On

• Design and Build

• Consult – Recommend

• Create

• Research Component

• Simulation

• Service

Co-Curricular Experiential Learning

• Internships

• Employment

• Service and Outreach

• Entrepreneurial

Opportunities Ahead

• Historically close relationship between faculty and students provides

an environment where experiential learning can flourish. How do we

take advantage of this to expand experiential learning?

• Do we have an opportunity to take all the various kinds of

experiential learning and ‘brand’ them as one of the factors that

makes a Dartmouth education great?

• Another opportunity we have is to create a bridge between those

experiences students have as part of their course work and those

they have outside the classroom. Intentionally tying these

experiences together will make a Dartmouth education that much

richer and unique.

• Questions?

Featured PresentationCharles Wheelan, Department of Economics

Global Policy & Leadership Practicum

Featured PresentationEdward Miller & Jennifer Miller, Department of Economics

Dartmouth Vietnam Oral History Project

Featured PresentationIvy Schweitzer, Pati Hernandez, & Sutton Higgins

Telling Stories for Social Change

Discussion & Application

What inspired you to come to this session?

Have you ever taught using experiential learning

pedagogy at Dartmouth or elsewhere? If so, how did it

go? If not, why not?

What course or program that you hope to make more

experiential? If so, why? Where would you start and

how would you go about the process?