Download - Dartmouth DCAL Experiential Learning Session
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?