scholarly journals Linking Theory To Practice: Experiential Learning In An Employee Wellness Practicum

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 261-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sallie M. Scovill ◽  
Matthew D. Waite
Keyword(s):  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Real World ◽  
Wellness Programs ◽  
Employee Wellness ◽  
University Of Wisconsin ◽  
Theory To Practice ◽  
The University ◽  
Unique Program ◽  
Course Of Study

Engaging students in a process that connects real world experience with their course of study is well documented in the literature as a pedagogy linked with experiential learning. This paper is a case study of an experiential learning (EL) process in a practicum course in Employee Wellness. This case study describes how this unique program follows an EL model where students work together to manage an on-campus wellness programs for employees at the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point.

scholarly journals The Social Hubs Project: Exploratory real-world research - students as researchers and experiential learning.

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carin Tunaker ◽  
Ian Bride ◽  
Daniela Peluso
Keyword(s):  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Real World ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Valuable Contribution ◽  
The Social ◽  
Approach To Teaching ◽  
Research Students ◽  
The University

This case study piece describes an approach to teaching and learning that has been successfully employed at the University of Kent, Canterbury. It offers a way of engaging students in real-world research and learning experiences that allow them to build skills, take on responsibility, and, at the same time, feel that they are making a valuable contribution to their University community. It is hoped that the story told here will inspire others to take similar initiatives in their own institutions.

Visual Storytelling as Generative Strategy for Social Educators

2019 ◽  
pp. 18-35
Author(s):  
Laura Fedeli
Keyword(s):  
Experiential Learning ◽  
The Other ◽  
Graduate Course ◽  
Educational Approach ◽  
Visual Storytelling ◽  
The Third ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
The University ◽  
Professional Contexts

The chapter deals with the discussion of the results of an experimentation run in two consecutive academic years within the classes of the graduate course “Instructional Technology” in the graduate course “Science of Education” at the University of Macerata, Italy. The IT course is programmed in the third year of the curriculum for “Social Educators” and the contribution reports the results of a case study related to a workshop activity in which students could find a further opportunity to identify different dimensions of relation among theoretical aspects and the potential practical/applied connotations in professional contexts. The workshop was structured as an experiential learning process in which the value of the digital storytelling as educational approach was a strategy adopted to foster the students' understanding toward the intercultural issues in terms of improvement of relationship by taking a prospective position oriented to the other.

scholarly journals Environmental Analysis of GOES-R Proving Ground Convection-Initiation Forecasting Algorithms

2015 ◽  
Vol 54 (7) ◽  
pp. 1637-1662 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason M. Apke ◽  
Daniel Nietfeld ◽  
Mark R. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Variables ◽  
Environmental Influences ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
University Of Alabama ◽  
Algorithm Performance ◽  
University Of Wisconsin ◽  
Improve Algorithm ◽  
Convection Initiation ◽  
The University

AbstractEnhanced temporal and spatial resolution of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite–R Series (GOES-R) will allow for the use of cloud-top-cooling-based convection-initiation (CI) forecasting algorithms. Two such algorithms have been created on the current generation of GOES: the University of Wisconsin cloud-top-cooling algorithm (UWCTC) and the University of Alabama in Huntsville’s satellite convection analysis and tracking algorithm (SATCAST). Preliminary analyses of algorithm products have led to speculation over preconvective environmental influences on algorithm performance. An objective validation approach is developed to separate algorithm products into positive and false indications. Seventeen preconvective environmental variables are examined for the positive and false indications to improve algorithm output. The total dataset consists of two time periods in the late convective season of 2012 and the early convective season of 2013. Data are examined for environmental relationships using principal component analysis (PCA) and quadratic discriminant analysis (QDA). Data fusion by QDA is tested for SATCAST and UWCTC on five separate case-study days to determine whether application of environmental variables improves satellite-based CI forecasting. PCA and significance testing revealed that positive indications favored environments with greater vertically integrated instability (CAPE), less stability (CIN), and more low-level convergence. QDA improved both algorithms on all five case studies using significantly different variables. This study provides an examination of environmental influences on the performance of GOES-R Proving Ground CI forecasting algorithms and shows that integration of QDA in the cloud-top-cooling-based algorithms using environmental variables will ultimately generate a more skillful product.

Universities as Promoters of Intergenerational Learning: A Case Study on Public Consultation

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-118
Author(s):  
Malgorzata Dzimińska
Keyword(s):  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Public Consultation ◽  
Knowledge Development ◽  
Teaching Methodology ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Intergenerational Learning ◽  
The Public ◽  
The University ◽  
Global Population

Universities are challenged by the growing proportion of older people in the global population. This is forcing academic institutions to reconsider how they should respond to an ageing population with regard to their teaching methodology, research, and community engagement. Intergenerational learning is one of the strategies applied by universities to promote knowledge development by involving younger and older generations in the process so that they can purposefully learn together and learn from each other. Public consultation is an engagement promoting solutions that can offer an opportunity for experiential learning taking place among representatives of the various generational. The article analyzes a case study of public consultation as organized by the University of Łódź as part of the European CONCISE project. The presented case study is an example of how the application of the public consultation method might promote intergenerational learning.

Students at the center in emerging academic models: embedded information literacy and distance services in the University of Wisconsin System Flex degree

2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (7) ◽  
pp. 12-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristin M. Woodward
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Competency Based Education ◽  
University Of Wisconsin ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Competency Based ◽  
The University

Purpose – As a model of competency-based education (CBE), the University of Wisconsin (UW) System Flex options present a unique case study of challenges and opportunities for embedding student-centered library services and information literacy. Design/methodology/approach – In this paper, we describe strategies for engaging with the evolving Flex curriculum, the needs of an unknown student body and the role of new student support staff. The author notes the relevance of examining the library’s role in Flex at this time, given the potential for growth nationally in CBE. Findings – The challenges the author faced initially were closely tied with opportunities that once examined, formed the basis of the embedded library model for competency-based education. Further, the author found opportunities to articulate their role in Flex on their campus and share with other institutions. Originality/value – This case study is based on the author’s experiences embedding Information Literacy and Distance Services in the Flex option at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee.

scholarly journals Teaching inequality in Brazil: A study abroad exploration of race, class, gender, sexuality, and geography

2022 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-29
Author(s):  
Edvan P. Brito ◽  
Anthony Barnum
Keyword(s):  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Critical Pedagogy ◽  
Study Abroad ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Gender And Sexuality ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Theory To Practice

This paper presents and analyzes a case study of a five-week study abroad course called Inequality in Brazil: An exploration of race, class, gender, sexuality, and geography. The course was constructed to teach social inequality in the context of Brazil by using place-based and experiential learning within the framework of critical pedagogy (Freire, 1989). By examining inequality through the lens of culture and geography, students were empowered to become student-teachers in their explorations of race, class, gender, and sexuality as they linked theory to practice and lived experience. This paper provides an example of how study abroad can be used to teach about issues of inequality by partnering with community members to build learning environments where students and community members can all benefit.

scholarly journals Building Compassion Capacity: Chester Retold and Storyhouse, a Case Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 75-82
Author(s):  
Eileen Pollard
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Module Design ◽  
Learning Module ◽  
Arts And Humanities ◽  
The University

This article is a case study of a level five experiential learning module that I designed and taught at the University of Chester in the summer term of 2018 in collaboration with the city’s innovative new arts hub, Storyhouse. As a case study, it will demonstrate how ‘compassion’ can be placed at the heart of module design within Higher Education Arts and Humanities teaching, as well as how compassionate practice can emerge organically from innovation.

Innovation and the Value of Human Capital in a Collegiate Setting

2016 ◽  
pp. 249-274
Author(s):  
Rachel Erin Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Front Line ◽  
Academic Unit ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
University Of Wisconsin ◽  
Crucial Component ◽  
Innovation Practices ◽  
The University ◽  
Innovation Capital

This case study illustrates the value of intellectual capital measurement, specific to human capital and innovation capital within an academic unit at a University of Wisconsin System campus. Within the case study, the academic unit was audited for their innovation practices and then examined to identify the value of human capital on their front line employees. Innovation continues to be a crucial component within academia as well as organizations in general to provide a competitive advantage. Understanding the value front line employees brings to a non-profit organization in academia continues to be a growing concern for many Universities'. The case study contains three parts; an innovation audit, several models and formulas to understand the value of human capital within a particular academic unit, and an overall conclusion and recommendation will be given for the current academic unit at the University of Wisconsin System campus.

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