{"id":23908,"date":"2019-07-02T13:30:03","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T17:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/?p=23908"},"modified":"2025-04-08T10:59:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T14:59:50","slug":"experiential-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/2019\/experiential-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Experiential Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Experiential Learning\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Experiential Learning Symposium<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Experiential learning was at the heart of a large symposium co-hosted on campus by Teaching and Learning Services and the Office of the Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President (Academic) in October 2018. The symposium attracted more than 200 participants for a full day of presentations, demonstrations, workshops and displays that highlighted a broad selection of Carleton\u2019s experiential learning activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forty-eight faculty, staff and students eagerly shared their experiences with colleagues through 15 high-energy sessions that explored various types of experiential learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last September, the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities issued guidelines for experiential learning and committed to \u201censuring that every student has at least one EL activity by the time they graduate from a publicly funded post-secondary institution.\u201d An initial audit led by Lorraine Dyke, Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President (Academic), showed that 75 per cent of Carleton\u2019s programs already include experiential learning in their core requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Measuring Experiential Learning<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Last year, Carleton\u2019s Experiential Learning Steering Committee reviewed what constitutes experiential learning and developed definitions<\/a> for use across Carleton. Using these definitions, the Office of the Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President (Academic) completed a project to identify each Carleton course that includes an experiential learning component so students can use course calendars to identify where these opportunities exist starting in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A New Carleton-specific Degree Level Expectation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Senate approved a proposed Carleton-specific Degree Level Expectation (DLE) on Experiential Learning, effective Fall 2019. The DLE aims to enhance experiential learning across campus and better position the University in meeting provincial requirements. All academic programs at Ontario universities are currently required to meet six Degree Level Expectations, which are mandated by the Ontario Universities Council on Quality Assurance. This Carleton-specific DLE requires that experiential learning is incorporated into all undergraduate and graduate academic programs at Carleton.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Students will demonstrate the ability to reflect on the link between theoretical knowledge and experiential application in contexts that prepare students for the workplace and\/or civil society.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Carleton University Experiential Learning Fund<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Jerry Tomberlin announced that a new $50,000 fund will provide faculty, instructors and learning support staff with financial support to integrate experiential learning components into academic courses or programs at Carleton. The fund will help to increase the number of experiential learning opportunities available to students and build more awareness of experiential learning activities happening across Carleton.<\/p>\n\n\n

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2018-19 Recipients<\/h3>\n\n\n\n