Experiential learning

Virtual Reality (VR) offers a solution to institutional obstacles imposed on experiential learning outside of the classroom. Larger class sizes, financial restraints, inadequate online programs, and insufficient disability provisions inhibit students from interacting with essential locations - harming undergraduate students’ retention in…

how to effectively incorporate service learning in counselor education programs (ACES, 1990). The literature review and the findings of this study reveal that service learning can be an effective pedagogical practice for counselor training. Service learning is broadly defined as pedagogical model that integrates academic learning and community involvement. However, how counselor educators’ use this pedagogical practice rests within their teaching and learning approaches and principles. For…

concluded with a question, inviting other students to engage (Uzuner, 2007). Although this post has adequate reflection and invitational indicators to justify it making my top eight it also includes some educationally less valuable talk specifically experiential which is seen in the post where it contains personal experiences that are not followed by reflection (Uzuner, 2007). Posting Uzuner (2007) states that one of the online conversation indicators of educationally valuable talk includes…

of the learning experience. Nowadays, the theory and its principles are one of the foundational pillars when researchers, educators and instructional designers try to analyze, design and evaluate how adult students learn. The theory describes the characteristics of adult learners as well the assumptions that must be taken into consideration when designing adult learning curriculums. According to Instructional Design.org (n.d) there are four basic assumptions when designing adult learning…

& Sprenkle, 2007). When a supervisee is learning and using theory, I believe it will be helpful in their journey in opening their minds to other ways of viewing a person’s story and other opportunities that are possible from different points of view. I want supervisees to become aware of what theories work for them, and for clients, in specific situations. I also believe that it is my duty as a supervisor when training or mentoring a new supervisee learning to become a clinical licensed…

Such as, expertise in computing enables us to solve complex, challenging problems. Computing drives innovation in the sciences, engineering and business. Computer science is challenging, and yet dynamic. It requires people in the field to keep learning and pushing their limits. I, however, had never thought about pursuing computer science as a career until I took an introductory class in my junior year. It sparked my interest and changed my thoughts after seeing what I could do with some simple…

force to have; people around me all go to school or study at home. Since I was born and raised in cities, I have never come across anyone who was unable to go to school. I felt that education is a right; but in reality, education is only a privilege. Learning about the life of the two protagonist, in A Thousand Splendid Suns, I came I understand that there are a lot of children out there who would risk their life for education, unlike me who do not want to go to school at all. The story…

“If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulder of giants”, the quote by Isaac Newton resonates my journey to realising the understated power of collaborative learning. Two experiences that were a highlight of my undergraduate degree were my involvement with Mosaic Fusion Forums, an outreach program that celebrates diversity, and Business-One UNSW, a student-run consulting and professional services group. Both these experiences allowed me to see how people with a diverse range of…

Millennials have been seen to be reading and writing in a different manner then generations prior. There are different ways of reading that is being done by millennials. There are five major types of reading, Informational, playful, rhetorical, hermeneutical, and Creative (Lunsford 52). Dynamic rhetoric can be seen in research as being the Playful reading style. This style of reading is done by students every day, such as checking statues, and twitter feeds (Lunsford 52). The authors of…

and India. The interactions have allowed me appreciate their emotions and reaction to different situations. My involvement in developing academic partnerships and exchange programs provided me insights on the cultural and communication barriers, learning aptitudes, and collaborative educational models. I have successfully recruited and mentored many…