Engaged Learning on Campus
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Engaged Learning on
Campus
SMU’s Working QEP
The purpose of Engaged Learning: Beyond the Classroom is to expand educational opportunities in which students acquire or deepen knowledge and competencies through structured volunteer, research, and/or internship experiences
Timeline
9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Account Planning:Research for potential QEP
topics
Account Planning:Explore current
examples of Engaged Learning
9 10 11 12
Campaigns:How to roll out
the QEP
2009 2010
Phase II
Objectives
• Explore current practices in engaged learning• Identify best practices and potential hurdles • Capture perspectives• Fulfill Learning Outcomes of ADV 4393 course
Methodologies
• Secondary Research– Fall 2009 Account Planning Class– Examples from other schools:
• Syracuse University • University of Houston• Rice University
• Primary Research– Phases I - IV
Groups Studied
• Volunteer Programs• Internships• Undergraduate Research
Volunteer Programs
• Create leaders & active citizens• Community engagement, initiatives, & global
projects • Helps to develop the student both in and out
of the classroom
Volunteer Programs
Engineers Without Borders– Student volunteer organization– Open to all majors, not just Engineers– travel to developing countries to help improve
infrastructure deficiencies
Volunteer Programs
Engineers Without BordersWhat’s Working? • Exposes students to socioeconomic conditions different from their
own experiences• Teach students to define and solve problems
Implications for QEP• Enlightens world view beyond affluent U.S.• Enables more critical perspective of global events portrayed
by media
Volunteer Programs
The Center for Academic Community Engagement (ACE)• Understand course material by working in the community and placing
in context• Expose students to ideas and situations not they have not experienced• Live in ACE House for a year in and tutor children in poor area of Dallas
What’s Working?• Volunteer group focuses on socially involved knowledge• Provides understanding about social issues faced by Dallas, the region,
and nation• Promotes teaching, knowledge, research, and develop sense of “public
good” in classroom
Volunteer ProgramsLeadership and Community Involvement
• SPARC: participation & community involvement & ongoing service activities
• LEAD: leadership education, activities, and development
What’s Working?• Volunteer group focuses on socially involved knowledge• Provides understanding about social issues faced by Dallas,
the region, and nation• Promotes teaching, knowledge, research, and develop
sense of “public good” in classroom
Volunteer Programs
Implications for QEP
• Engenders selflessness and sense of “the Greater Good”
• Framing through academic studies provides social and historical context for experiences
• Graduates are more grounded
• More aware of social responsibility to their community and the world
Internship Programs
All of the internship programs strive to provide students with real-life work experience to help them apply what they are learning class to the outside world and vice versa.
Internship Programs
Dedman Internships:
• Students can get credit if their internship relates to their major
• Students observe how the professional world connects to the classroom
• Students are able to gain valuable work experience before graduation
• See how their major can be used in the future
Internship Programs
Engineering Internships • Lyle School of Engineering Co-op Program began 1925• 5-year program & offers eighteen months of work
experience. • Allows students to build resumes & gain real experience
while still being in college.• Program Goal: “to get you exposure and experience so you
can figure out what you want and don’t want to do when you graduate.”
Internship Programs
Marketing Internships• Program is still under development
• 100 hours of work time in one semester
• Counts for 1 Pass/Fail credit hour
• Must be related to marketing curriculum
• Expected to be around 25 internships when program is fully established
• Wants to be as cohesive and prestigious as the Engineering Internship program
Internship Programs
What’s Working?• Allow students to gain practical industry experience
• Place students in their field of study• Provides students with competitive advantage and beginnings
of a network
Implications for QEP• Augment academic degrees with hands-on practical experience• Graduates are better prepared for the workplace• Improves chances of landing jobs
Undergraduate Research
• Assistant Director in the Office of Leadership and Community Development (Member of the QEP Committee)
• Senior Lecturer and Director of the Center for Academic Community Engagement
Undergraduate Research
ACE Fellowship Program• (4) $2,500 annual Fellowships• Funded by SMU• The only research program (currently) tied to Social
Responsibility
What’s Working?• Opportunity for deep exploration of subject matter• Real social issues within a research framework• Funding from SMU
What’s Not Working?
• Lack of resources/Lack of Funding
• Poor Communications
Hurdles for Implementing the QEP• Skepticism:
– Doubtful of possibility of actual change• Commitment from Top
– Need administration’s visible commitment for QEP to work
• Provincialism– Must demonstrate how the QEP will help everyone
Communication Priorities
Awareness and Assimilation of the QEP Message
• Constituents will accept the QEP linearly, similar to the purchase funnel in marketing:
• Become aware of the QEP– What is the acronym Q.E.P. stand for?– What is it? (SMU’s SACS accreditation process)– What is SMU’s specific QEP?
• Believe in it – Why should they believe it’s true? (see next section)
• Actively support it– Initiate positive viral communications, orally and through social media– Take personal action to further the goals of Engaged Learning
Key Messaging
• Importance of QEP to SMU’s accreditation• A considerable amount of SMU’s energy and resources
will be dedicated to this mission over the next 10 years • This is a priority for the Administration, Staff and Faculty
at the University, and will continue to be so for the next decade
• The QEP will benefit everyone at SMU • Demonstrate to faculty how it will add value to them
individually and how they are critical in making this happen
Getting the Word Out
• Engaged Learning provides unique opportunities for students to receive a well-rounded education as well as valuable life experiences that can be leveraged in the job market.
Timeline
9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Account Planning:Research for potential QEP
topics
Account Planning:Explore current
examples of Engaged Learning
9 10 11 12
Campaigns:How to roll out
the QEP
2009 2010
Phase III