Topics discussed in this Episode include: Jennifer’s origin story focusing on how the study of Spanish in college helped lead her into law school for intellectual property and how that led to trademark infringements and cybersecurity. A deeper dive into the development of her interests in volunteering even to learning to knit during COVID and making scarfs for service people. Turning to teaching, a discussion of the importance of education especially to underserved populations such as attend CUNY (The City University of New York). A focus is on building a sense of purpose in this field to whi ..read more

Topics discussed in this Episode include: Dr. Doscher tells her development story of how she came to direct COIL at FIU and how global learning found her but she found COIL. She also has an interest in systems thinking, but that is for another podcast. A good discussion followed of the COIL methodology of teaching a project-based module in courses in two institutions where one is located outside the US and a project is executed between the two groups of students in separate classes led by two faculty.  The basic framework was developed by Jon Rubin, founder and former director of the SUN ..read more

EPISODE NOTES Topics discussed in this Episode include: The origin story of Nicole McLean and InStage in building a safe interactive simulation operation where people (e.g. college students) can practice on-line a variety of presentation soft-skills with avatars and get feedback before going out for the first internship or cooperative education experience. The analogy to sports and leveling the playing field is discussed as a metaphor for the importance of practice to proper execution and success at interviews. This is particularly true for young students who lack practice and may come from u ..read more

Topics discussed in this episode include: The origin of the NSC,  its involvement in the Comprehensive Learner Record (CLR) and potential incorporation into the LER as a broader documentation that is inclusive of workplace and other skills that drive success after college including employment and further schooling. Having built an ecosystem of trust, the NSC is leading in this next phase of learning documentation. The importance of LER documentation in a skills framework in guiding transitions from school to work, and even back to school. The LER recognizes that skills can be learned in ..read more

Topics discussed in this episode include: John’s interesting early history holding both science and music in his own heart and leading to the discovery of his singing voice and a career in opera including starting with Pavarotti. Then he went on to blossom in his and his team’s inspirational non-profit work with many universities and fortune 500 companies around the world. John’s discussion of the two emotional experiences of his youth - reading Einstein while listening to Chopin. Then, a discussion of his development of a service mission under the remarkable long-term mentorship of Vartan Gr ..read more

Topics discussed in this episode include: The relatively young University of Waikato and its recent development as a work-integrated learning (WIL) institution in New Zealand. The recent re-organization of Waikato’s administrative structure that served a university-wide commitment to WIL. A discussion of other institutions who made similar broad-based commitments and how they can be implemented. The task of doing this with the faculty and in a time of a pandemic.  And finally, his having the current administrative positions, including in the Vice Chancellor’s office. The origins of the j ..read more

Topics discussed in this episode include: The dramatic origin of JAG in Delaware, a State that was then in trouble but the Governor found a way to invest in JAG and it became a national model. How the Governors are key to getting a JAG program going by bringing together industry as employers with the high schools which have the students.  The work experience leads not only to jobs but to high graduation rates as stated above. JAG now features project-based learning that involves industry from the beginning in program design. Industry participates not only because they get to see potentia ..read more

Topics discussed in this episode include: Dr. Johnson’s introduction into the speech-language field, which was itself experiential, based on mentoring that stemmed from the 1970 Kent State shootings, his undergraduate college. A discussion followed of how he and the field embraced this experiential approach when he first went into academic leadership at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.  His department partnered with Case Western Reserve University to design a two-year clinical fellowship for its graduate students to develop strong competency in adult medical speech pathology. He also ..read more

Topics discussed in this episode include: The way WIL works in a smaller business environment in which they are located in Sudbury, Ontario, some 400 kilometers to the south. The idea is that this brings a more intimate cooperation between the university and the largely small to medium sized local businesses and provides the students with a greater range of WIL learning opportunities. The structure of the program is to have attached courses that students take online while they are on the WIL placement. Dr. Orozco teaches in this program which she refers to as a putting herself at the “back do ..read more

Topics discussed in this podcast include: Some details of how a major cooperative education university operates to combine academic and work-place learning after just celebrating its Centennial anniversary. In addition to taking care of the students, note was taken that Drexel as a co-op school also takes care of its co-op partners by providing them with year-round employees even if the person on co-op changes. Benefits to the students include more than in-depth on-the-job skills that can help them get the job after graduation, especially if they have not worked in high school on summer jobs ..read more