Conference presentation
When Pandemic Strikes, Real World Learning Continues
West Australian Learning and Teaching Forum - (Re)connecting (Murdoch University, 03/02/2022–04/02/2022)
04/02/2022
Abstract
Murdoch University’s Career Learning Spine is a scaffolded program of study within non-professional undergraduate degrees, designed to support students in developing employability skills and career readiness. Within this program the unit, Real World Learning, requires students to organise and undertake a real world learning experience through engagement with either service learning or an approved student program. When the COVID-19 pandemic emerged in 2020, cascading changes within volunteering workplaces, domestic and international travel, and the closure of domestic borders with lockdowns soon after, significantly disrupted students’ organised opportunities and in doing so, jeopardised their ability to successfully complete this important unit of study. The flexibility inherent in Murdoch’s Real World Learning unit, coupled with University supports put in place around unit delivery and assessment requirements, resulted in a significant minimisation of the loss of opportunity for successful completion of this unit over 2020 and triggered an expansion of learning opportunities in 2021. In addition, international students unable to return to Australia due to ongoing border closures throughout 2021, have not been disadvantaged by their inability to return to campus in Perth, nor have they been unable to complete work-based learning in a real world context. This presentation outlines what we have done to support student learning in a work-based context and posits thought around how we can build upon this in meaningful ways as part of a globally mobile higher education delivery.
Details
- Title
- When Pandemic Strikes, Real World Learning Continues
- Authors/Creators
- Ellen J Greenham (PhD. FHEA) (Author)
- Conference
- West Australian Learning and Teaching Forum - (Re)connecting (Murdoch University, 03/02/2022–04/02/2022)
- Identifiers
- 991005609157207891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference presentation
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