ELLI 2019: Mountains of Possibilities
Brainstorming ideas for quality proposals and ways to utilize the theme
Maps to Success: Sharing Pedagogies and Practice
Essential Questions
- What makes a task or activity appropriate for experiential learning?
- What are the best ways to assess educator readiness to guide students’ experiential learning?
- How can experiential activities be instrumental in building substantive interactions and relationships within and beyond the campus community?
Key Topics
- Program implementation
- Curriculum design
- Assessment and evaluation
- High impact practices
- Experiential activities within and across disciplines
- Service learning
- Education abroad
- Internships and cooperative learning
- Project-based learning
Navigating Shifting Sands: Managing Complexity
Essential Questions
- What are the most effective ways to ensure transferability of soft skills gained through experiential learning to different contexts?
- How is experiential education preparing students for personal and professional life beyond college?
- What does research say about the relationship between cognitive capacity and experiential learning?
- What role does technology play in experiential education and assessment?
Key Topics
- Intentionality / purposeful learning
- Reflective practice
- Learning and teaching in the digital age
- Transferable skills
- Lifelong learning
- Cognitive processes
Trailblazers: Venturing into the Unknown: New Endeavors in Experiential Learning
Essential Questions
- Where is the practice of experiential education headed?
- How can we demonstrate and promote curiosity about experiential teaching and learning within ourselves and amongst our colleagues and students?
- What innovative methods and approaches (in terms of instruction, policies, structures, leadership, outreach, and so on) can strengthen emerging and established experiential programs?
- How can experiential learning best be connected across disciplines, and what might be the implications of such interconnections?
- What essential questions related to Experiential Education demand further investigation and exploration?
Key Topics
- Innovative practices and methodologies
- Supporting sustainability and growth within Experiential Education
- Interdisciplinary interconnections
- Faculty training and development