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Types of Experiential Learning Activities

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Experiential learning is a broad term that encompases a variety of different types of experiential learning activities. The university has categorized these experiential learning activities into four experiential learning categories: Field and Work Based Experiential Learning, Global and Community Based Experiential Learning, Project and Problem Based Experiential Learning, and Research and Writing Based Experiential Learning.

Field and Work Based Experiential Learning

The experiential learning activities in this category engage students in hands-on field and work based experiences where they can apply their academic knowledge, skills, and abilities to investigate and work in the natural environment or workplace settings and situations.

  • Apprenticeships
     

    Apprenticeships

     

  • internships
     

    Clinicals

     

  • Cooperative Education
     

    Cooperative Education (Co-Op)

     

  • Externships
     

    Externships

     

  • Fellowships
     

    Fellowships

     

  • Field Work
     

    Field Work

     

  • Internships
     

    Internships

     

  • Practicums
     

    Practicums

     

  • Work-Study
     

    Work-Study

     

Community and Global Based Experiential Learning

The experiential learning activities in this category engage students in hands-on community and global based experiences where they can apply their academic knowledge, skills, and abilities to connect, lead, and serve as well as discover cultures and engage with a diversity of people in local, state, national, or global community settings and situations.

  • Leadership Positions
     

    Leadership Positions

     

  • Learning Communities
     

    Learning Communities

     

  • Service and Volunteering
     

    Service and Volunteering

     

  • Study Abroad
     

    Study Abroad

     

  • Study Away
     

    Study Away

     

Project and Problem Based Experiential Learning

The experiential learning activities in this category engage students in hands-on project and problem based experiences where they can apply their academic knowledge, skills, and abilities to solve complex and novel issues as well as produce value-added projects, performances, and products in a variety of settings and situations.

  • Capstones/Culminating Projects and Performances
     

    Capstones

     

  • Case Studies
     

    Case Studies

     

  • Competitions and Professional Events
     

    Competitions and Events

     

  • Entrepreneurship
     

    Entrepreneurship

     

  • Labs and Studios
     

    Labs

     

  • Performances
     

    Performances

     

  • Portfolios and E-Portfolios
     

    Portiolos and E-Portfolios

     

  • Projects
     

    Projects

     

  • Roleplays
     

    Roleplays

     

  • Simulations and Role-Plays
     

    Simulations

     

  • Studios
     

    Studios

     

Research and Writing Based Experiential Learning

The experiential learning activities in this category engage students in hands-on research and writing based experiences where they can apply their academic knowledge, skills, and abilities to inquire and investigate questions for discovering new knowledge as well as scaffold and revise substantial writing and publications in a variety of settings and situations.

  • Graduate Research
     

    Graduate Research

     

  • Undergraduate Research
     

    Undergraduate Research

     

  • Intensive Writing
     

    Intensive Writings

     

Office of Experiential and Integrative Learning

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