Achieving WIL Placement and Theoretical Learning Concurrently: An Online Strategy for Higher Education Institutions

Autor/inn/en	Sheridan, Lynnaire; Gibbons, Belinda; Price, Oriana
Titel	Achieving WIL Placement and Theoretical Learning Concurrently: An Online Strategy for Higher Education Institutions
Quelle	In: Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 16 (2019) 3, Artikel 8 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1449-9789
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Work Experience Programs; Capstone Experiences; Undergraduate Students; Student Attitudes; Grades (Scholastic); Business Administration Education; Computer Assisted Testing; Electronic Learning; Instructional Effectiveness; Integrated Learning Systems; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Schülerverhalten; Notenspiegel; Unterrichtserfolg; Australien
Abstract	The Australian Government requires Higher Education Institutions to demonstrate the work-readiness of graduates. Consequently, Work Integrated Learning (WIL) has been adopted to enhance the workplace skills and professional networks of students to improve graduate employability. While WIL can take many forms, experiences located in workplaces (placements, internships) have been popular. The introduction of the Australian Government's Fair Work Act 2009 required that placements be tightly embedded within curriculum thereby presenting the challenge of how to enable WIL via placements and theoretical learning in already compact study programs. As a response, we present the pragmatic use of online theoretical instruction and online WIL assessment within an undergraduate core Capstone business subject, as an enabler of the WIL placement. We examine learner perspectives on, and grade outcomes from, undertaking online theoretical instruction concurrent with WIL placements to discuss the key WIL and online learning design implications for this cohort of learners. Our findings are increasingly pertinent given the 2017 Australian Government Higher Education Reform package incentivising the expansion of WIL into all degrees. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Wollongong. Available from: Centre for Educational Development and Interactive Resources. Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia. Tel: +61-2-4221-3140; Fax: +61-2-4225-8312; e-mail: jutlp@uow.edu.au; Web site: http://ro.uow.edu.au/jutlp
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01