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The Future of Experiential Learning
How more colleges and universities are working to bridge the gap between educational outcomes and employer expectations.
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Experience Institute: School is Changing
Could we make a fluid learning system and supportive framework that would accommodate different learning styles—a system that wouldn’t turn out recent graduates who’d accumulated crippling debt yet lacked applicable work experience and useful portfolios?
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Story-catching
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Don't be a conversation poacher, embrace mentors
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A Stranger's Wisdom
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Applications Now Open for Ei’s Fall 2015 Program
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Where Are They Now: Alumni Update on April Soetarman
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Prototype Year
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Red Violin
College graduates face a different world than that of their parents. In a 2013 survey, over 40% of recent college graduates are unemployed and 16% are in part time positions. A degree employers are looking for is experience, skill, and potential value a candidate can offer. These cannot be taught in a traditional educational setting, by reading books and attending lectures, but need to be learned through doing.
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Learn to Use a Compass Instead of a Map
The purpose of education should be akin to exploration—a burning curiosity and the optimistic belief that there is something better out there. We should be teaching students to ask questions and empowering them with the skills to find their own answers. Today’s tools and systems will not be sufficient to solve tomorrow’s problems.
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The Very Best of Me May Come Together Again
I can’t predict where I might be at the end of this week, let alone the end of this term, or this year. The only thing I can say with any certainty is that I will not be the same person writing this essay: a culture-shocked Tokyoite finding his footing in Chicago, a native son rediscovering his American edge, a teacher trying to become a student.
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Five Videos From Year 1
From theatrical event production in Chicago to the contemplation of spirituality in the deserts of New Mexico, from an airship built in a remote village in the Philippines to the marriage of music and architecture in Seattle, these are the stories of five individuals who designed their masters through experience.
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Stanford 2025: Time Traveling for Better Design
This discusses a project called @Stanford––a collaborative, interactive effort that worked to frame how d.school students might benefit from immersive learning experiences in new contexts. That’s exactly what we’re exploring through Experience Institute: the intersection between experience and education.
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Year Here: Community Building Across Oceans
Community building is important to Ei as an organization that’s determined to change a well-established landscape: higher education. As we’ve faced challenges and created new solutions throughout our first year, we’ve discovered that we’re not alone. There are other individuals and organizations like us, dedicated to making changes and doing good. Meet: YearHere.
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Apprenticeships vs Internships
As a model for learning, apprenticeships place emphasis on mastering a field through a process that is active, social, and authentic.
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