How to maximise learning from your work experience process

Phillip Hayes

phillip @kloodle.com

@phillip_hayes

Aims

- Outline a workflow for gaining maximum

learning from work experience

- Demonstrate key Kloodle features for this

Overview

1.Creating a badge to teach students how they can “sell

themselves” to an employer

2.Making work experience a competitive process

3.Learning to articulate skill development whilst out on work

experience

4.Following up work experience to cement learning

5.Deriving data from the process

Work experience is a valuable learning

opportunity. Students should learn

valuable employability skills, what it takes

to get a job and workplace behaviours

Problem 1

Employers are often reluctant to participate

in work experience as students contribute

little during their time on work experience.

Solution

Students should learn that work is

provided if you can fulfil a need. I.e. the

skills you possess add value to the

organisation you work for

Exercise 1: - Kloodle badge to get students

to think about how they could add value to

an employer

This information can then be shared with employers to

demonstrate that the student understands what is

required of them

EXTENSION - create a “health and safety” badge -

students produce work that outlines they understand

health and safety risks. This will allay employers’ fears.

Problem

- Students are trained to think work experience is a right

- Teachers do all the running to provide a placement

- Students need to learn that applying for jobs is

competitive and they need to be GOOD!

Solution

Make work experience a competitive process

Share profile with employer

Whilst out on work experience, students should be

consciously developing their employability skills

Problem

- Students struggle to identify the employability skills they

are developing in everyday activities

Solution

- Provide activities that teach students to learn the

vocabulary of employability and how to associate skills to

each activity

Reflections on work experience should cement

learning.

Solution

- Create a vigorous follow up process

Generate a badge to award post work

experience

- Get students to present their profile

- Award them a badge for follow up

Derive data / evidence from the process

Post work experience, student work then generates

information you can use for your records.

QUESTIONS

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Phillip Hayes

phillip @kloodle.com

@phillip_hayes