career.arizona.edu University of Arizona Build The Skill Executive Summary Spring 2019 Background and Program Overview Build the Skill (BTS) is a non-credit micro-credential program for undergraduate students to develop in- demand soft skills that present real value to employers and graduate schools. Students have the opportunity to build one or several skills, including Collaboration, Leadership, Design Thinking, and Professional Communication (forthcoming fall 2019). Build the Skill programs are offered in the Fall and Spring semesters as 7-week, non-credit experiences. They are “hybrid” experiences including both asynchronous, online components and live, in-person activities. Aside from the scheduled live event, students complete the work on their own time within 12-15 hours. In 2019, Build the Skill was available for student employees in three departments at the University, and also through an open-call to campus. From the recruitment efforts, 35 students were enrolled in the program as student employees, and 50 students were enrolled through the open-call to campus for a total of 85 students registered. Outcomes Student Learning Outcomes Upon completing Build The Skill, students will be able to: Develop skills (collaboration, leadership, design thinking, or professional communication) through interactive online curricula delivered in D2L. Practice new strategies by applying them to current involvement in student organizations, employment, service commitments, class projects, etc. Apply skills to dynamic challenges via face-to-face events. Reflect via Spark Page and a recorded pitch presentation describing what students have learned and how they have applied their skills. Assessment Method D2L Students complete online modules through D2L. Each skill area allows students to fully develop and apply the learned skill through several engaged activities over the 7-week course. At the end of the course, students create an Adobe Spark page to reflect and share their learning process. A UA digital badge is then awarded to students who fully complete the workshop. Each workshop module is broken into three parts: Learn, Apply, Reflect Learn The “Learn” section of the module is a short video, article, tool, or resource to give students a chance to learn about the content they will be focusing on for that module. For example, within the
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career.arizona.edu
University of Arizona Build The Skill
Executive Summary Spring 2019
Background and Program Overview
Build the Skill (BTS) is a non-credit micro-credential program for undergraduate students to develop in-
demand soft skills that present real value to employers and graduate schools. Students have the
opportunity to build one or several skills, including Collaboration, Leadership, Design Thinking, and
Professional Communication (forthcoming fall 2019).
Build the Skill programs are offered in the Fall and Spring semesters as 7-week, non-credit
experiences. They are “hybrid” experiences including both asynchronous, online components and live,
in-person activities. Aside from the scheduled live event, students complete the work on their own time
within 12-15 hours.
In 2019, Build the Skill was available for student employees in three departments at the University, and
also through an open-call to campus. From the recruitment efforts, 35 students were enrolled in the
program as student employees, and 50 students were enrolled through the open-call to campus for a
total of 85 students registered.
Outcomes
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completing Build The Skill, students will be able to:
Develop skills (collaboration, leadership, design thinking, or professional communication)
through interactive online curricula delivered in D2L.
Practice new strategies by applying them to current involvement in student organizations,
employment, service commitments, class projects, etc.
Apply skills to dynamic challenges via face-to-face events.
Reflect via Spark Page and a recorded pitch presentation describing what students have learned
and how they have applied their skills.
Assessment Method
D2L
Students complete online modules through D2L. Each skill area allows students to fully develop and
apply the learned skill through several engaged activities over the 7-week course. At the end of the
course, students create an Adobe Spark page to reflect and share their learning process. A UA digital
badge is then awarded to students who fully complete the workshop.
Each workshop module is broken into three parts: Learn, Apply, Reflect
Learn
The “Learn” section of the module is a short video, article, tool, or resource to give students a
chance to learn about the content they will be focusing on for that module. For example, within the