ACENQ WIL showcase presentation WIL Springfield

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ACENQ WIL showcase presentationWIL _at_
Springfield

• Annissa OShea
• Lecturer, Psychology

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A view of WIL
CDL / PDP
Expectations skills preparation
Preparation
graduate qualities/skills
Workplace experience
Participation
employability skills
profession-specific skills/knowl/ understanding
portfolio, diaries, formal assessment
Exploration and acquisition of professional
confidence, competence expectations
Reflection evaluation
Self-efficacy, self esteem and self confidence
Effective learning outcome
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WIL _at_ Springfield

• Introduction to USQ Springfield campus and
  programs
• What is happening in WIL at Springfield
• Sorting WIL experiences at Springfield

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Introduction Springfield Campus and Programs

• Engineering and Surveying
• Business

• Education
• Arts
• Psychology

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Introduction Springfield Campus and Programs

• Engineering and Surveying
• Building and Construction
• Civil Engineering
• Business
• Marketing
• Accounting
• Sustainable Business
• HRM
• Management Leadership
• Tourism Management
• Commerce
• Business administration
• Law

• Education
• Primary and Middle Schooling
• Special Education
• Arts
• Human Services (Counselling)
• Media Production
• Psychology
• Psychology in Business
• Psychology

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Springfield Faculties Programs

• Engineering and Surveying
• Range
• fieldwork and site visits
• team project working on overseas client project
  for Engineers without Borders
• work-based learning credit
• coordinated across two campuses (complex)
• Additional
• Some CDL (industry exploration and intro to
  macro-economics/society and work)

• Arts
• Range
• cross-faculty project-based group service
  learning
• professional placements x 2
• community-based projects offered in individual
  courses

• Business
• Range
• community-based projects / reports as part course
  assessment
• community engagement opportunities external to
  program (e.g. SIFE Student Chamber of Commerce)
• BUS3000
• CDL prior to commencement

• Education
• Range
• non-supervised and supervised practicum across
  program (increasing levels of autonomy with
  progression through program)
• reflective practice and evaluation across courses
• centrally coordinated and administered via
  Toowoomba
• Additional
• CDL including professional identity exploration
  across courses

• Psychology
• Range
• courses x 6 semesters
• offers diverse range of opportunities for WIL
• Placement, community projects, client coaching,
  practitioner skills development, work samples,
  work-based learning

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WIL _at_ Springfield

• Campus-wide WIL Audit
• Yes, WIL (broad definition) offered in all
  programs
• Found programs across faculties differ in terms
  of
• goals/aims depending on discipline and history
• stage of maturity
• levels of faculty support and student
  participation
• levels of complexity
• amount of structure and formally defined process
• Question how to sort these?

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Types of WIL_at_Springfield

• Type 1. Professional practicum (narrow WIL)
• unpaid, supervised by industry in a professional
  role related to studies
• develop and demonstrate the relevant professional
  standards, ethics and competencies
• Type 2. Work Placement (narrow WIL)
• unpaid, supervised by industry in a professional
  role related to studies
• exploration of WoW
• develop and demonstrate employability skills and
  professional skills
• Type 3. Industry and community projects (narrow
  WIL)
• one-off unpaid work or community focussed
  projects
• working to client specifications, supported by USQ

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Types of WIL_at_Springfield

• Type 4. Work samples and training (WRL)
• projects or work-related experiences
• designed, delivered and supervised by USQ
• field trips, industry-based case studies and USQ
  supported participation in community and industry
  activities
• working to USQ specifications
• demonstrate work-related skills/knowledge/understa
  nding
• there is a learning outcome
• Type 5. Work based learning (WBL)
• recognition for prior or current learning in
  workplace
• knowledge, skills and understanding need to align
  with specific course learning objectives

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Type 1 (Professional practicum)
Type 2(Work placement)
Type 5(WBL)
Type 3 (Industry / community projects)
Type 4 (Work samples training)
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Complex experience/competence

• Competence
• Expertise?
• Professionalism?
• Resulting skills?
• or
• Increasing opportunity to set/extend/realign
  professional
• capability
• confidence
• expectations
• relative to the individual

Type 1 (Professional practicum)
Type 2(Work placement)
BUS3000
Type 5(WBL)
University based (pre-defined and structured
learning experience)
Workplace based (dynamic and autonomous learning
experience)
Type 3 (Industry / community projects)
Cold learning
Hot learning
Type 4 (Work samples training)
Simple experience/competence
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Project community
1st year BPsyHons
Community project I
CDL / WoW / Industry Assessment (ppt)
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Project me

• S3

2nd year BPsyHons

• Client PBL projectsS2

• CDL Econwork, career building
• ePortfolio develt
• Assessment (pract)

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Project professional

• Placement 1 and 2

3rd year BPsyHons
Type 5

• Professional id develt

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Type 5
Community project I