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Gerhardt, Trevor; Annon, Paulette – International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2023
Work-based learning (WBL) is used interchangeably with other concepts such as work-related learning (WRL) and workplace learning (WPL). Work-integrated learning (WIL) considers WBL a subset within WIL. Some scholars and practitioners argue that WBL as a mode of learning is pedagogically incompatible with WRL, WPL, and WIL. WBL and WIL…
Descriptors: Work Experience Programs, Workplace Learning, Higher Education, Differences
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Salm, Veronica; Chopra, Shivangi; Golab, Lukasz – International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2023
Cooperative education (co-op) programs combine coursework and work internships and have become popular worldwide. Using over 45,000 performance evaluations collected separately for in-person (2019) and remote (2021) internship positions, this study uncovered the characteristics of successful co-op students. Each evaluation included an overall…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Workplace Learning, Work Experience Programs, Internship Programs
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Gerhardt, Trevor, Ed.; Annon, Paulette J., Ed. – IGI Global, 2021
It has become evident within higher education and within (or in partnership with) the workplace that there is a growing demand for an integration of learning within the workplace. Formal and intentional models and processes utilizing experiential learning methods and pedagogy are often referred to as work integrated learning. However, there is a…
Descriptors: Work Experience Programs, Workplace Learning, Experiential Learning, Apprenticeships
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Makhathini, Thobeka Pearl – Perspectives in Education, 2016
Research on student-learning outcomes indicates that university graduates do not possess relevant skills required by the industry such as leadership, emotional intelligence, problem solving, communication, decision-making skills and the ability to function in a multicultural environment. Currently, engineering graduates are expected to perform…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, College Graduates, Workplace Learning
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Jiang, Yuheng Helen; Lee, Sally Wai Yin; Golab, Lukasz – Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 2015
This paper reports on the analysis of three years research of undergraduate cooperative work term postings and employer and employee evaluations. The objective of the analysis was to determine the factors affecting student and employer success and satisfaction with the work-integrated learning experience. It was found that students performed…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Undergraduate Students, Student Satisfaction, Employer Attitudes
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Stasiunaitiene, Egle; Norkute, Odeta – Quality of Higher Education, 2011
In this article, relevance of practice during university studies is highlighted, as well as the main stages of its organisation, qualitative parameters, as well as criteria and indicators that validate them are defined. Discussion on the idea that taking into consideration qualitative parameters of organising practice as a component of studies…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Education Work Relationship, Theory Practice Relationship