From Training to Learning: Developing Student Employees Through Experiential Learning Design

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Abstract

In this chapter, the authors argue for moving student employee training programs beyond a sole focus on training students for effective service, to training based on experiential learning (EL) principles. The authors describe the development of an experiential approach for two student positions in the Ohio University Libraries’ social media and video production work. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the challenges in this approach, and addresses issues of scaling the model to larger student employment programs.

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Published version available at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B978008100775400011X

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workplace learning, student employee training programs, high impact practice, experiential learning

Citation

Published version: Bussell, H., & Hagman, J. (2016). From training to learning: Developing student employees through experiential learning design. In P. McDonnell (Ed.), The experiential library: Transforming academic and research libraries through the power of experiential learning (pp. 147–159). Oxford, UK: Chandos Publishing. http://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-100775-4.00011-X