Inaugural UWS Work Integrated Learning (WIL) Symposium
Using Work Integrated Learning (WIL) to enhance the UWS student experience and improve graduate outcomes
The Inaugural WIL Symposium was held on 12 February 2013, with the aim of providing a voice for practitioners of WIL and a framework for the further development of WIL at UWS. The program included panel discussions, workshops and invited speakers, and offered opportunities for academics and professional staff to share ideas and insights about the practice and future of WIL at UWS. The discussions included all forms of WIL, including engaged learning and teaching, service learning, practicums and work experience.
Visit the Symposium Gallery (opens in a new window).
Symposium Program
Access the full Symposium Program (PDF, 115.73 KB) (opens in a new window).
Symposium Workshops
With support from colleagues across the university, the afternoon session included a series of concurrent workshops with these themes:
- Policies to support WIL at UWS
- Resourcing WIL
- Designing the WIL curriculum
- The fieldwork challenge
- E-portfolios and WIL
- Assessment of WIL.
Details of the workshop discussion will be added to this website shortly.
External Speakers
- Sonia Ferns, Curtin University
Topic: Integrating WIL into the Curriculum: The Curtin Experience.
- Carol-joy Patrick, Griffith University
Topic: WIL Plus: Meeting community needs while enhancing student professional and personal development.
- Dr Deborah Peach, Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Topic: How your teaching and research connects with WIL?
UWS Staff discuss WIL
Access video clips of UWS staff discussing their practice of WIL.
Resources
- WIL Resource List (resources available through UWS library - Compiled by Paul Jewell, UWS Library)
- Billett, S 2009 'Developing Agentic Professionals through Practice-based Pedagogies', Australian Learning & Teaching Council. Extract accessed 6 February 2013 from
http://www.olt.gov.au/resources?text=developing+agentic+professionals+through+practice+based+pedagogies. Support for the original work was provided by the Australian Learning & Teaching Council Ltd, an initiative of the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations - Curtin University 2013 'Authentic Assessment Framework'
- Ferns, S & Moore, K 2012 'Assessing student outcomes in fieldwork placements: An overview of current practice', Asia-Pacific
Journal of Cooperative Education, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 207- 224 - McNamara, J 2013 'The challenge of assessing professional competence in work integrated learning', Assessment &
Evaluation in Higher Education, vol.38, no.2, pp.183-197 - Orrell, J 2011 'Good Practice Report: Work Integrated Learning', Australian Learning & Teaching Council, Extract accessed 6 February 2013 from http://www.olt.gov.au/resource-work-integrated-learning-2011. Support for the original work was provided by the Australian Learning & Teaching Council Ltd, an initiative of the Australian Government
- Yorio, PL & Ye, F 2012 'A Meta-Analysis on the Effects of Service-Learning on the Social, Personal and Cognitive Outcomes of
Learning', Academy of Management Learning & Education, vol.11, no.1, pp. 9-27 - Yorke, M 2011 'Work-engaged learning: Towards a paradigm shift in assessment', Quality in Higher Education, vol.17, no.1, pp.117-130
Selected WIL Websites
- Australian Collaborative Education Network (opens in a new window)
- Engagement Australia (opens in a new window)
- Office of Learning and Teaching (opens in a new window)
Contact
For any enquiries related to the symposium, please contact the Symposium Convenors:
- Wayne Fallon (w.fallon@uws.edu.au)
- Freny Tayebjee (f.tayebjee@uws.edu.au)
