URI Ex Ed opportunities are considered \u201cexperiential\u201d when they include*:<\/strong><\/p>\n *Adapted from expert knowledge and research from The Association for Experiential Education<\/a>, The Institute for Experiential Learning<\/a>, National Association of Colleges and Employers<\/a>, and Society for Experiential Education<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n URI Ex Ed courses are separated into the following 11 Experiential Education types (for coding and tracking). In addition, we have also included Career Planning which can provide a helpful foundation for future experiential learning engagement. Explore each type below to see a list of URI courses and access examples and resources.<\/p>\n In addition to course-based Ex Ed, you can participate in powerful Experiential Learning through numerous programs and employer opportunities. Check out the following resources to start, but know that this list doesn’t include every opportunity! Look for experiences that offer leadership, skill development, networking, and opportunities to problem solve, work as part of a team, and explore your community and world!<\/p>\n Search Internships, Jobs, and On-Campus Employment<\/p><\/div><\/div> Explore Work-study & On-Campus Employment<\/p><\/div><\/div> Learn, Serve, and Lead in the Community<\/p><\/div><\/div> Organizations & Leadership<\/p><\/div><\/div> The following resources are external to URI & CCEE. Opportunities presented here are not vetted<\/strong> by CCEE staff but can provide great hands-on experience. Reach out to your Career Education Specialist with questions.<\/em><\/p>\n Bite-sized 5-6 hour virtual work experience programs that give students a genuine career advantage with Fortune 500 companies.<\/p><\/div><\/div> Apply creativity and innovation by working on projects from top companies from around the world. <\/p><\/div><\/div> Freelancing is a great way to gain experience, try out a new field, and earn money, while providing flexible work hours and independence.<\/p><\/div><\/div> Join a remote externship offered by world renowned brands and startups. Opportunities are 6-8 weeks long and average 10-15 hours per week.<\/p><\/div><\/div> Micro-Internships are short-term, paid, professional projects open to all college students and recent graduates of U.S.-based institutions.<\/p><\/div><\/div> Home-based care-giving opportunities focused on child, elder, pet, and home.<\/p><\/div><\/div> Marketplace of flexible part-time jobs for college students<\/p><\/div><\/div> Services for every day odd jobs. Become or hire a helper!<\/p><\/div><\/div> \u201cCritical reflection is a process specifically structured to help examine the frameworks that we use to interpret experience; critical reflection pushes us to step outside the old and familiar and to reframe our questions and our conclusions in innovative and more effective terms.\u201d (Eyler, Giles, Schmiede, 1996) Cultivate your ability to reflect!<\/a><\/p><\/div> Who should I contact if I have questions specific to my major or college? Students – please reach out to your faculty member or college\/major program coordinator. Faculty\/Staff and Employers – please see the list of contacts below. Not sure where to start? Feel free to reach out to Sarah Miller<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n We learn best when we are, as John Dewey says, ‘stuck’ with a challenge or ‘struck’ by a new or unusual experience. The Center for Career & Experiential Education (CCEE) is committed to supporting URI students, faculty, and staff in designing and\/or engaging in experiential learning courses or co-curricular opportunities that utilize the Experiential Learning Theory (ELT). Experiential Learning (EL) engages students in the learning process through authentic experience, reflection, thinking, and acting (Kolb). EL provides students with direct experience through which they can continually use analytical skills and reflection to challenge previous assumptions, and apply and test new ideas.<\/p>\n Drawing on the work of John Dewey, Kurt Lewin, Jean Piaget, William James, Carl Jung, Paulo Freire, Carl Rogers and others, David Kolb’s ELT is built upon six propositions:<\/p>\n 1. Learning is best conceived as a process, not in terms of outcomes.\n
\nCredit-bearing Experiential Education<\/h2>\n
![\"Laptop](\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1069\/Laptop-img-\u00d7-250-px.jpg\")
<\/div>Career Planning<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
![\"URI](\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1069\/URI-NUR-2.jpg\")
<\/div>Clinical<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
![\"URI](\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1069\/URI-in-the-World380-\u00d7-250-px.jpg\")
<\/div>Education Abroad\/ Study Away<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
![\"trading](\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1069\/trading-room.jpg\")
<\/div>Internship<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
![\"ITR](\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1069\/ITR-Internship-Program-FAQ-thumb.jpg\")
<\/div>Mentor\/Teaching Assistant<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
![\"CAS](\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1069\/CAS-Fine-Arts.jpg\")
<\/div>Original Creative Works<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
![\"lab\"](\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1069\/lab.jpg\")
<\/div>Original Scholarship & Research<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
![\"Environment](\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1069\/Environment-and-Life-Sciences-e1551108052271.jpg\")
<\/div>Other Experiential Learning<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
![\"URI](\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1069\/URI-Pharm-2.jpg\")
<\/div>Pharmacy Practice<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
![\"URI](\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1069\/URI-ENGR-2.jpg\")
<\/div>Project Based Learning<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
![\"Victoria-Lomas-Reading\"](\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1069\/Victoria-Lomas-Reading-1-e1708107885878.jpg\")
<\/div>Service-Learning<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
![\"Student](\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1069\/Student-Teaching-pic-classroom.jpg\")
<\/div>Student Teaching<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
\nCo-Curricular Experiential Learning<\/h2>\n
![\"Copy](\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1069\/Copy-of-Handshake-2.jpg\")
<\/div>Handshake<\/h2>
![\"on](\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1069\/on-campus-employment-Web380-\u00d7-250-px-1.jpg\")
<\/div>Student Employment<\/h2>
![\"OCEA](\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1069\/OCEA-Web-Image.jpg\")
<\/div>Community Engagement<\/h2>
![\"Student](\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1069\/Student-Engagement-380-\u00d7-250-px.jpg\")
<\/div>Student Engagement<\/h2>
\nExternal Experiential Resources<\/h1>\n
![\"forage\"](\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1069\/forage.jpg\")
<\/div>Virtual Work<\/h2>
![\"Mindsumo\"](\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1069\/Mindsumo.jpg\")
<\/div>Crowdsourcing<\/h2>
![\"pangea\"](\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1069\/pangea.jpg\")
<\/div>Freelance Work<\/h2>
![\"Paragon](\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1069\/Paragon-One.png\")
<\/div>Externships<\/h2>
![\"Parker](\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1069\/Parker-Dewey.jpg\")
<\/div>Micro-Internships<\/h2>
\nAdditional External Employment Resources<\/h1>\n
Care.com<\/h2>
QuadJobs<\/h2>
Student Helpers<\/h2>
\n<\/p>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1069\/Critical-Reflection-Cover.png\")
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\nExplore Experiential Education Resources<\/h2>\n
URI Ex Ed Network<\/h1><\/p>\n
\n\n
\n\t \nCollege\/Department<\/th> Name<\/th> Title<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n\t College of Business<\/td> Lynne Finnegan<\/a>
\n
\nKathleen Jackson<\/a><\/td>Experiential Education Coordinator
\n
\nCareer Advisor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\t College of Engineering<\/td> Lauren Creamer<\/a><\/td> Coordinator, Career Services & Employer Relations
\n
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\t College of Health Sciences<\/td> Kristin Fratoni Souza<\/a>
\nCourtney Mackey Wilbur<\/a><\/td>Employer Relations Specialist
\nKinesiology Internships & Experiential Education Coordinator<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\t College of Nursing<\/td> Amy Creed<\/a>
\nDonna Donilon<\/a>
\n<\/td>Experiential Education Coordinator
\nClinical Programs Coordinator
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\t College of Pharmacy<\/td> Brett Feret<\/a>
\n<\/td>Clinical Professor, Director of Experiential Education
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\t College of the Environment and Life Sciences<\/td> Sarah Puckett<\/a><\/td> Undergraduate Research and Experiential Learning Coordinator
\n
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\t International Center - URI Global<\/td> Thomas Hospod<\/a>
\nMichelle Carrara<\/a><\/td>Assistant Director, Internationalization Initiatives, Administration & Agreements
\nAssistant Director, URI Programs Abroad, Faculty-Led Programs, & On-Campus Capacity Building<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\t Office of Civic Engagement & Action<\/td> Alicia Vignali-Henry<\/a><\/td> Community Engagement Coordinator<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Office of Teacher Education, School of Education<\/td> Betsy Palazzetti<\/a><\/td> Coordinator, Field Placements<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t UCAS Center for Career & Experiential Education<\/td> Meredith Armstrong<\/a>
\nSarah Miller<\/a><\/td>Director
\nAssistant Director, Career Success (Data & Technology)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\t URI Cooperative Extension<\/td> Sejal Lanterman<\/a><\/td> RI Agriculture and Food Systems Fellows Program Coordinator
\n
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\t URI Graduate School<\/td> Cara Mitnick<\/a><\/td> Associate Director of Professional and Community Development<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t College of Arts & Sciences<\/td> Kate (Vani) Dayboch<\/a><\/td> Employer Relations Specialist <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n<\/section>
\nExperiential Learning Theory<\/h1><\/p>\n
\n2. All learning is re<\/em>learning.
\n3. Learning requires the resolution of conflicts between dialectically opposed modes of adaptation to the world.
\n4. Learning is a holistic process of adaptation to the world.
\n5. Learning results from synergetic transactions between the person and the environment.
\n6. Learning is the process of creating knowledge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n