AI Institutes

Exploring Micro-Internships: A Guide to Understanding and Successfully Implementing Short-Term Work Experiences

Date: January 17 - 18, 2024

Number of Participants: 66

Videos:

What are Micro-Internships?

All about Micro-Internships

Parker-Dewey 

Faculty Panel 

Summary: The 2024 Academic Innovation Winter Institute focused on the theme of 'Exploring Micro-Internships: A Guide to Understanding and Successfully Implement Short-Term Work Experiences.' This event brought together over 60 faculty and staff members from various colleges, offering workshops and panel discussions with insights from industry partner Parker Dewey. The institute emphasized the importance of Micro-Internships in enhancing student career readiness, showcasing how these short-term, practical experiences can significantly impact students' future career paths.  

During this institute faculty and staff:

• Gained an understanding of the significance and necessity of micro-internships in relation to accessibility, equity, and student career readiness.  
• Acquired knowledge and tools to integrate micro-internships into your syllabi.  
• Learned effective methods for evaluating and assessing micro-internships as a component of the course.  
• Gained insights into the identity and contributions of our campus partner Parker-Dewey within the micro-internship landscape.  
• Engaged in the NSF INVESTS research on micro-internships.  

Exploring Digital Badging to Support Career and Professional Readiness

Date: January 18 - 20, 2023

Number of Participants: 75

Videos:

How Badging Supports the Career Readiness Model

Industry Leaders' Perspective on the Role of Digital Badging

Student Experience of Digital Badging

CPP Faculty and Staff Panel

Summary: This 3-day in person institute assisted faculty and staff of all disciplines to learn about digital badging to support career and professional readiness across campus.

During this institute faculty and staff:

• Explored the process of how to become a digital badge issuer.
• Had the opportunity to hear from faculty and staff who have issued digital badges.
• Learned how digital badging can prepare students for career readiness and the future of work.
• Heard from industry leaders on the value of digital credentials and how digital badges influence the hiring process.
• Learned how digital badging has been implemented on different campuses.

Inclusive Excellence in PolyX

Date: June 1 - 3, 2022

Number of Participants: 110

Videos:

 Watch Keynote Speech

Watch Recorded Workshop

Summary: The LTD Summer Conference was a FREE 3-day conference that consisted of three tracks with seven to eight sessions each and a plenary on Inclusive Excellence. Faculty and Staff had the opportunity to design and plan for inclusive excellence in the Community Engaged Learning track (CEL), explored what is a Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) to develop their own CUREs, and engaged in learning, knowledge sharing, and discovering around topics related to first-year college students in the First Year Experiences Track (FYE).

During this conference faculty and staff:

•  Participated in eight workshops centered on inclusive excellence within the field of community engagement in the Community Engaged Learning Track (CEL). 
•  Faculty and staff were able to design and plan for inclusive excellence within community engagement. 
• Explored what is a Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE), elements of a successful CUREs, benefits of having a CURES, and how to implement a CUREs in their own class. 
• Heard from faculty members who have implemented CUREs in their courses, networked with other like-minded faculty members, and received hands-on assistance in developing or brainstorming their own CUREs.
• Engaged in learning, knowledge sharing, and discovering around topics related to first-year college students in the First Year Experiences Track (FYE). 
• Identified core components of a FYE course. 
• Identified the resources and services available to support first-year students.
• Developed a sense of community among FYE stakeholders.
• Identified ways of making data informed decisions to support first-year students. 

Develop, Design, and Deepen Your PolyX

Date: Jan 19 - 20, 2022

Number of Participants: 28

Articles:

 PolyCentric Article

Summary: The LTD Winter Institute was a FREE 2-day virtual institute that assisted faculty and staff of all disciplines in creating and submitting their Signature Polytechnic Experience (PolyX) to the PolyX Hub!

During this institute faculty and staff:

• Learned about PolyX and its core elements
• Heard from faculty and staff who have successfully run a PolyX
• Saw examples of student work that have resulted from a PolyX
• Got feedback on their PolyX application
• Worked on their PolyX
• Got resources to support their PolyX

Calling in: An Invitation to Develop Conscious Engagement, Self-Inquiry, and Application

Date: June 2 - 4, 2021

Number of Participants: 89

Facilitators: Analena Hassberg (PDF), Kenjus Watson (PDF)

Sponsors: Learn Through Discovery, Center for Community Engagement, Ethnic and Women's Studies,  First Year Experience 

Learning Outcomes: By the end of the institute, participants in the LTD Summer 2021 Institute will be able to:

• Design a safe space where students engage in dialogs about anti-racist and anti-colonial issues and practices
• Facilitate conversations about anti-racism, anti-colonialism, and intersectionality (PDF) in a way that is inclusive and respectful of diverse and divergent perspectives
• Develop a signature polytechnic experience (PolyX) that actively engages students with anti-racist and anti-colonial practices within a community

Summary: Read Summary (PDF)

First Experience RELOADED

Date: January 20 - 21, 2021

Number of Participants: 50

Facilitators: N/A

Summary: The LTD Winter 2021 Institute hosted staff and faculty from different disciplines who teach or may be interested in teaching a First Year Experience (FYE) class. The attendees got together on Zoom over the course of two days and learned about the FYE ecosystem and Signature Polytechnic Experiences (PolyX), heard from FYE student panels and PolyX panels, and had the chance to network and hear from their colleagues.

Re-inventing the First Year Experience 2.0

Date: June 2 - 5, 2020

Number of Participants: 52

Facilitators: Kristin Wobbe & Caitlyn Keller

Re-inventing the First Year Experience 1.0

Date: January 14 - 16, 2020

Number of Participants: 14

Facilitators: N/A

The Innovative Classroom: Beyond the Four Walls

Date: August 13 - 15, 2020

Number of Participants: 28

Facilitators: Marisol Morales & Elaine Ikeda

Design Thinking

Date: June 12 - 14, 2018

Number of Participants: 25

Facilitators: AJ Juliani