Khalifa University’s annual Experiential聽Learning Symposium is sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) to showcase KU students鈥� experiential learning experiences. The Symposium provides students an opportunity to reflect on and share their experiences with their peers.
It is a transformative experience that occurs when students take ideas and concepts learned in the classroom and apply them in real-world settings.
It encompasses activities such as internships, volunteering, study abroad
programs, fieldwork, and more.
Students who engage in experiential learning activities and reflect on them can better retain knowledge and apply it in new contexts. They also become better critical and creative thinkers.
The Experiential Learning Program at KU underscores the university’s
commitment to fostering community service-oriented, ambitious, and talented critical thinkers
The symposium aims to evoke conversations about the different experiential learning opportunities that university students have participated in.
It allows those who have had a chance to pursue experiential learning to share how it has enhanced their personality and academic journey.
Please consider experiences that have inspired you, made a difference in your life, or changed how you feel or think about your learning.
Participants can celebrate their experiential learning achievements and critically reflect on their experiences.
Participants will support their fellow students and help raise awareness about the value of experiential learning in the university community.
Participants have the opportunity to become one of the three winning teams.
You have the option to choose from the following formats:
Students will be assessed using the rubric below, which is based on The Kolb鈥檚 Cycle of Experiential Learning.
1ST PLACE WINNER, 1ST EXL SYMPOSIUM
“I learned about Kolb’s cycle by participating in the Experiential Learning Symposium. It’s a very useful tool that helped me reflect deeply on my experience and allowed me to share it clearly with everyone.”
3RD PLACE WINNER, 1ST EXL SYMPOSIUM
“I highly recommend students join the study abroad program. It willallow them to get valuable skills and experiences that will benefit them in their field of study and their work in the future as well.”
1ST EXL SYMPOSIUM PARTICIPANT
“I would recommend this opportunity to my peers. Not only do you share what you’ve learned, but you get to know how your ‘learning by doing’ experiences are very critical to your development journey.”
1ST PLACE WINNER, 3RD EXL SYMPOSIUM
鈥淭he symposium was a very valuable experience that allowed me to make the most out of my internship experience by clearly reflecting on and understanding the lessons and takeaways I came back with.鈥�