Incorporating Career-Oriented Activities

Career development learning has a demonstrable positive impact on the graduate employability of higher education learners. This is particularly the case if it is integrated into the curriculum rather than experienced as an add-on or included in finite curriculum elements. However, integration of career development learning into curriculum is a significant and challenging undertaking in course design, and also in facilitation of learning experiences.[1]

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Video:  One BPU Institute: Career Assignments

Watch this video [31:45] to hear more from Gretchen Heaton, Dean of Career Development and Executive Director of WELL, as she explains the value of embedding career-related assignments into the curriculum.

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Video:  Pathify and Digi[cation] Overviews
Watch this video [59:48] to learn more about the new e-Portfolio platform, Digi[cation].
  1. Adapted from Bridgstock, R., Grant-Imaru, M., & McAlpine, A. (2019).Integrating career development learning into the curriculum: Collaboration with the careers service for employability. Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 10(1), 56–72.  Licensed under CC-BY-NC-4.0. ↵

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