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Student Empowerment. Student Input for the SPC Quality Enhancement Plan. What is Student Empowerment?. Tools You have the resources you need to make decisions Skills You get the training/education to do the job you want Meaning You’re working on something you care about Control
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Student Empowerment Student Input for the SPC Quality Enhancement Plan
What is Student Empowerment? • Tools • You have the resources you need to make decisions • Skills • You get the training/education to do the job you want • Meaning • You’re working on something you care about • Control • You can make decisions about your education • Impact • Your input makes a difference
What Student Empowerment is NOT • Limits to empowerment • Decisions made by FL Department of Education and State University System or accreditation requirements • Courses required for a particular degree, general education courses • Costs (set by FL) • Tests • Others are empowered, too • Faculty academic freedom
Student Portal E-portfolio Learning Institute Skills needed for the current & future workplace Tools Student Portal E-portfolio Skills Skills for the 2005 workplace Learning institute Student portal Meaning Skills for the 2005 workplace E-portfolio Control Student Portal Impact Learning Institute Ideas for Student Empowerment
MySPC Student Portal • Have you seen it yet? • What else could help you? • Course selection guidelines (i.e., electronic advising) • Tutorials • Library resources • Other ??? • What do you think should be on your page?
E-Portfolios • Have you seen one yet? • Stores your best work – can be used for: • Resumes • Alternative or addition to traditional tests • One of your class assignments – to think about what you learned • What would you put into one?
Learning Institute • Are we teaching in the way you learn best? • Lots of research and best practices could be brought into the classroom • Also need to consult with you! • What do you need in order to learn?
Skills Needed for the Workplace • What skills do you think businesses want? • What do you think you need to know to work in a global workplace?