Learning to Work and Working to Learn: What We are Learning and How Technology and Assessment Can Help

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Author(s): Gary Brown (Washington State University, USA), Theron Desrosier (Washington State University, USA)and Debbie Edwards (Washington State University, USA)
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 30
Source title: Handbook of Research on E-Learning Applications for Career and Technical Education: Technologies for Vocational Training
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Viktor Wang (California State University at Long Beach, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-739-3.ch050

Keywords: Business & Technical Education / Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference

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The relationship between higher education and the world of work is complex and often characterized by a great deal of misperception, underscored by the recent press for accountability purportedly in response to reports of public dissatisfaction with the lack of transparency in institutions of higher education. This chapter explores the complex relationship between learning outcomes assessment, employer expectations, and traditional and emerging pedagogies. An approach used at Washington State University that uses assessment and technology as levers to help students and faculty bridge the real and the perceptual divide between learning in school and learning in the world of work is presented.

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