What might we find when we develop curriculum to align with what students will need in the workforce, both immediately and in the future? Preparing learners with relevant skills for vocation is an important aspect of the student journey. How might we surface innovations that increase dialogue between companies and learners – preparing students for the changing economy.
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Exploratory Studies Program
The Exploratory Studies Program provides context for students to explore, discern and develop vocational identity and purpose.


LIVES (Learning Iteratively via Evolving Stories) [refinement v2, with user journey map, prototype ideas, feedback and name changed]
A guide to create learning communities through storytelling.


Applied Creativity as an 'app' for your degree and an academic Institute that can house it.
21st century imaginative and creative skills to impact today's innovative and global workforce regardless of degree focus.


High school youth entrepreneurship training for poverty alleviation
This idea is designed for teach students on how to write a business plan & offer prizes to winners to promote their projects/business.


Solve4Work Club (final update) 27.02
Diverse student teams collaborate with communities and businesses to solve local challenges as a way of making learners “future ready”


Learning English by Acting
Learning English with extracts from famous tv series without subtitles
Simulation training in healthcare education: Practice makes perfect
Simulation can reinforce clinical skills and prepare learners for today’s demanding workforce.
Experience Edu
A flexible social entrepreneur program creating an experiential learning opportunity for young adults that helps empower local non-profits.


Undercover Student: Student enters a job as a new hire (not intern) to experience daily life in the profession before deciding on career
Student is "new hire" to experience daily grind, office dynamics, unspoken rules, dress code of profession for personal fit as career
Expanding the bootcamp model
Apply SW bootcamp model to other areas relevant to Biotech.


Design your ideal future job
If no one knows what jobs there will be, then what should you study? Maybe you can design your ideal job and a custom program to go with it?


The Missing Link for Supporting Business Start-Ups and Innovation: A Workforce Model (Update 2/24/17)
Entrepreneurs gain access to equipment and talent to build prototypes, and college students earn work experience and money for college.
ExpertChat
Online system to track students interviewing experts in their field.


Mirror real world environment & rules of professions to ensure students choose careers based on accurate data which fit their character
Students "go to work" in mirror of planned career's work space & culture to test personal fit w/reality vs. perception; Tech & PF required


Career Labs
Career Labs is a collection of lab modules around career skills that can be included in any education offering.


Make industry challenges part of the curriculum
My idea is to incorporate problems which exist in various industries directly into a corresponding university program’s curriculum.


Combining online learning with global, digital collaborative projects / internships.
A platform that offers world-class online courses with compulsory projects for real-world companies allowing learners to apply their skills


The MatchMaker
Matching educators and classes to real-world projects.


AFRICAN SCHOOL OF INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT (ASID)
ASID will help future learners to get employment after studies whatever they will have studied by teaching them.
EARLY EXPOSURE AND ENGAGEMENT OF STUDENTS.
Early exposure of primary and high school students to different career paths and skills through workshops, camps and mentorship programs.


Summer Flywheel: Make America Driven Again
Use your time off to catalyze career development.