Experiential Education in BC Post-Secondary Institutions: Challenges and Opportunities

This report provides a snapshot of the state of experiential education (EE) in BC higher education and identifies examples of practice as well as challenges. Twelve BC Transfer System member institutions and over 70 educators and administrators provided their insights on EE through a series of institutional conversations. Three main areas of potential directions for the continued growth as well as transfer and articulation of EE in BC emerged from this exploratory study: (1) efforts required for developing shared definitions of EE; (2) educating post-secondary stakeholders on EE differences from purely classroom-based teaching; and (3) awareness of EE value and support for EE offerings at the institutional and provincial levels.