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The Impact of Experiential Learning Programs on Student Success

Experiential learning complements students’ academic learning and provides youth with experiences and knowledge that maximize their growth and development while meeting their needs for career exploration.

CCL was contracted by the Ontario Ministry of Education to undertake a systematic rapid evidence assessment (SREA) of the research literature devoted to examining the effects of experiential learning (EL) programs on student success.

Videos
Success stories: Turning the page on low literacy After years of struggling in large classrooms, Michel Gratton quit high school to join the workforce. It was when he was required to take a safety test at work that he realized the importance of literacy skills to advancing his career objectives. At age 46, Michel returned to school to finish his Grade 12 and improve his computer literacy skills. This Reading the Future video series consists of first-person accounts of six inspirational adults who have worked to overcome low literacy.
Promising Practices CARS Interactive Distance Learning, an innovative program based in southern Ontario, allows auto mechanics from across the country stay up-to-date on the latest technology. The Promising Practices series highlights effective lifelonglearning practices across Canada.

Videos

Success stories: Turning the page on low literacy
After years of struggling in large classrooms, Michel Gratton quit high school to join the workforce. It was when he was required to take a safety test at work that he realized the importance of literacy skills to advancing his career objectives. At age 46, Michel returned to school to finish his Grade 12 and improve his computer literacy skills. This Reading the Future video series consists of first-person accounts of six inspirational adults who have worked to overcome low literacy.

Promising Practices
CARS Interactive Distance Learning, an innovative program based in southern Ontario, allows auto mechanics from across the country stay up-to-date on the latest technology. The Promising Practices series highlights effective lifelonglearning practices across Canada.

Reports
Securing Prosperity through Canada’s Human Infrastructure: The State of Adult Learning and Workplace Training in Canada This report focuses on how adult learning —all forms of learning undertaken by adults beyond initial education and training — can help to foster a more secure future for Canadians and Canada. (September 2009) State of Learning in Canada: Toward a Learning Future This report provides an overview of how well Canadians are equipped to meet the demands of our collective future. (July 2008) State of Learning in Canada: No Time for Complacency This report examines Canada’s state of learning in early childhood, at school, through adulthood, in the workplace and for Aboriginal Peoples, with a special feature on literacy that touches on all these areas. (January 2007)

Reports

Securing Prosperity through Canada’s Human Infrastructure: The State of Adult Learning and Workplace Training in Canada
This report focuses on how adult learning —all forms of learning undertaken by adults beyond initial education and training — can help to foster a more secure future for Canadians and Canada. (September 2009)

State of Learning in Canada: Toward a Learning Future
This report provides an overview of how well Canadians are equipped to meet the demands of our collective future. (July 2008)

State of Learning in Canada: No Time for Complacency
This report examines Canada’s state of learning in early childhood, at school, through adulthood, in the workplace and for Aboriginal Peoples, with a special feature on literacy that touches on all these areas. (January 2007)

Lessons in Learning
Lessons in Learning is published to provide Canadians with independent information about 'what works' in learning. Read articles related to work and learning in Canada.
Meeting the Demand for Trained Personnel in Canada’s Environmental Sector, February 10, 2010 The effectiveness of work-experience programs in Canadian high schools, October 21, 2009 No “drop” in the bucket: the high costs of dropping out, February 4, 2009 More education, less employment: Immigrants and the labour market, October 30, 2008 Parlez-vous français? The advantages of bilingualism in Canada, October 16, 2008 Understanding the academic trajectories of ESL students, October 2, 2008 Gappers: Taking time off between high school and post-secondary studies, June 26, 2008 The benefits of experiential learning, February 21, 2008 Learning Cities: Optimizing economic and social well-being through lifelong learning for all, November 15, 2007 Gender differences in career choices: Why girls don’t like science, November 1, 2007 Creating the learners society needs: An examination of knowledge building, September 6, 2007 The obstacles to learning about caring for elders in Canada, July 12, 2007 Canada's biggest economic challenge: Improving workplace learning in Canada, March 15, 2007 Canada slow to overcome limits for disabled learners, February 26, 2007 The skills gap in Canada: The knowledge intensity of Canadians' jobs is growing rapidly, December 21, 2006 Never too old to learn: Seniors and learning in Canada, August 22, 2006 Apprenticeship training in Canada, July 25, 2006 Working to learn: Meeting university and college costs, June 29, 2006 Can workplace learning create healthier employees?, March 31, 2006 Understanding the need for targetted workplace learning strategies, February 17, 2006

Lessons in Learning

Lessons in Learning is published to provide Canadians with independent information about 'what works' in learning. Read articles related to work and learning in Canada.

Meeting the Demand for Trained Personnel in Canada’s Environmental Sector, February 10, 2010
The effectiveness of work-experience programs in Canadian high schools, October 21, 2009
No “drop” in the bucket: the high costs of dropping out, February 4, 2009
More education, less employment: Immigrants and the labour market, October 30, 2008
Parlez-vous français? The advantages of bilingualism in Canada, October 16, 2008
Understanding the academic trajectories of ESL students, October 2, 2008
Gappers: Taking time off between high school and post-secondary studies, June 26, 2008
The benefits of experiential learning, February 21, 2008
Learning Cities: Optimizing economic and social well-being through lifelong learning for all, November 15, 2007
Gender differences in career choices: Why girls don’t like science, November 1, 2007
Creating the learners society needs: An examination of knowledge building, September 6, 2007
The obstacles to learning about caring for elders in Canada, July 12, 2007
Canada's biggest economic challenge: Improving workplace learning in Canada, March 15, 2007
Canada slow to overcome limits for disabled learners, February 26, 2007
The skills gap in Canada: The knowledge intensity of Canadians' jobs is growing rapidly, December 21, 2006
Never too old to learn: Seniors and learning in Canada, August 22, 2006
Apprenticeship training in Canada, July 25, 2006
Working to learn: Meeting university and college costs, June 29, 2006
Can workplace learning create healthier employees?, March 31, 2006
Understanding the need for targetted workplace learning strategies, February 17, 2006

Practically Speaking series
Practically Speaking is a series of feature-length articles highlighting promising practices related to CCL’s five themes. The following profiles focus on work and learning.
Cavendish Farms: Employees crunch more than potatoes at award-winning learning centre When most people think of Cavendish Farms, one thing comes to mind—french fries. It’s a testament to the company’s 30 years in business that their name is so firmly associated with their product. But the P.E.I.-based spud giant has earned a reputation as a leader in another realm as well: workplace learning. It’s all thanks to their award-winning Learning Centre.
Fabricating a Future for Workplace Learning The rising dollar. An aging workforce. Competition from overseas. These are just a few of the challenges facing Canadian business in today’s economic climate. Increasingly, companies are investing in skills training as a way of gaining a much-needed edge—and Canada’s textile industry has been on the forefront of this shift, spending millions of dollars on an innovative workplace learning initiative.

Releases
New report emphasizes role workplace training and adult learning play in Canada’s prosperity, September 24, 2009 Strong post-secondary education sector key to Canada’s future prosperity, business leaders say, February 18, 2009 Cost Estimates of Dropping Out of High School in Canada, February 4, 2009 Workplace training doing the job in Quebec, says new report, March 4, 2009 Canada’s PSE performance: file under “m” for missing, Septembre 20, 2007 New CCL report: Canada must “unlock potential” in adult learning, June 19, 2007> The Labour Movement Addresses Barriers to Access to Lifelong Learning, June 5, 2007 Canadian Council on Learning report shows investments in employee training offer better payoff than plant upgrades, April 23, 2007 Canadian Council on Learning outlines fundamental principles for workplace training, March 20, 2007 Report suggests broad and serious literacy-related problems, January 26, 2007

Releases

New report emphasizes role workplace training and adult learning play in Canada’s prosperity, September 24, 2009
Strong post-secondary education sector key to Canada’s future prosperity, business leaders say, February 18, 2009
Cost Estimates of Dropping Out of High School in Canada, February 4, 2009
Workplace training doing the job in Quebec, says new report, March 4, 2009
Canada’s PSE performance: file under “m” for missing, Septembre 20, 2007
New CCL report: Canada must “unlock potential” in adult learning, June 19, 2007>
The Labour Movement Addresses Barriers to Access to Lifelong Learning, June 5, 2007
Canadian Council on Learning report shows investments in employee training offer better payoff than plant upgrades, April 23, 2007
Canadian Council on Learning outlines fundamental principles for workplace training, March 20, 2007
Report suggests broad and serious literacy-related problems, January 26, 2007

Profiles in Learning
Profiles in Learning is CCL’s ongoing series of feature articles exploring the unique lives and learning experiences of eminent Canadians.
From dropout to distinction: Peter Mansbridge’s daily job of learning, August 16, 2007 One of the most respected and recognizable faces on Canadian television, Peter Mansbridge’s sober, steadfast personality has anchored the CBC’s flagship news show The National for nearly two decades now. During that time, the 59-year-old Ottawa native has covered an impressive inventory of history-in-the-making events.

Profiles in Learning

Profiles in Learning is CCL’s ongoing series of feature articles exploring the unique lives and learning experiences of eminent Canadians.

From dropout to distinction: Peter Mansbridge’s daily job of learning, August 16, 2007
One of the most respected and recognizable faces on Canadian television, Peter Mansbridge’s sober, steadfast personality has anchored the CBC’s flagship news show The National for nearly two decades now. During that time, the 59-year-old Ottawa native has covered an impressive inventory of history-in-the-making events.

Other pertinent links
Reports: Visual interpretation for deaf clients: A portrait of the profession and a state of the field review on the training needs of interpreters, January 31, 2009 Pre-Trades Training Programs for Northern Women, January 31, 2009 An Exploration of Work and Learning Opportunities in New Brunswick, February 13, 2008 Achieving our Potential: An Action Plan for Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) in Canada, October 2008 An Exploration of Work and Learning Opportunities in New Brunswick, February 13, 2008 Connecting the Dots, Linking Training Investment to Business Outcomes and the Economy, April 23, 2007 Commentary on PSE: Working Together for Success, by CCL president and CEO Paul Cappon, October 18, 2007 Funded Research: CCL: Work and Learning Knowledge Exchange: Work and Learning Work and Learning Knowledge Centre : Northern Lights: International Graduates of Canadian Institutions and the National Workforce, October 30, 2007

Work and Learning Knowledge Centre

Certainly, as we speak of the importance of lifelong learning, learning in the workplace is an obvious theme for CCL to pursue. In today’s knowledge-based economy and society, Canadians cannot afford to stop learning once they leave the formal education system. And businesses also cannot afford a workforce that is not evolving. Learn more...

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