Learning & Development

ALWAYS LEARNING

Student Affairs provides students with wide-ranging learning opportunities and experiences beyond the space of the classroom. Student Affairs staff facilitate learning for students in over 500 Student Affairs learning experiences and nearly 80 transcript-eligible Experiential Learning activities. Student Affairs is committed to designing and facilitating these experiences from a learner-centered approach so all students have the opportunity to learn and grow in multiple ways during their time at UGA.

learning strategy

Student Affairs’ learning strategy is quite simple – deliver quality learning experiences beyond the classroom. This strategy extends Student Affairs’ current framework for student learning by shifting focus from discrete opportunities to a system of interconnected and sequential learning experiences.

Not all Student Affairs offerings are learning experiences. Student Affairs offers an array of activities, programs, and resources ranging from transactional services to programs designed solely to promote students’ sense of belonging. These offerings are essential to fulfilling the mission of Student Affairs.
Learning experiences actively facilitate learning. Active facilitation of learning requires Student Affairs staff to design experiences from a learner-centered approach and to apply concepts from the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.
Sequential learning experiences promote increasingly complex learning. Just as in the academic curriculum, learning experiences range from introductory to advanced allowing students to expand their learning.
Learning experiences belong to pathways that extend throughout Student Affairs. Pathways allow students to identify experiences that reinforce and build upon one another regardless of the host department or area.

Bloom's taxonomy

Develop sound programs and curriculum starts with creating thoughtful learning outcomes. Often, though not always, Bloom’s Taxonomy can be a great tool for outcome development.

bloom's verbs

REMEMBER

Define
Describe
Identify
Recognize
Tell
Explain
Recite
Illustrate
Quote

understand

Summarize
Interpret
Classify
Compare
Contrast
Infer
Relate
Extract
Paraphrase

apply

Solve
Change
Relate
Complete
Use
Sketch
Teach
Articulate
Discover

analyze

Contrast
Connect
Relate
Devise
Correlate
Illustrate
Distill
Conclude
Categorize

evaluate

Criticize
Reframe
Judge
Defend
Appraise
Value
Prioritize
Plan
Reframe

create

Design
Modify
Role-Play
Develop
Rewrite
Pivot
Modify
Collaborate
Write

SKILLSURVEY

The Division of Student Affairs is pioneering the use of SkillSurvey for the University of Georgia. SkillSurvey is a career readiness tool utilized to help students understand their career readiness strengths in the top competencies desired by employers.

Why SkillSurvey?

SkillSurvey uses a 360º review of the student’s performance in their role as a student employee or as an experiential learning activity participant. Students are provided the opportunity to self-reflect on their career readiness, while also having the opportunity to receive feedback from the student’s supervisor and their peers.

How does it work?

Each department chooses the dates for administering SkillSurvey to their students. Students will receive an e-mail link inviting them to take a self-evaluation of their career readiness. Additionally, the student’s supervisor and a peer (if applicable) will also receive a link to evaluate the student. After all evaluations have been completed, students will receive a summary of their career readiness report.

What is the benefit?

SkillSurvey will assist students in understanding their strengths and areas of growth in relation to career readiness levels. Student employees in the Division of Student Affairs will have the opportunity to review their unique data, meet with staff members, and track their career readiness progression each year.