Description

The Experiential Learning Project (ELP) is an option designed for master's students to acquire the in-depth and breadth of new knowledge and new culture through global experiential learning. You have taken this option if you are already enrolled in KDI School’s Global Master’s Program (GMP), a dual degree program between the KDI School and its sister institutions outside Korea.

Experiential Learning Project for Academic Writing (1 credit)

Experiential Learning Project for Essay (1 credit)

• 1the personal and professional objectives initially planned for the study-aboard
• 2the significant(“awe”) experience gained while studying abroad which studying aboard to global cultures, lifestyle, education and so forth
• 3the competence of English in speech and writing achieved while studying aboard, and
• 4the perceived usefulness of the global experience for the writer’s life and career development. On the other hand, if you have written a thesis in your host university, you may develop this thesis and submit to your POS committee.

Advanced Experiential Learning Project (3 credits)

Suggesting resolutions for a real-time policy or work-related tasks through a critical review of a body of research articles recently published in academic journals, theses and taught in school lectures.

Topic and the major content are parallel to those of capstone projects.

Topic: A real-time policy or management concern faced by a particular agency or a community of interest

Content: Critical Analysis of a real-time policy/or suggesting an alternative resolution to a policy

Formation of the Program of Study(POS) Committee

If you have selected the experiential learning project—in other words, you are a GMP student—you will need to invite one KDI School faculty members to serve on your POS committee. We suggest that you form the committee from among professors whom you know well. When you apply for a GMP school, these faculty members are likely to be your referees who assist and support your application. It is yet another reason that you will want to make sure that these faculty members are intimately familiar with your background, educational objectives, and course work. The deadline for submitting your POS committee to the Academic Affairs Division is the 2nd week of the 2nd semester.

Submission of the Research Plan

Suppose you are already enrolled, or wish to enroll, in the Global Master’s Program. In that case, you should submit a research plan to your POS committee and the Academic Affairs Division during the 8th week of the second semester. The plan should include

• 1The learning objective(s) of the global experience, in person, as well as official-capacity (e.g., agency needs)
• 2A list of desired countries and institutions
• 3A comprehensive list of desired learning outcomes

  In case of Experiential Learning Project for Essay, submission of research plan is not required.

The format of your report

Experiential Learning Project for Academic Writing and Essay

When you have completed your global learning project, you are required to submit a comprehensive report to the POS committee detailing what you have learned from your study abroad and what the synergic effect it has created on your learning at the KDI School. In the report you may also want to discuss your global, cultural experience in view of the learning objectives anticipated at the inception. Make sure that your report will be as specific as comprehensive. The report requires no particular format, although we expect that it will be a well-structured essay of approximately 20 pages in length.

Advanced Experiential Learning Project

The Advanced Experiential Learning Project format is parallel to the Supervised Research Project (SRP)

• 1Title page
• 2Introduction
  • i.Learning objectives
  • ii.List of major literature reviewed
• 3Summary of literature
• 4Discussion
• 5Conclusion (e.g. outcomes of learning)
• 6References (The APA Manual)

Oral presentation and the final report

Experiential Learning Project for Academic Writing and Essay

Upon completion of your global learning project, you will be giving an oral report to your POS committee along with the written report on the designated date after returning to the School. Upon the committee approval you will be receiving 1 credit hour counted toward your graduation.

Advanced Experiential Learning Project

Upon successfully completing of the full draft, you will need to submit the final draft to your POS committee and Academic Affairs Division by the 5th week of the third semester (same as part-time students). Your POS committee members will review the final draft. Upon the committee approval, you will award the remaining 3 credits counted toward your graduation.