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- 1. I Know You’re Educated, But What Are You Learning? Staying Sharp in the Digital Economy
- 2. “I’ve never let my school interfere with my education.” - Mark Twain
- 3. Intro Continually developing new knowledge and skill sets through self- education is an essential professional skill in the Information Age. What it means to learn, or be educated How to create a personal learning plan How to use that learning plan to your professional advantage
- 5. Two Types of Education Formal Institution-directed Focused on foundational learning Programmatic Linear Informal Self-directed Focused on creative learning Non-linear “Just in time”
- 6. What Employers Look For Education: proves familiarity Experience: proves utility Skill: prove ability
- 7. 45% national underemployment rate according to the Washington Post
- 8. Why College Graduates are Underemployed Heavy on formal education Light on informal education (“experience”) Not all graduates are equipped with the skills and knowledge to proactively engage in informal education
- 9. What Are You (Informally) Learning? Extra curricular activities Outside reading Hobbies Volunteering What kind of skill set are you passively building? What can you adapt and adjust to develop a specific set of skills and experiences?
- 10. 42% of college students never read a book after college.
- 11. How to Engage in Self-Education
- 13. Observe What are you trying to do and how are others doing it? Watch a YouTube video Read a book or tutorial Listen to an expert Research-based Take notes!
- 14. Imitate Who/what is your template for success? You do the work Taking a course Practicing a skill Trying something new Put your notes into action
- 15. Create What is your unique approach to ‘X’? Use the learned skills and knowledge Add your own perspective, insight, experience Don’t mistake “originality” for “uniqueness”
- 16. Formal education lays your intellectual foundation and validates your proficiency. You are responsible for building on that foundation.
- 17. Get Started! Get in touch: www.timmilosch.com Twitter: @tmilosch LinkedIn: Tim Milosch
Editor's Notes
- What are you learning this semester? How do you know you’re learning it?
- This quote is going to be our compass for tonight. I’m going to propose to you that while your degree is important, it’s not all there is to be an educated member of society, or a productive member of the work force.
- My thesis tonight is that you are responsible for your education and must always be refining your personal and professional profile in terms of knowledge and skill sets.
- It’s highly valued, but what do we mean by this?
- It’s essential that we understand that “formal” is what we’re doing here, but “informal” is inherently our responsibility.
- Unless you can articulate it on the resume, your degree only proves one of these. Unfortunately, many graduates stop learning at the point of education and hope that their job will supply the other two. But having all three is the price of admission.
- Though this is supposed to be improving, a college degree is no guarantee of a job at the right wage. http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/newest-crop-of-college-grads-may-find-underemployment-easing-a-bit/2015/05/22/e103db84-ffe8-11e4-8b6c-0dcce21e223d_story.html
- Now this model is changing. Even Biola is starting to put renewed focus on helping students round out their resumes and be more than just academically prepared. However, as helpful as this is, it’s not a service. It’s a tool. Thinking as though it's a service removes you from any responsibility of it working. Chipotle is a service so you are able to absolve yourself of blame if they run out of an ingredient, or mess up your order. However, you can’t do this as a student because it’s your life, not your dinner.
- Share about Labor Day reflection and brainstorming. Bring in the hard copies and show them to the students. This exercise supplied me with some insight into areas of overlapping interests and skills, and helped me approach my extracurriculars in different, hopefully helpful ways.
- Reading is only one rubric for evaluating continued learning and education, but the stat is telling. People either don’t see value in continued education, or they don’t know how to it. http://www.statisticbrain.com/reading-statistics/
- Note the importance of self reflection exercises in formal education classes.
- How has this problem, or issue been solved and/or addressed? Do it that way with your own twist.
- You=Experience, Personality Knowledge