1. The document outlines a workflow for students to gain maximum learning from work experience using the Kloodle platform. It involves creating badges to teach skills like selling yourself to employers and understanding health and safety. 2. A key part of the workflow is making work experience placements competitive by having students apply and demonstrate their value to employers. 3. While on work placements, students would learn to articulate the employability skills they develop through activities and reflections on the platform.

1. Phillip Hayes
phillip @kloodle.com
@phillip_hayes

2. Aims
- Outline a workflow for gaining maximum
learning from work experience
- Demonstrate key Kloodle features for this

3. Overview
1.Creating a badge to teach students how they can “sell
themselves” to an employer
2.Making work experience a competitive process
3.Learning to articulate skill development whilst out on work
experience
4.Following up work experience to cement learning
5.Deriving data from the process

4. Work experience is a valuable learning
opportunity. Students should learn
valuable employability skills, what it takes
to get a job and workplace behaviours

5. Problem 1
Employers are often reluctant to participate
in work experience as students contribute
little during their time on work experience.

6. Solution
Students should learn that work is
provided if you can fulfil a need. I.e. the
skills you possess add value to the
organisation you work for

7. Exercise 1: - Kloodle badge to get students
to think about how they could add value to
an employer

9. This information can then be shared with employers to
demonstrate that the student understands what is
required of them

10. EXTENSION - create a “health and safety” badge -
students produce work that outlines they understand
health and safety risks. This will allay employers’ fears.

11. Problem
- Students are trained to think work experience is a right
- Teachers do all the running to provide a placement
- Students need to learn that applying for jobs is
competitive and they need to be GOOD!

12. Solution
Make work experience a competitive process

14. Share profile with employer

18. Whilst out on work experience, students should be
consciously developing their employability skills

19. Problem
- Students struggle to identify the employability skills they
are developing in everyday activities

20. Solution
- Provide activities that teach students to learn the
vocabulary of employability and how to associate skills to
each activity

22. Reflections on work experience should cement
learning.

23. Solution
- Create a vigorous follow up process

24. Generate a badge to award post work
experience
- Get students to present their profile
- Award them a badge for follow up

28. Derive data / evidence from the process
Post work experience, student work then generates
information you can use for your records.

30. QUESTIONS
- Email any questions to phillip@kloodle.com
- You can create your demo account here
https://pages.kloodle.com

31. Phillip Hayes
phillip @kloodle.com
@phillip_hayes