Models of work-based learning with examples of practice in petroleum engineering: a university-employer partnership.

Amish, Mohamed; Jihan, Sha; Wyatt, Antony

Abstract

Work-based learning (WBL) is a collaborative tool employed by educational institutions and industry to educate and develop their students or workforce in all three strands of learning: for, at, and through work. This paper presents petroleum engineering WBL models designed using Merrill's First Principles of Instruction for university-employer partnership programmes to meet the specific needs of employers and individual students. These models integrated activities and assessment for learning and provided experiences where WBL is used as the principal means for bringing about change in the workplace and student competency as future engineers. The models are a learning approach that exposes students to a wider industry partner to build up client-facing experience throughout their degree. This is aligned with key employability skills, which are highly valued in the job market. The results indicated that the WBL approach requires active involvement of students, educational institutions, and employers in course design, and that the WBL approach has increased professionalism and motivation among students, as well as significantly increasing graduate employability by addressing persistent skills gaps and meeting business needs. In conclusion, the WBL models demonstrated positive implications, widening access to higher education and enabling employers to shape their workforce in line with business demands while offering a high-value, low-cost option to upskill staff.

Citation

AMISH, M., JIHAN, S. and WYATT, A. 2023. Models of work-based learning with examples of practice in petroleum engineering: a university-employer partnership. In Proceedings of the 4th Global conference on education and teaching (GLOBALET 2023), 21-23 April 2023, Athens, Greece. Vilnius: Mokslines Leidybos Deimantas (Diamond Scientific Publishing) [online], pages 33-49. Available from: https://doi.org/10.33422/4th.globalet.2023.04.103

• Conference Name: 4th Global conference on education and teaching (GLOBALET 2023)
• Conference Location: Athens, Greece
• Start Date: Apr 21, 2023
• End Date: Apr 23, 2023
• Acceptance Date: Mar 31, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Jul 18, 2023
• Publication Date: Apr 21, 2023
• Deposit Date: Jul 20, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 20, 2023
• Publisher: Mokslines Leidybos Deimantas (Diamond Scientific Publishing)
• Pages: 33-49
• ISBN: 9786094854002
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.33422/4th.globalet.2023.04.103
• Keywords: Work-based learning; Blended learning; Engineering students; Petroleum engineering education; Graduate employability
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1947617