Internship and OJT at DILC: Difference between revisions
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Revision as of 18:32, 23 February 2013
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Rationale
DILC promotes holistic education that includes immersive training in "real world" problem-solving and educational technologies. Current challenges at DILC include customization of online learning and collaboration platforms; audio, video, multimedia production; document and knowledge management; blended learning approaches, strategies and techniques; mobile computing for education; server management, content management; webcasting and media distribution; client support management.
Definitions
- Internship. Internship at DILC admits advanced students who would want to gain supervised practical experience in many aspects of the development, production, deployment of academic technologies.
- On-the-Job Training (OJT) - operationally the same as Internship.
Guidelines
Signup
- Programming Internship/OJT: dilc.info/codersignup
- Non-programming Types (Multimedia Production, Library Science, Information Studies, Ed Tech, Visual Communication): dilc.info/internsignup
Sample Internship Projects
Benefits to Student Interns
- exposure to real-world challenges hardly found in textbooks and classroom settings
- opportunity to work with teams coming from diverse backgrounds (like computer science, film, education, computer engineering, library science, information technology, statistics)
- greater adaptability, self-confidence, skills
- enhanced resume with experiences and opportunities to apply academic concepts and principles
- hands-on opportunity to work with equipment and technology that may not be availability at the sending institution
- with tested skills obtained from an internship program, the student increases his or her marketability to employers
Benefits to DILC/UP
- DILC/UP can contribute to the training of students
- interns can provide fresh energy and perspective to the workplace
- interns can help explore untested approaches to solving problems
- opportunity to observe potential employees up-close