Internship and OJT at DILC

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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



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)
  • develop 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



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