Learning Lab | Understanding and Improving Your Student Experience

Part 1: August 7 | 12:00–1:00 p.m.ET
Part 2: August 10 | 12:00–1:30 p.m. ET
Part 3: August 17 | 12:00–1:30 p.m. ET
Part 4: August 24 | 12:00–1:30 p.m. ET

Overview

Colleges and universities are trying to better analyze, improve, and compete on student experience. But it’s often poorly defined, inadequately measured, and approached in ad hoc silos. To drive student enrollment, engagement, and completion, institutions need a holistic approach that’s practical and evidence-based.

How can leaders in student affairs, academic affairs, and technology define student experience, determine their goals, analyze their student experience, and take action to sustain and continuously improve it? How can they change their spaces, student services, technology, organizational structure, and processes to do so?

This interactive course will answer these questions through readings, presentations, discussions, and hands-on work during and between sessions. It will use an open-access worksheet called the Student Experience Canvas in use at hundreds of institutions and in a studio format within a shared digital workspace so that participants can see and learn from others’ work and make peer connections along the way.

Learning Outcomes:

NOTE: You will be asked to complete assignments in between the Learning Lab segments that support the learning outcomes stated below. You will receive feedback and constructive critique from course facilitators.

  • Explore the definition and assessment of student experience.
  • Relate student experience to institutional goals and context.
  • Identify ways to improve the student experience at your institution.
  • Predict potential implementation obstacles and ways to address them.

Target Audience

Leaders in student affairs, academic affairs, teaching/learning, and technology

Facilitators

Elliot Felix Elliot Felix, Founder, Brightspot Strategy, LLC