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by Debra Pollex, Academic Planning and Learning Services
in the June 2019 issue
Seneca’s partnership with Riipen continues to develop. The Riipen platform
Implementation of Riipen was made possible through the Government of Ontario’s Career Ready Fund.
To date, 59 projects have been completed in 55 courses with 15 industry partners and 339 students gaining an in-class, real-world project experience. Companies of various sizes have participated, including Freedom 55, North York General Hospital, and Lupus Ontario, plus various Seneca departments.
Nine company-sponsored challenges were held with 182 students participating to win job interviews or prizes, including
Study Break Challenge with IBM
Seneca Winners on their tour of the IBM Software Lab: Yoosuk (Tony) Sim (BSD) – fourth from left, Robert Dittrich (BSD) – sixth from left, Kam Man Chan (BSD) – eighth from left, Khirmer Dia (CTY) – far right.
Pitch Challenge with Brand Momentum Inc.
David Grisim, Brand Momentum’s Vice President of Marketing Solutions, with winners Melissa Brizuela (BMT) and Vinh Nhi Dang (BAM).
The development of projects for the summer term is underway and outreach has begun to IBM and other companies to sponsor June’s Study Break Challenge, potentially targeting students in the School of ICT and Seneca Business.
As the most active school on the Riipen portal, Seneca continues to receive requests each term from companies eager to partner with classes on projects. We are always looking for faculty who may be interested in engaging with these opportunities. We are seeing a demand for projects in the areas of social media, marketing and communications, project management, UX and website design, and financial and business analysis. We have created an in-house support system and process to guide faculty through every step of the experience. Support is provided through close collaboration between the Teaching & Learning Centre, Academic Learning Services, and Career Development.
Our innovative approach to in-house support, process, and the use of the Riipen platform was the subject of our recent presentation at the University of Guelph’s Perspectives on Experiential Learning Conference and the Canadian Association of Career Educators and Employers’ (CACEE) National Conference on Influencers and Disrupters: Innovating the Post-secondary Career Transition.
If you’re interested in finding out more or wanting to investigate how to adapt an assignment to a Riipen project, email Riipen@senecacollege.ca. Anyone is welcome to browse Seneca’s portal on Riipen to see the great projects that are happening. There is a link to Riipen from the Employees page on My.Seneca.
View the June 2019 issue of the Academic Newsletter.
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