Constructing Online Work-based Learning Placements: Approaches to Pedagogy, Design, Planning and Implementation

Constructing Online Work-Based Learning Placements offers a step-by-step approach to understanding and applying the principles of design and delivery in online work-based learning (WBL) placements for students. A crucial component of employability strategies for higher education students, WBL placements are increasingly in need of adaptation to respond to today’s rapidly expanding online work environments. This evidence-based book explores the emergent properties and additional value that online WBL placements provide to student learning and employability prospects, focusing on effective pedagogy, design, planning and implementation. The book also presents the Peer Enhanced e-Placement (PEEP), a pioneering, positively evaluated and award-winning online WBL placement model that is underpinned by pedagogical research and theory. The PEEP has been adapted and adopted by numerous higher education teams organising online WBL placements, and the case example included in these pages will guide readers through their own implementation and collaborations.

Lisa Taylor is Professor of Employability and Learning Innovation and Associate Dean for Employability in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of East Anglia, UK, and a National Teaching fellow. Professor Taylor has a decade of experience of employability leadership within higher education, and is passionate about employability, publishing and presenting widely.