The purpose of the internship is to learn by doing. Students complete 90 hours of project-based learning in a workplace context. Students take ownership of project-management and project-production as they adapt to the people and contexts of learning design & technology in the real-world.
The Agency is here to help clients think, create, and design real-world learning experiences while students learn, build, and grow.
Agency students past and present. Our blog authors sharing their experiences and insights.
When I started my time with the Learning Agency this summer, I wasn't sure what sort of project to expect. Would I be assigned to work with an external client who had a vision of a learning experience and needed my help to execute? Perhaps I'd...
If there is one thing my internship taught me, it is that instructional design is never as simple as it looks. It is like assembling furniture with instructions that seem clear until you suddenly realize you are holding the wrong screw. Working with Brad and Rosanna rebuilding parts of the...
One of the interesting things about being a part of Learning Agency is that sometimes a project tests your patience more than it utilizes your skills. Even with extensive knowledge of curriculum development and learning experience design, success depends more on scope clarity than on that expertise. I recently worked...
At the age of 2, my daughter found it irresistible to toss her shoes off at every puddle we came across so she could squish her toes in the mud. We lived in Massachusetts at the time, so this happened a lot. Needless to say, I learned to keep a...
Let's talk about the grind.
As I approached the end of my internship experience, amid the tight schedule and the scramble to make plans for unfinished components, I began immersing myself into a deep pool of appreciation.
