Connectedness learning in the life sciences: LinkedIn as an assessment task for employability and career exploration
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Brown, Jason L., Healy, Michael, Lexis, Louise and Julien, Brianna L.. 2019. "Connectedness learning in the life sciences: LinkedIn as an assessment task for employability and career exploration." Bridgstock, Ruth and Tippett, Neil (ed.) Higher education and the future of graduate employability: a connectedness learning approach. London, England. Edward Elgar Publishing. pp. 100-119
| Chapter Title | Connectedness learning in the life sciences: LinkedIn as an assessment task for employability and career exploration |
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| Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
| ERA Publisher ID | 1811 |
| Book Title | Higher education and the future of graduate employability: a connectedness learning approach |
| Authors | Brown, Jason L. (Author), Healy, Michael (Author), Lexis, Louise (Author) and Julien, Brianna L. (Author) |
| Editors | Bridgstock, Ruth and Tippett, Neil |
| Page Range | 100-119 |
| Chapter Number | 7 |
| Number of Pages | 20 |
| Year | 2019 |
| Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing |
| Place of Publication | London, England |
| ISBN | 9781788972604 |
| 9781788972611 | |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788972611.00015 |
| Abstract | 'You’ve been doing employability the wrong way' would be the click-bait headline if this chapter were to be published in an online news website. The prevailing approach to promoting graduate employability taken by higher education around the world is focused on the development of human capital, that is, work-related skills and knowledge (Clarke, 2017). However, graduate employability frameworks and strategies often overlook significant dispositional and contextual factors that contribute towards a person’s employability. To more adequately promote the development of graduate employability, universities need to do more to connect students to their extensive networks of alumni and industry and provide careers and employability learning that helps students learn to explore and express their emerging professional identities (Bridgstock, 2017). In this chapter we will explore the approach taken within one Australian university to enhance the employability of life science students through embedding into the curriculum a careers and employability learning module that uses social media, specifically LinkedIn, as a pedagogical tool to develop students’ career identity and connect them with professional networks. |
| Keywords | career identity, employability, LinkedIn, networking, capabilities, life sciences |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 520102. Educational psychology |
| 390303. Higher education | |
| 390110. Medicine, nursing and health curriculum and pedagogy | |
| Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
| Byline Affiliations | School of Linguistics, Adult and Specialist Education |
| La Trobe University | |
| Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
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