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Global Call for Practices:
Experiential Learning for an
AI-Enabled Workforce

An open call for experiential learning practices from higher education worldwide, to build the first global evidence base on how to develop in-demand skills in the age of AI.

Submit Your Practice

Round 1 Submission Deadline

30 November 2026

The Outcome

An open repository of selected experiential learning practices

A practical guide, by discipline, to building in-demand skills for an AI-enabled workforce

The Challenge

The apprenticeship layer of work is thinning

AI is absorbing the entry-level tasks through which graduates have traditionally built early-career experience. The apprenticeship layer of the labour market is thinning and higher education is bearing greater responsibility for building that domain expertise (Digital Education Council, AI Skills Opportunity Map).

Experiential learning is one of higher education's most credible answers. Yet in most institutions, experiential learning remains peripheral: loosely integrated into the curriculum, with impact poorly evidenced and few models for scaling beyond individual courses.

The Response

A joint study on experiential learning for an AI-enabled workforce

The Digital Education Council, in collaboration with Instructure, is conducting a joint study on AI and experiential learning, identifying emerging practices in experiential learning in the age of AI and developing measurement and scaling methodologies that help the sector drive real impact.

The Call for Practices

Two framings of AI and experiential learning

Your practice can fit either framing, or both. It does not have to use AI tools to be relevant.

Framing 1

AI for experiential learning

AI is being used to design and deliver new forms of authentic experiences, making them richer and more scalable. Examples include simulated scenarios and AI-supported coaching and feedback.

Framing 2

Experiential learning for an AI-enabled workforce

Experiences that build the capabilities employers now expect of graduates, including applied AI skills and foundational human competencies.

Call for various practice types

Eligibility criteria

Real and implemented

It has run with students at least once. Pilots that have completed a first run are also welcome.

Backed by some evidence

It has gathered some evidence of outcomes, such as student feedback and assessment results. Early evidence also counts.

Across all disciplines

We welcome practices from higher education institutions and TVET providers across all disciplines.

Innovation Recognition

Showcase innovation and emerging approaches

Credit in the global repository

Selected practices are published in an open repository, credited to the innovators and institutions.

All selected practices

Featured in the flagship report

Standout practices become case studies in the global report and will be showcased at the DEC Global Summit.

Standout practices

Invitation to the DEC Executive Briefing

Join the DEC Executive Briefing for senior leaders in January 2027, where the full findings are launched.

Selected innovators

Featured Practice recognition

A digital badge and a letter of recognition you can share with your leadership and network.

All selected practices

Submit Your Practice

Two steps to share your practice

Download and complete the practice template, then upload it through a short online form. One entry per practice.

Step 1

Prepare your practice

Describe your practice, including its design, the role of AI, learning outcomes, evidence of impact, resources and lessons.

About 20–25 minutes

Download the template

Step 2

Upload and submit

Answer a few questions about your practice and upload your completed template.

About 5 minutes

Submit the completed template

Before you start step 2, have ready

Your completed practice template in .docx or .pdf format (max 10 MB), named Institution_PracticeTitle
Names, job titles and institutions of any colleagues you want credited

For any questions, please reach out to maftuna@digitaleducationcouncil.com