Riipen

We are excited to partner with Riipen, an experiential learning platform and marketplace for project-based learning. Riipen gives faculty the flexibility to embed experiential learning into courses and provides the tools for students to work as a team on real-world problems.

Riipen is available for all faculty, in all disciplines, working with students of all levels through in-class learning, online experiences and remote internships. Riipen offers end-to-end support, including course project ideation and design, technical support and student onboarding and matchmaking with industry partners globally.

What Is Experiential Project-Based Learning?

Experiential project-based learning is a teaching method that involves students designing, developing and constructing hands-on solutions to a problem with a company or non-profit partner. Using project-based learning, students can build upon their creative capacity by working through real-world problems. Students typically work on these projects in small teams.

What Is Riipen?

Riipen is the world’s leading project-based learning platform that empowers every student with employable skills. The platform enables students, educators and organizations to connect through real-world industry experiences. Students acquire skills valuable in the workplace and get to build their employer network, organizations improve their talent pipelines and increase authentic engagement towards their brand and educators provide better learning experiences for their students as well as grow their industry connections.

Riipen at University Canada West

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Courses at UCW Using Riipen

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Company projects

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Projects Per Course