The Stukent

E3 Learning Experience

An innovative framework for student success

It’s no secret: Experiential learning helps your students master course concepts more effectively. To help you build great curricula for your students, Stukent created the E3 Learning Experience, which is a framework for adding virtual work-integrated learning opportunities to any course or class modality.

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99% of professors

say Stukent Simternships and courseware are equal to or better than their current materials.

The Stukent

E3 Learning Experience

An innovative framework for student success

It’s no secret: Experiential learning helps your students master course concepts more effectively. To help you build great curricula for your students, Stukent created the E3 Learning Experience, which is a framework for adding virtual work-integrated learning opportunities to any course or class modality.

99% of professors

say Stukent Simternships and courseware are equal to or better than their current materials.

How does the E3 Learning Experience work?

The E3 Learning Experience formalizes the learning journey in Stukent Simternships and courseware in three phases: Engage, Enrich, and Encode

How does the E3 Learning Experience work?

The E3 Learning Experience formalizes the learning journey in Stukent Simternships and courseware in three phases: Engage, Enrich, and Encode

Engage

The Engage phase represents the knowledge acquisition process. This phase communicates the course’s relevance to the students, establishes their learning objectives, and presents the core knowledge pathway.

Interactive quizzes, videos, and case studies transformed passive reading into an active learning process. Each module was a building block in my understanding, paving the way for a more profound grasp of subjects that had once seemed daunting.

— Jacob I.
Student, Cleveland State University

Enrich

Once learners are familiar with a concept, the Enrich phase connects real-world experiences to core instruction. In this phase, students put new knowledge to work while developing technical and core skills through Simternships, embedded activities in the courseware, and other experiential learning opportunities.

93.5% of business students at Kennebec Valley Community College passed an introductory accounting course after using the Stukent Financial Accounting Simternship — a 345% increase in the pass rate!

By implementing the simulation, the instructors at Kennebec Valley had 4.5 times more students pass their courses.

Encode

The final phase of the E3 Learning Experience is Encode. In educational terms, encoding is the “process of taking information into our brain where it can be organized and stored” (Farthing, 2024). In the Encode phase, students transform new knowledge into real-world expertise through repeated formative practice and summative assessments in Simternships and courseware.

I have two students who are currently working at one of Ad Age’s top agencies in the world — the sole reason they got their jobs was the PPC experience they [gained] from the Stukent Digital Marketing Simternship.

— Ryan Russell
Adjunct Professor, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

LEARNING THAT CLICKS

The pillars of the E3 Learning Experience

The E3 Learning Experience is supported by five Pillars of Virtual Work-Integrated Learning, which represent best practices in learning design.

Building a comprehensive knowledge and skill base

Stukent Simternships and digital courseware provide hands-on learning experiences that can increase content mastery and improve knowledge and skill transfer to real-world scenarios.

The simulation rounds absolutely reinforce what [students] are learning in lectures, discussions, interactive in-class activities, and assignments. It all ties together … and gives them new vocabulary and knowledge that is really transferable, especially when they get to job interviews.

— Rebecca Cooney
Professor, Washington State University

Just-in-time learning

Just-in-time learning provides students with the opportunity to apply knowledge and skills just as they acquire them. It also ensures they have instructive feedback at the right time or at the exact “moment of friction” when a learner encounters a knowledge gap.

The simulations allow the students to take what they're learning in the chapters and apply it in a real-world experience. The feedback that I get from them is ‘This is great, I'm … acting out being a social media person or talking to clients in the personal branding.’ It really makes a big difference in how they retain the information.

— Traci Bitler
Assistant Professor, Rhodes State College

Deliberate activities that allow for productive failure

Simternships and courseware give students a low-risk, simulated environment to practice new skills. Prompt feedback via auto-graded activities corrects students’ misconceptions before misinformation can be encoded.

Stukent [Simternships take] away the threat of failing a little bit, [because students] have the opportunity to see [what] works in real time.

— Lorrie Mowry
Instructor, Mid-Plains Community College

Self-driven and self-relevant learning

Simternships and courseware make it easy to see how course concepts apply to the real world. If students find a course useful, interesting, or essential to their future careers, their motivation for learning increases.

The Simternship gave me a broader understanding of what daily work in each career category would look like. Having taken business classes in high school, I had originally thought marketing was what I was most interested in based on the content. However, after using the application on actual work tasks, I found that I gravitate toward finance more than marketing.

— Anonymous Student
WSU

An authentic work environment

Stukent Simernships mimic authentic work environments and real-world tasks, allowing students to develop skills, build confidence, and prepare for the workforce.

Stukent Simternships helped me land my very first marketing job! [The simulations were] intuitive and fun to use. Each simulation highlighted different skill sets and felt so real — even down to the buyer personas and interactions with customers. And the best part? Everything I learned in the simulations I do now as a marketing coordinator at OnPay!

— Alissa H.
Graduate, Clayton State University

HELPING STUDENTS GET HIRED

Increase student employability with the E3 Learning Experience

With the E3 Learning Experience, student mastery yields not only improved academic performance but increased employability.

The E3 Learning Experience helps students ...

Demonstrate skill mastery

Show employers that students have professional-grade competencies.

Gain equitable access to internship-like opportunities

Each student undergoes a comparable internship experience that is aligned in detail with the curricular materials.

Share their experience everywhere

Students can share Simternship certifications via LinkedIn profiles, resumes, ePortfolios, and more.

Develop talking points for interviews

Students can discuss competencies, achievements, and industry metrics from the Simternship in interviews.

Increase their confidence

Students master job skills in a low-risk, supportive environment, increasing their preparation for day one of their first job.

In virtual work-integrated learning, “Employability is just as much a focus as a good grade. … We want them to be able to do, not just know."

— Ann-Michelle Levangie
Director of Instructional Design, Stukent

THE STUKENT INSTRUCTIONAL MODEL

The learning science behind the experience

While the E3 Learning Experience encompasses all aspects of the learning journey, the Instructional Model guides the implementation of the experience in a practical, step-by-step manner. The model defines and structures individual learning events, giving educators a framework to create impactful learning experiences with ease.

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Why is Hands-on Application So Important?

Students will remember information in the manner in which it is encoded in the brain. In a 2014 article, Chi and Wylie stated, “If a student has only learned the material in an encapsulated way (i.e., the information was stored in an isolated way while learning), then the student can only recall facts” (227). If students only learn facts from a textbook, they will struggle to apply them in new, diverse situations.

Students need hands-on experience to transfer new knowledge to real-world scenarios.

Give your students a learning experience that lasts a lifetime

Schedule a demo with a Stukent course consultant today!

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Give your students a learning experience that lasts a lifetime

Schedule a demo with a Stukent course consultant today!

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DOWNLOADABLE WHITE PAPER

The Stukent E3 Learning Experience

In an era where many employers no longer require degrees for entry-level roles, higher education must prove its value in preparing students for the workforce. The Stukent® E3 Learning Experience offers a structured, experiential framework that bridges the gap between academic theory and real-world application. Built on the phases Engage, Enrich, and Encode, E3 equips students with both knowledge and practical skills employers demand.

This white paper outlines how Stukent can support institutions in implementing scalable, career-focused learning that enhances student engagement and employability.

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