Carissa Pallander, Author at Center for Engaged Learning

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January 19, 2023

Experiences of Students with Disabilities in Work-Integrated Learning

by Jessie L. Moore

60-Second SoTL – Episode 18 This week’s episode features an open-access article from the Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management and examines the perceptions and experiences of students with disabilities regarding work-integrated learning placements: Dollinger, Mollie, Rachel Finneran, and Rola Ajjawi. 2022….

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January 17, 2023

Research Seminar FAQs

by Jessie L. Moore

Since releasing our call for applications for the 2023-2025 research seminar on Mentoring Meaningful Learning Experiences, we’ve received a number of questions about the research seminars and the application process, so I’m sharing the most frequently asked questions – and…

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January 16, 2023

Opportunities to Make Group Work Authentic

by Matt Wittstein

Limed: Teaching with a Twist – Episode 5 Derek O’Leary from Virginia Commonwealth University teaches advertising, a field known to require collaboration and cooperation with diverse teams, often remotely. David Buck, Gianna Smurro, and our producer Dhvani Toprani consider how…

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January 10, 2023

Academic Book Publishing: Formatting Your Manuscript

by Jennie Goforth

I can hear many of you authors out there collectively groaning, or perhaps you are putting off actually formatting your manuscript as you look for advice to make it all seem easier. It’s true, formatting your manuscript for submission can…

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January 3, 2023

Challenges and Opportunities of Hyperbonding in College Relationships

by Eric Hall

Sense of belonging is a key predictor of student success for college students (Strayhorn 2008; 2012). This sense of belonging can be enhanced when students find peers that they can identify with and develop relationships with (Gravett and Winstone 2020;…

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December 29, 2022

Reflection and Authentic Learning

by Jessie L. Moore

60-Second SoTL – Episode 17 This week’s episode features an open-access article from Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the South and examines what reflection on authentic tasks can illuminate about student learning: Bester, Johannes, and Erica Pretorius. 2022. “Linking Reflective…

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December 22, 2022

Dialogic Feed-Forward

by Jessie L. Moore

60-Second SoTL – Episode 16 This week’s episode features an open-access article from Teaching & Learning Inquiry and examines the long-term feedback literacy outcomes of supplementing written feedback with a student-instructor meeting to discuss student-led action plans for improvement: Hill, Jennifer,…

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December 20, 2022

Through the Eyes of a Student: Integration in Practice

by Ellery Ewell, Sophie Miller, and Christina Wyatt

Last year, we, as CEL Student Scholars, had the pleasure of attending the 2021 meeting of the (Re)Examining Conditions for Meaningful Learning Research Seminar, in which we dealt with imposter syndrome, budding relationships with participants, and developing our own body…

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December 19, 2022

PowerPointers: Making the Most of Slide Decks

by Matt Wittstein and Dhvani Toprani

Limed: Teaching with a Twist – Episode 4 Dr. Sarah Morrison-Smith is a new faculty member at Hamilton College, where the institutional culture leans away from PowerPoint in the classroom. Our panel of Jill McSweeney, Scott Spurlock, and Christina Wyatt…

December 15, 2022

Future-Oriented Feedback

by Jessie L. Moore

60-Second SoTL – Episode 15 Featuring an open-access article from the Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, this episode explores how feedback type, feedback orientation, and goal orientation inform feedback effectiveness for student learning: Paulson Gjerde, Kathy, Deborah Skinner, and…