April 30, 2026Grand Challenges of SoTL in Africaby Jessie L. Moore60-Second SoTL – Episode 83 What does it take to foster sustainable and contextually meaningful Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, especially in regions facing systemic challenges? This episode features an essay about supporting SoTL in African higher education. The essay…
April 28, 2026Where History and Economics Collide: Teaching on Redlining by Amanda Laury Kleintop and Cora Wigger Though the use of data for analysis is often framed as a way of answering questions about the world, it also helps us come up with new questions, questions more aligned to the mysteries that drive us to ask questions in the first place. We (Amanda and Cora)…
April 23, 2026Belongingness during Work-Integrated Learning for Healthcare Studentsby Jessie L. Moore60-Second SoTL – Episode 82 What helps students feel like they truly belong in professional learning environments? This episode showcases an open-access article about the BeWIL study, a survey of healthcare students engaged in work-integrated learing (WIL) in the United…
April 21, 2026Assessment in the Upside Down: Academic AI with Students as the Audienceby Amanda SturgillRecently, I downloaded Grammarly’s 2025–26 AI Trends Report. It had an interesting statement in its introduction: “Higher education is no longer at the beginning of its AI journey, but clarity of direction is still emerging” (2). Given other things I…
April 20, 2026Can Peer Mentoring Power Equity? by Matt WittsteinLimed: Teaching with a Twist Season 4, Episode 8 In this episode of Limed: Teaching with a Twist, members of Team Augmentors – Krista Craven (Carleton University), Maggie Safronova (University of California Santa Barbara), Diana Gregory (Kennesaw State University), and Olivia Choplin (Elon University) – share insights from…
April 16, 2026Effective Placement Supervision in Work-Integrated Learningby Jessie L. Moore60-Second SoTL – Episode 81 What makes work-integrated learning placements truly effective—for students and for supervisors? This episode showcases an open-access article reporting on a systematic literature review of published research on students’ and supervisors’ perceptions of work-integrated learning placements….
April 14, 2026The Illusion of Linear Reading by Sophie GrabiecIn the last post, we explored how reducing cognitive load helps readers access and understand complex ideas. A strong structure increases the likelihood that readers will absorb and retain more of what you’re saying. In this post, we shift from focusing on…
April 9, 2026Student Perspectives on High-Quality Work-Integrated Learningby Jessie L. Moore60-Second SoTL – Episode 80 What makes a work-integrated learning (WIL) experience truly high quality—from students’ perspectives? This episode showcases an open-access article on elements that students identify as essential to high-quality WIL. The article is part of a special…
April 7, 2026Academic AI and Audience: Thoughts for Research by Amanda SturgillWould you use AI to create materials for a tenure portfolio? How about a reference letter for a student’s graduate school application? For a conference? If so, what would you do with it? As faculty consider the risks and benefits of AI use, one area to think about is the…
April 2, 2026Faculty Engagement with Work-Integrated Learningby Jessie L. Moore60-Second SoTL – Episode 79 What factors inform faculty engagement in work-integrated learning (WIL) activities like internships, co-ops, and field placements? This episode showcases an open-access article on factors that inform faculty engagement with WIL. The article is part of…
