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February 9, 2023

Incorporating High-Impact Practices in Study Away

by Vanessa Truelove

60-Second SoTL – Episode 20 This episode, hosted by Vanessa Truelove, follows up on the blog post, “High-Impact Practices Abroad: The Key to Enriching Study Away Programs.” Specifically, it features two articles that study the effects of combining elements of high…

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February 8, 2023

High-Impact Practices Abroad: The Key to Enriching Study Away Programs

by Vanessa Truelove

High-impact practices (HIPs) are educationally purposeful activities that increase the likelihood of students achieving desired learning outcomes (Buck 2020). Within the American Association of Colleges & University’s official list of 11 high-impact practices, studying away is identified under Diversity/Global Learning…

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February 2, 2023

Instructors’ Emotions Associated with Dialogic Feed-Forward

by Jessie L. Moore

60-Second SoTL – Episode 19 This week’s episode features an open-access article from Teaching & Learning Inquiry and examines instructors’ emotional responses when they give students assessment feedback: Hill, Jennifer, Kathy Berlin, Julia Choate, Lisa Cravens-Brown, Lisa McKendrick-Calder, and Susan Smith. 2023. “Emotions…

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January 31, 2023

Ableism in Academia: Are Your Conferences and Events Inclusive and Accessible?

by Caroline J. Ketcham

As we start the new year and new semester, it is the season of planning, and we are likely planning for the larger events of next year or years ahead—conferences, speakers, special promotions. Let’s talk about inclusion for these events….

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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…