March 9, 2023Relational Supports and Peer Mentoring for Under-Represented Studentsby Jessie L. Moore60-Second SoTL – Episode 24 This week’s episode features an open-access article from the Journal of Further and Higher Education and examines how relational supports and peer mentors can improve access to university for students from marginalized communities: McNally, Sinéad, Paul Downes, Laura…
December 8, 2022Mentoring Undergraduate Research in Global Contextsby Jessie L. Moore60-Second SoTL – Episode 14 This week’s episode features an article from the Journal on Excellence in College Teaching and explores how faculty and staff support learning and development when they mentor undergraduate research in global contexts: Cruz, Laura, Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler, Amy L….
November 15, 2022Mentoring for Learner Success: Multiple Pathways to Mentoring Relationships by Jessie L. Moore and Maureen Vandermaas-PeelerMentoring relationships develop in relationship-rich environments (Vandermaas-Peeler and Moore 2022). In higher education contexts, they might evolve from other meaningful relationships like teaching, advising, supervising, and coaching, but they require time to become more reciprocal and mutually beneficial (Mullen and…
November 8, 2022Faculty Mentors Start Here! Part 2: Diving Deeper on Setting Up Internships for Successby CJ FlemingWelcome back internship mentors! Last time we looked at the initial startup process for internships. Now, I’ll look further into great internship course assignments, your work to setup the student and the site for success, and resources that helped me…
November 3, 2022Outcomes of Supervisor and Mentor Support in Internshipsby Jessie L. Moore60-Second SoTL – Episode 10 This week’s episode features a recent article from the open access International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning and explores how supervisor and mentor support shape students’ outcomes in internship experiences: Ali, Abdifatah A., Philip Gardner, and Brandy Edmondson….
November 1, 2022Faculty Mentors Start Here! Mentoring Undergraduate Internships When You’re New to the Gameby CJ FlemingPart 1: Initial Set-Up Considerations When I was a new faculty member in 2015, I came out of the gate eager to facilitate internships for my students. Because of my background in clinical psychology, in which practical experiences are essential…
October 27, 2022Undergraduate Research and Student Well-Beingby Jessie L. Moore60-Second SoTL – Episode 9 This week’s episode features a recent open-access article from Studies in Higher Education and explores how engaging in authentic, mentored undergraduate research can contribute to student well-being: Walkington, Helen, and Belinda Ommering. 2022. “How Does…
October 13, 2022Triadic Partnership Mentoringby Jessie L. Moore60-Second SoTL – Episode 7 This week’s episode features a recent article from the open-access International Journal for Students as Partners and explores how a group mentorship scheme with students, alumni, and staff supports student learning in a distance education experience:…
August 12, 2022Mentoring for Learner Success: Mentoring is not (just) having a cup of coffee, part 3by Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler, Cynthia Fair, and Caroline KetchamIn part 1 of this blog series, we introduced mentoring as more than (just) having a cup of coffee, and in part 2, we shared snapshots from our own experiences with mentoring relationships. In this final post in the series,…
August 10, 2022Mentoring for Learner Success: Mentoring is not (just) having a cup of coffee, part 2by Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler, Cynthia Fair, and Caroline KetchamIn Part 1 of this blog series, we described mentoring as situated in a larger sociocultural context and understood holistically and longitudinally, rather than as a snapshot of a meaningful moment (e.g., having a cup of coffee). In this post,…
