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 18, 2022How Do You Successfully “Fail” as a Team?by Deborah O'Connor, Robin Selzer, Leah Stade, Cynthia BennettWhat happens when you put a small team of highly experienced staff working within work-integrated learning in higher education, who have never met, together to form a research team? What do you do when you realise that we all wear…
October 6, 2022Amplifying Indigenous Voices in Work-Integrated Learningby Jessie L. Moore60-Second SoTL – Episode 6 This week’s episode features a recent article from the open-access International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning and explores Indigenous students’ experiences with employability initiatives, including work-integrated learning: Keen, Joel, and Michelle J. Eady. 2022. “Amplifying Indigenous student…
October 4, 2022Facilitating Safety in Work-Integrated Learning: Responsibilities of Academic/University Mentorsby CJ FlemingThe benefits of work-integrated learning (WIL) are far reaching, with overwhelmingly positive outcomes for students, employers, and university mentors alike. However, community and employer placements are not without risk to each party, as students move out of the relative safety…
September 27, 2022What’s the Risk? Student Perspective on Work-Integrated Learningby Annelise WeaverSonia Ferns, Matthew Campbell, and Karsten Zegwaard describe work-integrated learning (WIL) as “internationally recognized . . . as a strategy for ensuring students are exposed to authentic learning experiences with the opportunity to apply theoretical concepts to practice-based tasks, ultimately…
September 20, 2022Assessing Risk in Work-Integrated Learningby Gianna SmurroWhat is WIL (Work-Integrated Learning)? Work-integrated learning (WIL) refers to student-centered internships, co-ops, field placements, and other experiences that connect classroom learning with real work experience, fostering personal and professional skills that are beneficial for career exploration and development. Though…
February 25, 2021Immersion, High-Impact Practices, and the Power of Combinationsby Phillip MotleyWe can thank George Kuh and colleagues at the Association of American Colleges & Universities for initially proposing the idea of “high-impact practices” (HIPs) as exemplar components of a college student’s learning experience in the AA&U publication, High-Impact Educational Practices: What…
November 16, 2020How We Describe Immersive Learning Experiencesby Phillip MotleyInterviewing teaching faculty about the pedagogies they use in their courses has been one of my primary methods of collecting data for my exploration of immersive learning practices in higher education. With each interview, I learn more about the range…
July 1, 2020Mentoring Internships Online or in Hybrid/Flex ModelsIn response to shifts to online learning due to COVID-19 in spring 2020 and in anticipation of alternate models for higher education in fall 2020 and beyond, we have curated publications and online resources that can help inform programmatic and…
