60-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. The article is part of a special section, published in Teaching & Learning Inquiry in March, featuring multi-institutional SoTL from the Center’s 2022-2024 research seminar on WIL.

Hains-Wesson, Rachael, Anne-Marie Fannon, Borghild Brekke Hauglid, Jennifer Graham, and Idris Ademuyiwa. 2026. “Student and Supervisor Perceptions of Effective Placement Supervision in Work-Integrated Learning Programs: A Systematic Literature Review.” Teaching & Learning Inquiry 14: 1–21. https://doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.14.15

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Show Credits

This episode was hosted, edited, and produced by Jessie L. Moore, Director of the Center for Engaged Learning and Professor of Professional Writing & Rhetoric.

60-Second SoTL is produced by the Center for Engaged Learning at Elon University.

Music: “Cryptic” by AudioCoffee.

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