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 impact practices in order to enhance the study away experience for college students:

  • Luxton, India, Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Mehmet Egemen Ozbek, and Laura Thornes. 2022. “High Impact Learning in a Short-Term Study Abroad Program.” Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad 34 (1): 97-130. https://doi.org/10.36366/frontiers.v34i1.541 [Open Access]
  • Wallace, Craig. 2020. “Transformative Learning Abroad for Honors Students: Leveraging High-Impact Practices at Global Partner Institutions.” In Internationalizing Honors, National Collegiate Honors Council Monograph Series, edited by Kim Klein and Mary Kay Mulvaney, 229- 249. Lincoln, NE: National Collegiate Honors Council. 

The episode also references:

Moore, Jessie L. 2021. “Key Practices for Fostering Engaged Learning.” Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning 53 (6): 12-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/00091383.2021.1987787

View a transcript of this episode.

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

About This Episode’s Host

Vanessa Truelove is a student in the 2024 cohort in Elon University’s Masters of Higher Education program. She has interest areas in identity based supports for both undergraduate and graduate students with aspirations to work in higher level administration after a stint as a professor of religion later in life.

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