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20 Winter-Inspired Service-Learning Project Ideas for High School Students

Experiential Learning Depot

Holiday Food Drive Have your students organize a food drive to collect non-perishable items and deliver them to local food banks or shelters to support families in need. Students engage in every step from planning and promoting to collecting and delivering donations in this service-learning project ideas.

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Integrating Arts as a Healing Force

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The students are always the teachers in my book about which community-engaged practices to implement in a space,” she says. “I I am not the expert, and I come to the students openhearted and ready to learn.”

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Recognizing Great Work in Assessment: 2nd Annual SAAL Awards!

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

Recipients: University of Oregon Basic Needs Program This project exemplifies how a commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, and social justice was woven into the collaborative efforts of the UO Basic Needs Program, UO Libraries, and faculty. Logic models have increased their staffs curiosity.

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Learning by doing

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

.” This class employs a flipped learning approach, meaning students are expected to be familiar with handling picture scrolls before the session. During this hands-on activity, students carefully unroll replicas of picture scrolls from the late Heian period in the Main Librarys rare book section.

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16 Fun College Orientation Activities & Icebreakers to Encourage Student Engagement in 2022!

Campus Groups

16 Fun College Orientation Ideas to Encourage Student Engagement in 2022 For many students, college orientation can be their first experience on their own. A scavenger hunt doubles as a fun way to team up with new classmates and to help students get acquainted navigating their new home. The obstacle?

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Queens College debuts virtual neurodiversity hub

Confessions of a Community College Dean

What the hub includes: Resources include training links, research articles, book lists, podcast suggestions and recommended websites. How will students engage? ” She recalls staying in the library past the point of exhaustion as an undergraduate but says now she knows to take breaks “and shift my focus.”

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Course Spotlight: Bibliotherapy in London

AIFS Abroad

If we break the word down, we can understand that the concept is a combination of books and therapy — and it actually dates back to Ancient Greece when libraries were seen as sacred places of answers and healing. I found this class to be one of my favorites as we explored bookstores and libraries. Sounds pretty great, right?