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Benefits of Integrating Service-Learning With Other High-Impact Practices

The Scholarly Teacher

One result of this work was a virtual presentation at an international conference (Ford et al., Community outreach with MPH and honors students in October 2019 at the Southside library, Chattanooga, TN. They are best executed when community partnerships already exist.

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10 Quality Nutrition and Health Project Ideas for High School Students

Experiential Learning Depot

You don't want your students slapping together a poster board, presenting that board to the class, and tossing it in the trash. You want the experience to mean something to the community, to make an impact, and to sincerely raise awareness about nutrition this National Nutrition Awareness Month. Take a Peek at the Resource ​ 5.

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Reckoning, Reconciliation & the Hallowed Ground Project

Goucher DEI

The most important parts are research and community outreach. Community Outreach always plays a significant role in this project. These historically connected sites are exploring the possibility of a shared walking and cycling trail for community engagement with stories, nature, and art.

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How to Improve Teaching Quality and Effectiveness

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Too many equate active learning with discussion and debate as opposed to inquiry or problem solving or activities involving annotation, concept or geo-mapping, role playing, text mining, visualization, and presentation. Think about teaching largely as a matter of what content to include and readings to assign.

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Leadership Strategies for Rebuilding Trust on Campus: Part 2

Campus Sonar

A first-generation college student from an immigrant family reflected on how college changed their life through the opportunities presented and connections made. Engage in community outreach. Shifting demographics in the U.S. Empower your DEIB experts: They are change-makers and can directly influence decisions.

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Co-created learning and teaching through the lens of the development of a University-wide course

Teaching Matters Online Learning

program , which saw us developing a course prototype delivered in the form of a website , a Learn page, and a final presentation. Delivering: Designing a website, Learn page and final presentation to communicate findings from the consultations, brainstorming sessions and prototypes for the course.

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Languages beyond University: A course offering community engagement in local schools for academic credit

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

The aim is also to bring the school class to the university to present their cultural experience project, as widening participation and community outreach. Photo credit: Annette Götzkes. Photo credit: Annette Götzkes. For this initiative to work, effective partnerships are key.