Experiential Learning Depot

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

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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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Vet students work with a model of a dog’s head [Paul Dodds]. Some of the students also attend staff talks on educational topics, which they find helpful for their own teaching. Staff and student teachers from the 2018 cohort receiving recognition for their commitment to learning and teaching at the vet school.

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The Scholarly Teacher

APRIL 27, 2022

Given my research background, I cannot claim authority in teaching and pedagogy research. Technology and writing centers, counseling services, and student health centers go unvisited (Medina & Posadas, 2012). Students may ask (silently or otherwise) why a particular course unit matters. Some I share here.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 7, 2023

Image: At New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering, the seven-year-old Vertically Integrated Projects program has grown from five teams to almost 50, involving hundreds of students each semester. Each team is managed by one faculty adviser who supervises and grades students throughout the project.

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The Scholarly Teacher

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Along with providing opportunities for developing meaningful relationships, collaborative quizzes serve to meet standard course learning objectives, such as “Collaborate within team environments to deliver effective messages.” Student involvement: A developmental theory for higher education. Center for Engaged Learning (2023).

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

“I’ve never had so many incompletes,” Snyder said of the missed opportunity to support the students throughout the term and ensure that all completed the course. Others argue that professors should set boundaries with students, not for them. “To help students, provide scaffolding.

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Experiential Learning Depot

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Inquiry-based learning questions are the heart of a classroom that thrives on curiosity, critical thinking, and student engagement. As educators, understanding how to effectively guide students from teacher-led inquiry to fully student-driven exploration is essential in fostering deep, meaningful learning.

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Creatrix Campus

JUNE 23, 2024

Among the other facilities, students want well-organized, safe, and interesting housing options, often termed student residence management, housing management, or dormitory management. This blog will discuss the critical role student resident management plays in higher education.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

MAY 21, 2024

Inma teaches on the MSc Intermediality programme and has consistently gone above and beyond for her students academically and personally. Inma took time to guide her students through Intermediality, a topic that many were new to and found complex due to the variety of mediums the course covered.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

MAY 14, 2024

With the new student support model being rolled out across the entire university this year, we wanted to make sure we took time to recognise the efforts of these staff, who have supported students’ development, demonstrated commitment to their welfare and wellbeing, and built a sense of community within their cohort.

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Creatrix Campus

JULY 20, 2023

Additionally, successful students contribute to a vibrant and intellectually stimulating academic community. Career Readiness Higher education aims to prepare students for their future careers. Student success ensures that students develop the knowledge, skills, and competencies required for employment in their chosen fields.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Some use content to teach skills, such as the Sociology department’s research training course, Designing and Doing Social Research which I organise. Content-independent learning implies a different direction, where students and teachers work from their skills towards content. Sep 20, 2016

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

AUGUST 24, 2022

Through these workshops, students and staff from different disciplines and Schools across the University work together, leading to cross-fertilisation of ideas and cultures. Our assessment involves tasks that resemble workplace settings yet equip students with skills for their future professional life. How is the course assessed?

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eLiterate

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Other students may be influenced by which assignments they think are important for their career goals, how much work is reasonable to expect of them and, very often, or whether they think the instructor cares about their learning. I’ve conducted a fair few focus groups with students over the years. My dialogue with ChatGPT.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JULY 28, 2022

Help students develop the ability to self-assess. 2011) The Mythology of Feedback, Higher Education Research and Development, Vol. 2005) Improving Assessment Through Student Involvement: Practical solutions for aiding learning in higher and further education. 4 pp 405-419 [link] Falchikov, N.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

The Coding Club initiative is trying to instill confidence in student learners at the University of Edinburgh so that they can become the teachers of tomorrow. For undergraduate students, such as Claudia, Sam and Izzy, having the opportunity to share and teach others has built their own confidence and propelled them into their future careers.

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Creatrix Campus

APRIL 19, 2023

Chatbots can assess students' knowledge and skills, create customized learning paths, and provide instant feedback and support, improving student engagement and motivation. They can also make learning more interactive and accessible for students with disabilities while providing valuable data analysis for faculty.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

In addition to the content from the subject-matter expertise and professional skills development sessions, the fellows also had access to EAB’s research library and experts, and they were paired with a partner to help develop ideas and get feedback along the way.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MARCH 22, 2024

I was filled with an optimism and belief that has continued to grow over the two years since we started researching this subject. Helping students develop these capacities and skills whilst at university will certainly give them a head start in their career.

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Creatrix Campus

AUGUST 7, 2023

Effective behavior management strategies instill discipline, promote self-control, and enable students to make responsible choices, bolstering their academic achievements and motivation to persist in their educational journey. This connection can encourage students to feel supported and valued in the learning environment.

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EAB

JULY 17, 2023

Being first-generation leads students to drastically overestimate college cost and assume four-year schools are out of reach, despite substantial available aid.” Support Basic Needs Security, a Sense of Belonging, and Student Engagement 2.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JULY 9, 2024

She has 9 years’ experience contributing to the development and delivery of strategies that support students to flourish and enhance the student experience. Trust yourself. Valerie is Carbon Literate, passionate about helping others grow and succeed, as well as social and environmental impact.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

JULY 22, 2021

Original illustration by Georgia Smith, Edinburgh College of Art student In this post, Fiona McNeill walks us through the non-credit bearing course “Informatics Connect” that she and colleagues designed to help first-year students develop a sense of collegiality while studying online.

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Creatrix Campus

MAY 27, 2024

Institutions can help students stay on track and succeed by connecting them with meaningful activities from the beginning of their academic experience by coordinating best practices with theories of student development. Makes use of technology and data analytics to improve student engagement.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 16, 2017

However, what do they do when they look to develop students’ ‘mindsets’? What evidence do we have to show our students develop these graduate attributes? Student-Led, Individually-Created Courses (SLICCs) offer another approach and way forward. communication, teamworking).

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Experiential Learning Depot

APRIL 27, 2023

Students did all of the things required for developing a business such as writing a business plan and conducting market research but didn't actually start their businesses (most of them anyway). Then students launch and run their own businesses over the summer during the break, at which point, my job is done.

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Higher Ed Connects: Assessment

MARCH 15, 2019

To find the right instrument for the job, consider the following: Commercially available tests are things such as the National Survey of Student Engagement and ETS Major Field Tests. Tip : Most colleges/universities have an Office of Institutional Research (see Section 4). Where will the data be collected?

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EAB

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

I'm Tara Zirkel, Director of Strategic Research with a focus on community colleges here at EAB. And I'm thrilled to introduce Dr. Heather Speed, who serves vice president of Student Services at Pueblo Community College. TZ: The students do feel that when we all work collaboratively together. Give these folks to listen and enjoy.

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Marketing and Communication Services Faculty Computers and Informational Technology Community College 97

Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 2, 2023

Make it possible for instructors to provide more individualized feedback and to participate in more student engagement activities (like student-faculty lunches or co-curricular activities), by, for example, shifting from 3 to 4 credit hour classes and giving faculty access to modest student engagement funds.

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