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Nice White Parents And The Phantom Public School, Jason Loviglio Dec 2021

Nice White Parents And The Phantom Public School, Jason Loviglio

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Serial Productions’ Nice White Parents tells the story of “an utterly ordinary, squat, three-story New York City public school building”, and the many schools it has housed over six decades; each one, it turns out, shaped in ironic and disastrous ways by white parents’ ambivalent desire for diversity. Like some earlier Serial efforts, this is a story on a theme: the failure of the American experiment in public, democratic institutions. Thanks to impressive archival research, candid interviews with a wide range of stakeholders, and a deftly delivered dose of Serial’s trademark reflexivity between the object of study and the reporter’s …

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Say It Louder For The People In The Back: A Review Of Npr Music’S Louder Than A Riot, Kim Fox Dec 2021

Say It Louder For The People In The Back: A Review Of Npr Music’S Louder Than A Riot, Kim Fox

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National Public Radio’s Louder Than A Riot billed itself as investigating “rhyme and punishment in America”. At a glance, it might appear as if this could be a short series podcast with 1-2 episodes, but the podcast managed to eek out 11 narrative nonfiction stories in the later half of 2020. The podcast is focused on carceral capitalism, which has been around since before the privatisation of the prison system in the US, and the collision with hip hop. However, it’s not the number of episodes that make this podcast stand out, but the depth of each case that is …

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Goodbye To All This: The Ordinary Rhythm Of Loss, Alyn Euritt Dec 2021

Goodbye To All This: The Ordinary Rhythm Of Loss, Alyn Euritt

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Sophie Townsend’s Goodbye to All This from BBC World Service is an audio documentary about Townsend’s experience of losing her husband, Russell, to cancer. Beginning with Russell’s diagnosis in the first episode, listeners follow Townsend through his treatment and death, then through the years as she adapts to life without him. The carefully constructed series focuses on Townsend’s personal narrative while situating her within her community. At the same time, the memoir’s precise storytelling and gentle, rhythmic sound design give structure to the podcast’s poignant expression of loss.

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Experimental Study Of The Effect Of Graphene On Properties Of Ambient-Cured Slag And Fly Ash-Based Geopolymer Paste And Mortar, Umer Sajjad, M. N. Sheikh, Muhammad N S Hadi Dec 2021

Experimental Study Of The Effect Of Graphene On Properties Of Ambient-Cured Slag And Fly Ash-Based Geopolymer Paste And Mortar, Umer Sajjad, M. N. Sheikh, Muhammad N S Hadi

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This paper investigates the effect of graphene on the properties of slag and fly ash-based ambient cured geopolymer paste and mortar. Graphene was added with five percentage (0.0%, 0.1%, 0.5%, 1.0% and 1.5%) of aluminosilicate materials by weight. The initial and final setting times of geopolymer pastes were reduced. The workability of geopolymer paste and mortar was slightly decreased with graphene. The 7-day and 28-day compressive strength of geopolymer mortar with 1.0% addition of graphene increased by 25% and 10%, respectively. The addition of 1% graphene could be considered as optimum proportion to improve the compressive strength of geopolymer mortar.

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Preservice Teachers’ Perceptions Of Feedback: The Importance Of Timing, Purpose, And Delivery, Christina L. Wilcoxen, Jennifer Lemke Dec 2021

Preservice Teachers’ Perceptions Of Feedback: The Importance Of Timing, Purpose, And Delivery, Christina L. Wilcoxen, Jennifer Lemke

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

If the purpose of feedback is to reduce the discrepancy between the established goal and what is recognized, then how can this discrepancy be minimized through support and guidance? Feedback is instrumental to a preservice teacher development during their teacher preparation program. This qualitative study examines 31 first year teachers’ previous experiences with feedback during their undergraduate practicums. The two research questions addressed: What can be learned from PSTs’ perceptions of feedback practices utilized in teacher preparation programs? and What modifications or adaptations can be made to current feedback practices and structures in teacher preparation programs to enhance teacher efficacy …

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The Mental Wellbeing Of Optometry And Pharmacy Students In New Zealand During Covid-19, Philip R. K. Turnbull, Lynne Petersen, Andrew V. Collins Dec 2021

The Mental Wellbeing Of Optometry And Pharmacy Students In New Zealand During Covid-19, Philip R. K. Turnbull, Lynne Petersen, Andrew V. Collins

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At a time of transition into adulthood, tertiary study places additional stresses on the mental wellbeing of students. The continual assessment, long teaching hours, and expectation of professionalism that is expected from students within clinical programmes places even more burden on these students. Then in 2020, with the COVID-19 lockdown, there were significant changes to how these programs were delivered. We surveyed the mental wellbeing of our undergraduate students in the Bachelor of Optometry and Bachelor of Pharmacy programmes at the University of Auckland in 2019 and 2020. Using validated screening questionnaires, we found a high level of anxiety and …

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Student Engagement And Learning Outcomes In The Model United Nations, David K. Jesuit, J. Cherie Strachan Dec 2021

Student Engagement And Learning Outcomes In The Model United Nations, David K. Jesuit, J. Cherie Strachan

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This article explores the effect of student engagement on learning outcomes associated with students’ participation in Model United Nations. We developed an objective assessment of learning outcomes by fielding a survey to conference participants and measuring their general knowledge of the United Nations. We follow-up the survey by asking faculty advisors to report on student outcomes and on the level of activity of Model UN student groups. As predicted by previous research, expectations established by a supportive peer group provide a powerful incentive for student learning, even exceeding the influence of formal instruction in a dedicated credit-bearing course.

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Embedding Online Activities During Lecture Time: Roll Call Or Enhancement Of Student Participation?, Muhammad Nadeem, Marion Blumenstein Dec 2021

Embedding Online Activities During Lecture Time: Roll Call Or Enhancement Of Student Participation?, Muhammad Nadeem, Marion Blumenstein

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Student attendance has long polarized the higher education sector with reports of no to little effect on student success to positive relationships between attendance frequency at face to face and synchronous online lectures and better student engagement and achievement. This study investigates the impact of embedded online activities during lecture time on student learning by utilizing students’ portable devices to divert undesirable study behaviors such as gaming and social media activity during class. The aim of the learning intervention is to improve attendance at undergraduate engineering lectures as well as providing better connection to the subject content. Study participants were …

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‘Bittersweet’ And ‘Alienating’: An Extreme Comparison Of Collaborative Autoethnographic Perspectives From Higher Education Students, Non-Teaching Staff And Faculty During The Pandemic In The Uk And Singapore, Jürgen Rudolph, Lena Itangata, Shannon Tan, Michelle Kane, Irving Thairo, Tammy Tan Dec 2021

‘Bittersweet’ And ‘Alienating’: An Extreme Comparison Of Collaborative Autoethnographic Perspectives From Higher Education Students, Non-Teaching Staff And Faculty During The Pandemic In The Uk And Singapore, Jürgen Rudolph, Lena Itangata, Shannon Tan, Michelle Kane, Irving Thairo, Tammy Tan

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

This article, via collaborative autoethnographic reflections, provides an extreme comparison of intra-period responses in two countries (the UK and Singapore) to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in higher education. Taking autoethnographic examples from these countries from three pairs of stakeholders of higher education (HE) – students, non-teaching academic staff, and lecturers – we discuss contrasting experiences in pursuit of answering the research question: What were our experiences working/studying in HE during the COVID-19 global pandemic? Despite the pronounced differences of the higher education landscapes in the UK and in Singapore and the heterogeneous experiences of them, five common themes emerged …

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Teamwork-Performance Prediction By Using Soft Skills And Technological Savvy Skills, Hoi Yan Lin, Jia You Dec 2021

Teamwork-Performance Prediction By Using Soft Skills And Technological Savvy Skills, Hoi Yan Lin, Jia You

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

In today’s connected world, forming teams of people to execute projects is seen as a challenge in government agencies and public and private organisations alike. For large enterprises, a small group of thoughtful and committed people performing different roles could essentially change the world. At the same time, however, it is hard to select an effective team with appropriate skills who can work collaboratively. In this project, as a starting point, the study's objectives required formulating skillset models and designing the theoretical framework to investigate project members’ capabilities. This study used three undergraduate courses’ data as input to find the …

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Factors Affecting Effective Online Teaching Transition In Asian Universities During Covid-19, Rajib Das, David P. Meredith Dec 2021

Factors Affecting Effective Online Teaching Transition In Asian Universities During Covid-19, Rajib Das, David P. Meredith

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

Educational institutions, especially the higher education institutions in Asian countries such as Bangladesh and Thailand, have had to stop face-to-face educational activities during the period of COVID-19 pandemic. Online classes have been the only alternative to carry on academic activities. Teachers were suddenly compelled to transition their teaching and learning methodology from a face-to-face to an online model. Employing a quantitative research method, this study identifies factors in teacher’s effective transition for successful online teaching. A total of 68 teachers experienced in higher education in Bangladesh, Thailand, India and Indonesia were interviewed by a structured questionnaire. The instrument was scrutinized …

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General And Unique Predictors Of Student Success In Online Courses: A Systematic Review And Focus Group, Lilani Arulkadacham, Stephen Mckenzie, Zahra Aziz, Jennifer Chung, Kyle Dyer, Christopher Holt, Filia Garivaldis, Matthew Mundy Dec 2021

General And Unique Predictors Of Student Success In Online Courses: A Systematic Review And Focus Group, Lilani Arulkadacham, Stephen Mckenzie, Zahra Aziz, Jennifer Chung, Kyle Dyer, Christopher Holt, Filia Garivaldis, Matthew Mundy

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

Despite the increase in the availability and popularity of online educational programs, there is a lack of understanding of non-academic as well as academic predictors of online student success. In this study, we have investigated predictors of tertiary level student success via the Psychology discipline, a popular online subject. A systematic literature review, followed by focus groups with students and instructors from online Psychology courses, revealed several important findings including a profile of general predictors of online student success and the existence of discipline-specific online student success predictors which can be extended to a variety of health care courses. Understanding …

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Online Teaching Effectiveness In Higher Education: Faculty Perspectives In India, Lokanath Mishra, Roshan Lal Raina Dec 2021

Online Teaching Effectiveness In Higher Education: Faculty Perspectives In India, Lokanath Mishra, Roshan Lal Raina

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

The COVID-19 pandemic demanded the closure of education institutions abruptly in the middle of the academic term, disrupting regular teaching and learning activities throughout the world. The teaching fraternity immediately moved to online teaching to minimize learning damage and continue academic activities. With the sudden shift from traditional practices to online teaching, the key question arises about effectiveness of online teaching in higher education and how the teaching fraternity pursues academic activities, grouped under pre, during and post online teaching. This study aimed at examining the faculty perspective of online teaching in higher education without much experience and preparation. Data …

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Transversal Competency Development In Healthcare Professionals: A Scoping Literature Review To Identify Effective Educational Paradigms, Principles And Strategies, Sarah Low, Rosie Nash, Kerryn Butler-Henderson, Sheree Lloyd Dec 2021

Transversal Competency Development In Healthcare Professionals: A Scoping Literature Review To Identify Effective Educational Paradigms, Principles And Strategies, Sarah Low, Rosie Nash, Kerryn Butler-Henderson, Sheree Lloyd

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

Transversal Competencies (TCs) (interpersonal, intrapersonal, critical thinking and global citizenship skills) are essential skills, knowledge and behaviours for work and life success. Limited literature exists on methods to develop TC for adult education. This scoping review explores how TCs are being embedded into health professional learning and strategies to deliver training for the self-directed learner.

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An Assessment Of Tutoring Performance, Challenges And Support During Covid-19: A Qualitative Study In A South African University, Chioma S. Okoro, Oliver Takawira, Peter Baur Dec 2021

An Assessment Of Tutoring Performance, Challenges And Support During Covid-19: A Qualitative Study In A South African University, Chioma S. Okoro, Oliver Takawira, Peter Baur

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

The COVID-19 pandemic brought changes to the teaching and learning arena and posed challenges to efforts to support student performance. The study aims to identify challenges faced during online tutoring and ways to continue to support the tutoring function to teach and disseminate knowledge to students during lockdown. The study was conducted within a faculty in a higher education institution in South Africa using interviews of lecturers and tutors who were purposively selected. Thematic analysis was used to draw out themes on the challenges faced, support provided and suggestions to improve tutoring in online/blended learning. The study exposed several challenges, …

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Student Experience: 10 Things I Know For Certain, Shelley Kinash Dec 2021

Student Experience: 10 Things I Know For Certain, Shelley Kinash

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

Through an autoethnographic account of a university career journey, this paper addresses ten key themes in higher education. These are the ten principles which matter most in education. Attending to the quality of these elements will ensure that the vast majority of students have an excellent experience and that by virtue of completing their education, graduates will have the foundations they require to achieve their career goals. High quality universities keep the focus on their students, and students are welcomed and encouraged as agentic, contributing citizens, who will lead communities forward through graduate careers. The student experience is streamlined, minimising …

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What Student Evaluations Are Not: Scholarship Of Teaching And Learning Using Student Evaluations, Ameera Ali, Joseph Crawford, Leela Cejnar, Kristyn Harman, Kwong Nui Sim Dec 2021

What Student Evaluations Are Not: Scholarship Of Teaching And Learning Using Student Evaluations, Ameera Ali, Joseph Crawford, Leela Cejnar, Kristyn Harman, Kwong Nui Sim

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

In this Editorial, we stay committed to the objective of the Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice regarding sharing, evaluating, and developing stronger evidence-based practice papers by focusing on the topic of national and institutional student evaluations. We create an important theoretical and practical foundation for authors considering publishing with our Journal on studies that utilise student surveys as their primary method of data collection. The editorial begins by providing a comprehensive overview of the history and emergence of student evaluations dating back to medieval times, we trace the evolution of student evaluations to present day looking at the …

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Editorial: The Cross-Cultural Effects Of Covid-19 On Higher Education Learning And Teaching Practice, Joseph Crawford, Martin Andrew, Jürgen Rudolph, Karima Lalani, Kerryn Butler-Henderson Dec 2021

Editorial: The Cross-Cultural Effects Of Covid-19 On Higher Education Learning And Teaching Practice, Joseph Crawford, Martin Andrew, Jürgen Rudolph, Karima Lalani, Kerryn Butler-Henderson

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

The novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) that began in the late part of 2019 in Wuhan, China has created significant challenges for higher education. Since the inception of COVID-19 research and practice in the higher education discipline, there has continued to be a focus on exploring its effects in localised contexts. The place-based context, while useful in enhancing individual practice, limits the potential to examine the pandemic from a broader lens. There are for many of us, shared examples of good practice that can serve to collectively improve the higher education sector during and beyond the pandemic. This Special Issue came …

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Dancing With Power In ‘We Are The University: Students Co-Creating Change’, Tai Peseta, Alex Donoghue, Sameer Hifazat, Shivani Suresh, Ashley Beathe, Jasmine Derbas, Brooke Mees, Samuel Suresh, Clementine Sugita, Thilakshi Mallawa Arachchi, Evelyn Nguyen, Lexie Johnson, Sophia Clark, Rohith Ramegowda, Jen Alford, Maria Manthos, Chinnu Jose, Emma Caughey, Vicky-Rae Reed, Max Ashcroft-Smith Dec 2021

Dancing With Power In ‘We Are The University: Students Co-Creating Change’, Tai Peseta, Alex Donoghue, Sameer Hifazat, Shivani Suresh, Ashley Beathe, Jasmine Derbas, Brooke Mees, Samuel Suresh, Clementine Sugita, Thilakshi Mallawa Arachchi, Evelyn Nguyen, Lexie Johnson, Sophia Clark, Rohith Ramegowda, Jen Alford, Maria Manthos, Chinnu Jose, Emma Caughey, Vicky-Rae Reed, Max Ashcroft-Smith

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

Much of the student-staff partnership literature calls for increased collaboration and power sharing among staff and students. Less common are accounts by student partners themselves that take up the challenge of what partnership and power feel like as universities embrace their neoliberal trajectory - and - purport to do so on behalf of students themselves. Especially acute is the conundrum of how partnership initiatives can, and do, reproduce the very power dynamics they set out to transform. We are a group of students and staff working in curriculum partnership together at Western Sydney University. The context of our work together …

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Redesigning A Sustainable English Capstone Course Through A Virtual Student-Faculty Partnership, Kellie Keeling, Zoë Phalen, Michael J. Rifenburg Dec 2021

Redesigning A Sustainable English Capstone Course Through A Virtual Student-Faculty Partnership, Kellie Keeling, Zoë Phalen, Michael J. Rifenburg

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

This collaborative essay between undergraduate students and a faculty member illustrates the importance of partnerships between students and faculty when redesigning courses. We ground this partnering in Students as Partner (SaP) praxis. SaP reinvigorates the faculty and student relationship as one in which both students and faculty serve as active agents in curriculum development, redesign, and assessment. In this essay, we introduce our partnership, locally ground our partnership, and highlight how we redesigned a sustainable English Department capstone course to include a cumulative, integrative assignment. Our partnership was not designed to lead to a quantifiable direct output (i.e., a publication …

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Beyond The Avatar: Using Video Cameras To Achieve Effective Collaboration In An Online Second Language Classroom, Vladimir Pavlov, Natalia V. Smirnova, Ekaterina Nuzhnaia Dec 2021

Beyond The Avatar: Using Video Cameras To Achieve Effective Collaboration In An Online Second Language Classroom, Vladimir Pavlov, Natalia V. Smirnova, Ekaterina Nuzhnaia

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

In language learning, students learn through interaction with the teacher, the other students, and with the study material, to build language skills. What happens to interaction opportunities when learning goes online? In an online classroom, collaboration is difficult to achieve due to lack of physical proximity among the participants. This paper explores the problem of online collaboration between teachers and students in English as Foreign Language (EFL) classroom with the empirical focus on the role that video cameras play in online collaboration. We argue that cameras, although being contested as a pedagogical tool, should be seen as an important ‘proximity …

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De-Territorialisations For Pedagogical Co-Creation: Challenging Traditionalistic Pedagogies With Students In Higher Education, Jessie Bustillos Morales Dec 2021

De-Territorialisations For Pedagogical Co-Creation: Challenging Traditionalistic Pedagogies With Students In Higher Education, Jessie Bustillos Morales

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

The notion of pedagogy tends to be understood as the domain of teachers, this is a reductive way of thinking about pedagogy. Instead, in this paper I explore the heteroglossia of pedagogy through the Deleuzian-Guattarian notion of assemblage. Through this approach, pedagogy is an open debate which needs to involve students to co-create the learning environment in Higher Education (HE). Drawing on data collected with first year undergraduate students and through an action research methodological approach, I will argue that collaborative and progressive pedagogies in HE must go beyond the authority of the teacher and offer students in-class opportunities to …

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Searching For The Yet Unknown: Writing And Dancing As Incantatory Practices, Kate Mattingly, Kristin Marrs Dec 2021

Searching For The Yet Unknown: Writing And Dancing As Incantatory Practices, Kate Mattingly, Kristin Marrs

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

As two ballet dancers and university educators, we began this collaborative research with a shared belief in ballet and writing as liberatory practices and a desire to confront pedagogies that rely on intimidation. Both we and our students have experienced ballet and writing classes that rely on audit-and-surveillance, and we sought to foster individuality, value differences, and cultivate agency through multimodal approaches in our ballet technique, history, and dance studies courses. During the spring semester of 2021, the history and dance studies courses were online and asynchronous; the ballet classes met in a ‘hybrid’ model: classes were held in person, …

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Ensemble Mentorship As A Decolonising And Relational Practice In Canada, Yvonne Poitras Pratt, Sulyn Bodnaresko, Michelle Scott Dec 2021

Ensemble Mentorship As A Decolonising And Relational Practice In Canada, Yvonne Poitras Pratt, Sulyn Bodnaresko, Michelle Scott

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

Inspired by collaborating on a shared vision of reconciliation, three authors explore ethical relationality and the practical ways in which their heterarchical ensemble mentorship serves to decolonise and advance a shared vision of reconciliation for university teaching and learning. As Indigenous and non-Indigenous educators, we are buoyed by those developing decolonising and Indigenising strategies in formerly colonised regions. Seen as a promising interruption to a neoliberal approach to education, the authors embrace the possibilities of imagining and creating an ethical space in universities where relationality is prioritised in service of social justice. While the complex nature of reconciliation within …

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Knowing Me, Knowing You: Humanitas In Work-Integrated Learning During Adversity, Patricia Lucas, Helene Wilkinson, Sally Rae, Bonnie A. Dean, Michelle J. Eady, Holly Capocchiano, Franziska Trede, Loletta Yuen Dec 2021

Knowing Me, Knowing You: Humanitas In Work-Integrated Learning During Adversity, Patricia Lucas, Helene Wilkinson, Sally Rae, Bonnie A. Dean, Michelle J. Eady, Holly Capocchiano, Franziska Trede, Loletta Yuen

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) is a variety of learning opportunities that can extend beyond the application of theory to practice, to include complex situational, personal, material, and organisational factors. Central to forming successful WIL experiences is the partnership, support, and collaboration extended by all key stakeholders. The Covid-19 pandemic disrupted WIL experiences, with many developed partnerships and sustained practices being abruptly impacted. In 2020, a multidisciplinary group of Australasian WIL academics, administrators and students joined in weekly virtual coffee chats to share concerns and experiences during this rapidly changing educational landscape. These conversations led to establishing a Small Significant Online Network …

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Emerging From The Third Space Chrysalis: Experiences In A Non-Hierarchical, Collaborative Research Community Of Practice, Ed Bickle, Silvina Bishopp-Martin, Ursula Canton, Paul Chin, Ian Johnson, Ralitsa Kantcheva, Jane Nodder, Victoria Rafferty, Kiu Sum, Karen Welton Dec 2021

Emerging From The Third Space Chrysalis: Experiences In A Non-Hierarchical, Collaborative Research Community Of Practice, Ed Bickle, Silvina Bishopp-Martin, Ursula Canton, Paul Chin, Ian Johnson, Ralitsa Kantcheva, Jane Nodder, Victoria Rafferty, Kiu Sum, Karen Welton

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

This article discusses the creation of a research-focused virtual community of practice (vCoP) for geographically-dispersed third space professionals, motivated by desires for enhanced professional collaboration, visibility and identity. The authors used collaborative autoethnography (CAE) to evaluate their personal reflections as vCoP participants. Data were gathered in two collaborative writing activities and analysed using thematic analysis (TA). The TA identified two connected themes, which capture the vCoP members’ aspirations to transcend their current roles and be research-active through connecting with like-minded professionals. Collaborative writing activities, including authoring this paper, cultivated elements of academic identity such as independence and purpose. A non-hierarchical …

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Empowering Cross-Disciplinary Learning Through Online Collaboration Among Students And Faculty From Business English, Website Building, And Accessible Design Fields, Rita Koris, Zsuzsanna Palmer, Sushil Oswal Dec 2021

Empowering Cross-Disciplinary Learning Through Online Collaboration Among Students And Faculty From Business English, Website Building, And Accessible Design Fields, Rita Koris, Zsuzsanna Palmer, Sushil Oswal

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

Maximising students’ creative potential to address contemporary issues and fostering cross-disciplinary learning are on the agenda of both top-down and bottom-up educational initiatives. Within the framework of research about cross-disciplinary learning and collaboration, this article argues for the capacity of cross-disciplinary online collaborations to prepare students for the complexity of working in today’s interconnected, digital environment. The study presents the intricate curricular design of a cross-disciplinary collaboration project implemented by students and faculty at one European and two US universities. This multiyear project connects three university courses of different disciplines through virtual collaboration: Hungarian students in a business English course, …

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Learning How To Engage With Another's Point Of View By Intercultural, Interdisciplinary And Transdisciplinary Collaborations, Sandra Buchmüller, Sugandh Malhotra, Corinna Bath Dec 2021

Learning How To Engage With Another's Point Of View By Intercultural, Interdisciplinary And Transdisciplinary Collaborations, Sandra Buchmüller, Sugandh Malhotra, Corinna Bath

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

The paper argues that the different dimensions of collaboration - intercultural, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary - contribute to mutual understanding and empathy. Their intersection fosters self-reflection and reveals shortcomings, blind spots, and prejudices about other cultures, disciplines, and social groups. The course aimed to overcome technology-driven design practices that tend to (re)produce stereotypes or social exclusions - often unconsciously. To make students aware of such problems, we introduced them to Feminist Science and Technology Studies, which show how dimensions such as age, class, and gender affect socio-technological participation. Moreover, we introduced user-centered and participatory design methods (contextual interviews, scenario-based design, design …

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Developing A University-Voluntary Sector Collaboration For Social Impact, Sarah Weakley, Paula S. Karlsson, Jane Cullingworth, Laura Lebec, Katie Fraser Dec 2021

Developing A University-Voluntary Sector Collaboration For Social Impact, Sarah Weakley, Paula S. Karlsson, Jane Cullingworth, Laura Lebec, Katie Fraser

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

This article outlines how a team of academics, professional staff and students from a Scottish University in the United Kingdom worked with voluntary sector partners to achieve civic and ‘social purpose’ goals, through setting up a project called The Collaborative. This is a reflective paper that draws on collaborative autoethnography and is written collarboratively by that team of academics, professional staff and students. We explore how universities can achieve their civic engagement goals by serving as anchor institutions, and we develop a conceptual framework for how anchor institutions can enact their institutional mission of ‘social purpose’. We uncover important considerations …

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The Doors Of Opportunity: How Do Community Partners Experience Working As Co-Educators In A Service-Learning Collaboration?, Alison Walker, Jenny Mercer, Leanne Freeman Dec 2021

The Doors Of Opportunity: How Do Community Partners Experience Working As Co-Educators In A Service-Learning Collaboration?, Alison Walker, Jenny Mercer, Leanne Freeman

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

This article explores the experiences of organisations participating as Community Partners (CPs) and co-educators in a service-learning module in a Higher Education Institution (HEI) in South Wales, UK. It focuses on the opportunities and challenges faced by community organisations when working within the Service-learning (SL) model, and the relationship with the university and the students, including issues of expectation, assessment and identity. The partners provided SL placements of 30 hours or more in a range of community projects and organisations. These placements were intensely collaborative affairs. We researched the experiences of community partners to better understand the dynamics of the …

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