In this episode, Dr. Amy Cicchino and Dr. Patrick Green join our host, Bill Heinrich to reflect on the student roundtable (S4, ep13) and take a deep dive into experiential learning and its impact on students today. Together, they share their perspectives on how engaged experiential learning can unlock the value of higher education and contribute to solving complex problems. Tune in to gain valuable insights into why trusting students and involving them in decision making processes is key to delivering experiential learning effectively. 

This episode is one of four produced for this issue in partnership with Experiential Learning & Teaching in Higher Education (ELTHE) journal. The guests did a great job living out their theory-to-practice mindset and talked about their scholarly influences, so here are links to all the mentions:

University of Toronto’s Innovation Hub led by Julia Allworth: https://studentlife.utoronto.ca/program/innovation-hub/

Dee Fink on Creating Significant Learning Experiences or  https://www.bu.edu/sph/files/2014/03/www.deefinkandassociates.com_GuidetoCourseDesignAug05.pdf

Jack Mezirow's theory of transformative learning - https://www.ecolas.eu/eng/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Mezirow-Transformative-Learning.pdf

John Hattie's from sage on the stage to guide on the side
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XWMAteuaks

Judith Ramalay’s essay on the challenge of higher education https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1043282.pdf

Assessing Experiential learning
Heinrich, W. F., & Green, P. M. (2020). Remixing Approaches to Experiential Learning, Design, and Assessment. Journal of Experiential Education, 43(2), 205-223. https://doi.org/10.1177/1053825920915608 

High Impact Practices
Kuh, G., O’Donnell, K., & Schneider, C. G. (2017). HIPs at Ten. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 49(5), 8–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/00091383.2017.1366805

Students as Partners
Cook-Sather, A., Felten, P., & Bovill, C. (2014). Engaging students as partners in learning and teaching: A guide for faculty. Jossey-Bass.

Jesse Stommel on Trusting Students
Supiano, B. (2019, Oct. 27). Forget grades and Turnitin. Start trusting students. The Chronicle of Higher Education.https://www.chronicle.com/article/forget-grades-and-turnitin-start-trusting-students/