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Enriching the Student Learning Experience
Current Issue
March/April 2013
Volume 18, Issue 1
- From the Editor: Learning Immersion
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Engaged Learning: Why Feelings MatterJane Fried argues that student affairs educators must be able to speak the theoretical language of teaching and learning in higher education in order to challenge the positivist epistemology of academic culture and shift the focus to engaging and educating the whole student.
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Engaging Introductory Writing Students Through Facebook AssignmentsElyse D'nn Lovell, mentored by Betsy Palmer, harnesses her Highlands College students' enthusiasm for social networking to increase their feelings of connectedness and improve critical thinking and writing skills.
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Layers of Critical Engagement: Exploring the Intersections of Leadership, Critical Theory, and LearningShawna M. Patterson provides a model for becoming cultural workers and transforming our campus cultures as we support the development of our students into culturally competent citizens.
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Social Networking: Engaging Prospective and Admitted African American and Other Minority Students Before They Arrive on CampusWith the effectiveness of traditional methods of connecting with incoming Wittenberg University minority students waning, Forest B. Wortham spans the virtual and physical worlds to help them find their place.
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Integrating Social Media Into the Classroom CurriculumInterested in incorporating social media into your teaching but wary of the effort it might take? According to the research reviewed by Paige Abe and Nickolas A. Jordan, the challenge may be well worth it in terms of increased student engagement.
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Assessing Learning Outcomes: Student Employees in Student AffairsErin Bentrim, Kim Sousa-Peoples, Garrett Kachellek, and Wendy Powers report the results of assessing the effect of students' work experiences on their personal and academic development.