s04e11: A Conversation with Four Influential Scholars in Experiential Education and High Impact Practices (HIPs)

Leading Improvements in Higher Education with Stephen Hundley

In this episode, we spend time with four influential scholars whose work has informed our thinking in the areas of experiential education and High Impact Practices, the latter often referred to as HIPs. Our guests are Alice Kolb, David Kolb, George Kuh, and Ken O’Donnell. Alice and David are widely recognized as leaders in experiential education, while George and Ken have led the way in developing our understanding of HIPs.

Links to some resources mentioned in this episode:
Experiential Learning and Teaching in Higher Education:
https://journals.calstate.edu/elthe/index

Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development,
2nd Edition:
https://www.informit.com/store/experiential-learning-experience-as-the-source-of-learning-9780133892406

High-Impact Educational Practices: What They Are, Who Has Access to Them, and Why They Matter:
https://www.aacu.org/publication/high-impact-educational-practices-what-they-are-who-has-access-to-them-and-why-they-matter

Institute for Experiential Learning:
https://experientiallearninginstitute.org/

National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE):
https://nsse.indiana.edu/

This season of Leading Improvements in Higher Education is sponsored by the Center for Assessment and Research Studies at James Madison University; learn more at jmu.edu/assessment.
Episode recorded: July 2024. Host: Stephen Hundley. Producers: Chad Beckner and Angela Bergman. Original music: Caleb Keith. This award-winning podcast is a service of the Assessment Institute in Indianapolis; learn more at go.iu.edu/assessmentinstitute.