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Welcome to The Experience Effect!

Welcome to The Experience Effect, the University of Leeds' podcast dedicated to sharing innovative voices, perspectives and projects in experiential learning at Leeds and beyond. Each episode features conversations with guests who are at the forefront of bringing experiential learning to higher education to discuss how we can make learning more dynamic, robust and impactful.

Whether you're a student, academic, practitioner or just curious about learning by doing, tune in to discover how experiential learning is reinvigorating higher education in pedagogy and practice.

New episodes released every other Friday at 12pm.

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S1E5: Understanding the Value and Impact of Experiential Learning with Dr. Norah McRae

Join hosts Imogen and Anna in this episode of The Experience Effect, where they discuss how to optimise experiential learning in higher education internationally, with Dr Norah McRae, former Associate Provost, Co-operative and Experiential Education at the University of Waterloo.

Throughout their conversation, they discuss topics like the UNSDG's, Ikigai, and WACE to understand how experiential learning connects education to meaning and purpose, and deepens subject knowledge.

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S1E6: 'Innovation Thinking and Practice' Module Panel with Tony Morgan and Lambson Innovate

Join your hosts Imogen and Anna as they lead a panel of students, academics, and industry partners to discuss the Leeds University Business School module 'Innovation Thinking and Practice,' which teaches interdisciplinary and team-based innovation.

The panel features Tony Morgan, Associate Professor in Innovation and Management, three students Maya, Leyna and Nathan, who have successfully completed the module, and Rob Lawrence, Head of Market Strategy at Lambson Innovate.

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S1E7: Exploring Reflections with Dr. Ben Chong

Join hosts Anna and Imogen as they chat to Dr. Ben Chong, a lecturer in Electronic and Electrical Engineering and the Academic Lead for Reflective Practice at the University of Leeds.

In this episode, Ben provides his insight as someone at the forefront of embedding reflection into higher education, and shares tips for facilitating authentic, genuine and creative reflection. We discuss the need to critically reflect throughout experiential learning projects, the positive impact which reflection has on students, and how collaboration is essential to encourage reflection in higher education.

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S1E8: Reconsidering Assessment with PhD researcher Josh Salter

In this episode of The Experience Effect, hosts Anna and Imogen sit down with PhD researcher Josh Salter, whose research investigates how socioeconomic inequality is lived through assessment practices in higher education. Josh's work centres the student experience across time, asking how repeated encounters with assessment shape the trajectories of students in UK higher education.

We explore how education gives students the sensibilities to make positive change, and the role that experiential learning plays in diversifying their experience of assessment.

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S1E9: 'Transformational Learning: Building upon a Year in Industry' Module Panel with Sarah Wenham and Isabel Haque

In this episode of The Experience Effect, hosts Anna and Imogen chat to Sarah Wenham, the head of the careers' centres module 'Transformational Learning: Building upon a Year in Industry' and Isabel Haque, a student who has successfully completed the module after her year in industry with Disney.

In this conversation, the panel discuss the importance of peer reflection and the articulation of complex experience.

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S1E10: Facilitating Staff Development with Dr. Lauren Mottle

In this episode of The Experience Effect, hosts Anna and Imogen chat to Dr. Lauren Mottle, an Academic Development Consultant for Curriculum Redefined, about her role in facilitating staff development.

The group discuss why staff engagement matters, and the impactful collaboration which arises when staff are supported through incorporating experiential learning in their teaching. Lauren discusses the resources, tips and advice she provides for staff who are embedding experiential learning into their programmes, and looks towards the future of experiential learning in higher education.

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S1E11: SOUL Modules with Associate Director of Student Education Vivienne Griggs

In this episode, hosts Anna and Imogen chat to Vivienne Griggs, Associate Director of Student Education at the Lifelong Learning Centre at Leeds, about SOUL modules.

SOUL stands for Structured, Open, Unbounded, Learner-Led, and these modules allow students at Leeds to explore their skills and interests whilst gaining valuble experience and earning credit within the curriculum.

Vivienne, Anna and Imogen chat about what makes SOUL modules unique, the depth of experience they offer, and the types of interdisciplinary, intercultural collaboration they foster.

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S1E12: COIL spotlight with Professor Martin Ward

In this episode of The Experience Effect, hosts Anna and Imogen chat to Martin Ward, professor of Chinese and Japanese translation at the University of Leeds, founder of UNICOIL (the UK and Ireland COIL network) and university academic lead for COIL, about COIL.

COIL stands for Collaborative Online International Learning, and provides opportunities for students to work in international teams within the university curriculum. In this conversation, Imogen Martin and Anna discuss coil at institutional, national and international levels, the impact that COIL can have on students across all disciplines, and why COIL makes sense in a globally connected world.

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Get in touch with us!

Do you have a passion for experiential learning? Contact k.burland@leeds.ac.uk to find out more or get involved.

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Welcome to The Experience Effect!

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