This section has more emphasis on upper-level courses and on maintaining relatedness and belonging, as students build their sense of being a successful student and a developing professional.
The last video in this section focuses on a student partnership to create program-level Student Wellbeing Action Groups, which serve to increase students’ sense of relatedness, autonomy and competence, and solidify their sense of successful professional development.
Building a sense of relatedness through curricular and co-curricular activities in a relatively large course
Peer and student-staff-course relatedness. Contact Professor Nalini Pather
Building peer and student-instructor relatedness through constructing a supportive learning community
Contact Dr Thomas Britz
A simple technique to better build student-lecturer relatedness in online lectures
Contact Associate Professor Steve Most
Building a sense of student-instructor relatedness through curricular strategies in a compulsory course
Contact Leesa Sidhu
Creating study group communities with individual assessable tasks
Contact Associate Professor Terry Ord
Building peer relatedness in a diverse classroom context
Small-group in-class discussion. Contact Associate Professor Will Felps
References
- Felten, P. (2022). Is ‘mattering’ a more helpful way of thinking about student belonging at university? https://twitter.com/pfeltenNC/status/1486444790963134469
- Lizzio, A. (2017). Student lifecycle and the 5 senses of success. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfqWyDah_ybAP1QaiE-199pykCTdYcwD1
- Redmond, P., Heffernan, A., Abawi, L., Brown, A., & Henderson, R. (2018). An Online Engagement Framework for Higher Education. Online Learning, 22(1).
- Reid, A., Rowley, J. & Bennett, D. (2019). From expert student to novice professional: higher education and sense of self in the creative and performing arts. Music Education Research, 21(4), 399-413.
- Ryan, R. M.,& Deci, E. L. (2000). Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being. American Psychologist, 55(1), 68–78. https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066x.55.1.68.
- Sheldon, K. M. , & Houser-Marko, L. (2001). Self-concordance, goal attainment, and the pursuit of happiness: Can there be an upward spiral? Journal of Personality & Social Psychology,80, 152-165.