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The “PALgroups Podcast” is focused on college study review groups.  PAL is the name for the study review groups used at the University of Minnesota.  We drew upon best practices from international models such as Supplemental Instruction, Peer-led Team Learning, and the Emerging Scholars Program. I served on the team that created the PAL model at the Univ. of Minnesota. Before UMN, I served at the Center for SI at the Univ. of Missouri-KC. 
 
Some episodes share new things I am learning from around the world. Common names for peer learning groups are Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS) and Peer Assisted Learning (PAL). Other podcast episodes feature student study group leaders and program coordinators describing session activities that worked well. Those interviews include what they are learning personally and professionally from their experience. Send an email to David Arendale, arendale@umn.edu, if you or your students want to be interviewed for the podcast.  I also maintain an annotated bibliography of publications about seven major peer learning models.  It now exceeds 1,700 publication.  Click this link to download the bibliography.  Training manuals and other PAL resources are available by clicking on this link for the website.

 

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Please post comments to the individual episodes, post to the iTunes podcast review and rating section, and email to me at arendale@umn.edu You can also check out my other podcasts and social media channels at www.davidmedia.org Thanks for listening.
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Interview, Madelaine, SI Leader, Vancouver Island Univ. (CA)

Jun 15, 2021

S04-E18 This episode introduces us to Madelaine who is a study group leader for the SI program at Vancouver Island University in Canada. This is part two of a four-part series of the VIU program. Like many other study group leaders, she reported how she served as a tutor in high school and enjoyed the experience of...

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(Bonus) Overview of the Canadian Education System

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Jun 15, 2021

(Bonus PDF) Overview of the entire Canadian Education System.

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(Bonus) Overview of Higher Education in Canada

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Jun 15, 2021

(Bonus PDF) Overview of the Higher Education System in Canada.

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(Bonus) Overview of Vancouver Island Univ., Canada

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Jun 15, 2021

(Bonus PDF) Overview of Vancouver Island University in Canada.

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Interview, Shelley-Anne, SI Program Manager, Vancouver Island Univ. (CA)

Jun 15, 2021

S04-E17 This episode introduces us to Shelley-Anne who manages the SI program at Vancouver Island University in Canada. A majority of our conversation was spent with how Shelley-Anne has organized former SI leaders to serve as mentors to the new SI leaders. A great deal of responsibility has been delegated to the...

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