CEL facilitates multi-institutional research on engaged learning topics. Participants from institutions around the world collaborate over three years, producing scholarship that shapes research and practice globally.
CEL is home to two book series. In addition, CEL research seminars and other initiatives have produced 100+ publications (to date).
CEL’s concise guides offer research-informed practices for engaged learning.
CEL’s concise guides offer practical strategies for studying engaged learning.
CEL brings together international leaders in higher education to develop, synthesize, and share rigorous research on central questions about student learning.
The CEL Scholar role and CEL Student Scholars program enable Elon faculty and students to deepen their understanding of and professional development in scholarly activity on engaged learning.
As traditional calendar schools and institutions begin their school years, educators might be supporting students to embark on evidence collection for their ePortfolios. This blog is especially for those who have used ePortfolios or ePortfolio-adjacent structures. The Association for Authentic,…
CEL research seminars facilitate multi-institutional research on engaged learning topics. Participants from higher education institutions around the world collaborate over three years, producing scholarship that shapes research and practice globally.
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As CEL Scholars, Elon faculty develop expertise in a specific aspect of engaged learning and produce resources and other scholarly activity on that topic.
CEL invites scholars to join our conversations about research-informed practices for engaged learning.
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CEL is home to two book series: the CEL Open Access Book Series and the CEL/Routledge Series on Engaged Learning and Teaching. View all CEL books.
CEL regularly produces videos featuring contemporary research and theories on engaged learning pedagogies and the scholarship of teaching and learning. Explore additional videos throughout our website, or browse the entire collection.
60-Second SoTL – Episode 94 What’s the impact of professional development cohort programs focused on redesigning courses for equity, diversity, and inclusion This episode features collective autoethnography research assessing the outcomes of a course redesign initiative: Nakamura, Mayuko, Jennifer C….
Many students and parents are employment-focused, and depending on the country you teach in, at a public institution, your government may require you to show job market applicability. I teach in a professional program (communications), and we talk a lot…
60-Second SoTL – Episode 93 What happens when we move beyond GenAI panic—and focus instead on helping students learn to use these tools ethically and effectively? This episode highlights Jennifer Krebsbach and Victoria Cross’s study of student learning in a…
This post offers a brief look at how ePortfolios became a High-Impact Practice, highlights key frameworks and resources that have shaped the field, and points to where practitioners can explore current thinking. We’re going to trace ten years in a…
60-Second SoTL – Episode 92 How might educators use AI to support students’ interpretation and uptake of feedback? In this episode, Jessie shares a recent mixed-methods study about student perceptions of AI’s potential to support learners’ reflection on and engagement…
I don’t know where the phrase came from, but as a long-time data person, I’ve heard it roughly one million times: “data speaks for itself.” Perhaps I’m assigning my current beliefs onto my past self, but I’ve never really understood…
60-Second SoTL – Episode 91 What can we learn from scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) project failures to improve programmatic support for future SoTL inquiry? In this episode, Jessie shares an open-access article by a team of educational developers…
Back during the pandemic, instructors were all sent home to teach online. Many had no training or experience with this modality. As I realized I needed to accommodate students who had spread to multiple time zones and home responsibilities, asynchronous…
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