March 28, 2024Historically Marginalized Students and the First-Year Experienceby Emma Calhoun60-Second SoTL – Episode 53 This week’s episode explores a recent article about sense of community in first-year seminars: Metzger, Kelsey J., Jake Wright, Robert M. Erdmann, Bronson Lemer, and Rachel L. Olson. 2022. “Mileage May Vary: How Sense of Community…
March 25, 2024Fostering Partnership Projects in Higher Educationby Jessie L. Moore and Nolan SchultheisMaking College “Worth It” – Season 1, Episode 11 In this episode, we focus on student-faculty partnerships in higher education. We talk to Sophia Abbot, a doctoral candidate in the Higher Education Program at George Mason University and a long-time…
March 21, 2024Mentoring Across the First-Year Experienceby Emma Calhoun60-Second SoTL – Episode 52 This week’s episode explores a recent article about the value of peer-mentorship programs for first-year university students: Tsang, Art. 2023. “The Value of a Semi-Formal Peer Mentorship Program for First-Year Students’ Studies, Socialization and Adaptation.” Active Learning…
March 19, 2024Tipping the Cost-Benefit Analysis to Support Faculty Engagement in Work-Integrated Learningby CJ FlemingWhen faculty consider the many ways in which they can be involved in student learning opportunities, there are a myriad of factors that affect the choices they make about how and where to engage. Work-integrated learning (WIL), which includes activities…
March 18, 2024Designing an Interdisciplinary Capstone, Part 1: Faculty Perspectivesby Matt WittsteinLimed: Teaching with a TwistSeason 2, Episode 7 Designing an interdisciplinary capstone course is a challenging task that presents an opportunity to innovate. Lina Kuhn and Kai Swanson from Elon University join the show to get some advice on how…
March 14, 2024Defining Success in a First-Year Seminarby Logan Morral60-Second SoTL – Episode 51 This week’s episode focuses on a study of first-year seminars’ impact on common measures of student success in higher education: Shi, Qingmin, John R Crooker, Christina R Drum, and Brent M Drake. 2021. “Investigation of the…
March 12, 2024Utilizing a Framework for Artificial Intelligence-Supported Assessments: Part 2by Aaron TrockiIn December I introduced a framework to support faculty with the complexities of incorporating generative AI into their assessments. One feature of this framework encourages the consideration of separating assessment components into AI-active and AI-inactive sections to better articulate expectations…
March 11, 2024Crossing Borders at Homeby Jessie L. Moore and Nolan SchultheisMaking College “Worth It” – Season 1, Episode 10 In this episode, we visit with Amanda Sturgill, Associate Professor of Journalism at Elon University, who co-edited Mind the Gap: Global Learning at Home and Abroad. She shares strategies for facilitating global…
March 7, 2024Significant Benefits of the First-Year Experienceby Emma Calhoun60-Second SoTL – Episode 50 This week’s episode focuses on an open-access article about beneficial outcomes of first-year seminars: Das, Rajeeb, Erika Schmitt, and Michael T. Stephenson. 2024. “A Quasiexperimental Analysis of First-Year Seminar Outcomes at a Large University.” Journal of…
March 5, 2024Embracing Systematic Literature Reviews in Education Research: A Path to Rigorous Discoveryby Borghild Brekke Hauglid, Rachael Hains-Wesson, and Anne-Marie FannonIn the ever-evolving landscape of education research, the approach we take toward investigating new domains can significantly influence the outcomes and insights we garner. One such approach, which we firmly advocate for, is the systematic literature review (SLR). This method…
