I have been partnering recently with Elon’s Center for Advancement of Teaching and Learning (CATL) as well as the Student Professional Development Center (SPDC) to focus on the pedagogy of internships, and specifically best practices for writing and assessing learning…

As we have earlier explored, recent mentoring scholarship argues that our definitions of mentoring should move away from role-based orientations towards a relational-orientation that defines mentoring “in terms of the character and quality of the relationship and in terms of…

This month, Matt Wittstein checks in with Dr. Jessica Gisclair from Season 2, Episode 1 “Preparing Students to Be Literate and Critical AI Users.” Jessica is an Associate Professor of Strategic Communication and was wrestling with strategies for preparing her…

There is nothing more powerful than a voice in the world of education. I was diagnosed with a learning disability, dyslexia, when I was in first grade. I was lucky in that they spotted my dyslexia at a young age….

Some of the early conversation about generative AI in education was its affordances for cheating. There were scores of social media posts. Institutions held discussions about how much, if any, to invest in AI detection software. And several thinkpieces opined about the…

As scholarship on mentoring moved away from roles and actions towards processes and relationship development, definitions of mentoring have developed greater commonality not only around a shared focus on relationships, but also a shared focus on the general functions and…