Implementing Effective Feedback Practices: Strategy 2
In part one of this two-part blog, I revisited results from my students who completed the feedback literacy behavior scale (Dawson et al. 2023). I identified two areas in which students demonstrated room for improvement: (1) seeking feedback information; and…
Should AI be Involved in Assessing Student Work?
I was at a campus workshop this week, and we discussed this recent article about a student requesting a tuition refund after discovering a piece of course content was generated by ChatGPT (Hill 2025). I thought the use of the…
Edits, Insights, and Illustrator: My CEL Internship Experience
During my final semester at Elon, I was able to work as a Publishing Intern with the Center for Engaged Learning (CEL). This internship experience became a space where I was able to not only apply what I learned in…
Dismantling the Department of Education: What About the Kids?
On March 20, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order to begin the process of dismantling the Department of Education. Although it is still unclear what this order will entail and how the Department of Education would change, I find…
Telling Your Research Story: Maximizing Your SoTL Impact
This is the last installment in a series on impact measurement for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) researchers. The first part covered traditional metrics, while the second showcased newer, more unconventional ways to track impact. As noted in the…
Returning to a Constellation Model: Mentor, Mentoring, and The Odyssey
As we have articulated, one of the challenges of the traditional mentoring model resides in the being-all-things to another set of assumptions built into it. The traditional mentor is understood as a single person who will be there without fail…
Telling Your Research Story: Beyond Citations in SoTL
This is the second installment in a series on impact measurement for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) researchers. In part 1, I discussed traditional metrics for measuring the influence of SoTL work. This post looks at nontraditional methods of…
First-Year Seminars that Foster Academic Success and Belonging
Special Series – First-Year Seminars | Episode 7 In the final episode of our special series on first-year seminars, Sara Chilton, Lauren Feeley, Megan McMechen, and Lucy Sneader discuss best practices for designing and implementing first-year seminars that foster academic…
Neuroinclusive Classrooms and Spaces
Individually and collectively, we’ve spent a lot of time thinking about neuroinclusive spaces, particularly in higher education settings. What is a Neuroinclusive Classroom? You may be curious about the term neuroinclusive classroom. Environments such as these are becoming more…
Facilitating Reflection in Undergraduate Research
Making College “Worth It” – Season 2, Episode 9 In this episode, Nolan and Jessie talk with Dr. Paul Miller about facilitating reflection in undergraduate research. Collaborating with colleagues in experiential learning, Paul and Jessie created the FIRE Toolkit, a free…