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 resource to foster students’ self-reflection and mentoring conversations with peers, staff, and faculty. Engaging with the FIRE Toolkit helps students deepen their experiences with global engagement (study abroad or Study USA), internships, leadership, research, and service (community-based learning).

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Meet our Guest

Paul Miller is a professor of exercise science at Elon University. He previously served as Associate Provost for Academic Excellence and Operations and as Director of the Undergraduate Research Program at Elon. Paul is the co-creator (with Jessie Moore) of the Facilitating Integration and Reflection of the Elon Experiences (FIRE) Toolkit and the Facilitating Integration of and Reflection on Engaged Learning extension questions.

Episode Credits

This episode is co-hosted by Jessie L. Moore, Director of Elon University’s Center for Engaged Learning, and Nolan Schultheis, a second-year student at Elon University, studying Psychology with an interest in law. Nolan Schultheis also edited the episode. Making College “Worth It” is produced by Elon University’s Center for Engaged Learning.

Episode art was created by Nolan Schultheis and Jennie Goforth.

Funky Percussions is by Denys Kyshchuk (@audiocoffeemusic) - https://www.audiocoffee.net/. Soft Beat is by ComaStudio.  

Explore Center Resources Related to this Episode

Moore, Jessie L., and Paul C. Miller. 2023. “Igniting Mentoring Relationships with the FIRE² Toolkit.” New Directions for Teaching and Learning 2023: 21–28. https://doi.org/10.1002/tl.20555 [Open Access]

Facilitating Integration of and Reflection on Engaged and Experiential Learning

Since 2019, I’ve been working with my colleague Paul Miller to create an institutional toolkit for fostering both students’ self-reflection and their mentoring conversations with peers, staff, and faculty in order to deepen students’ educational experiences. Our institution, Elon University,…