60-Second SoTL – Episode 75 Can ungrading work in a fully asynchronous online course? This episode features an open-access article that examines how an alternative grading approach shaped students’ motivation, stress, and learning in a fully online course: Emerson, Kerstin Gerst. 2026….

My first summer experience as a Center for Engaged Learning (CEL) Student Scholar began like a dance rehearsal full of uncertainty and curiosity. As a dancer, I’m used to entering unfamiliar spaces, hearing unfamiliar music, and trying to make sense of counts, movement, and intention. The early stages are always…

There are different origins and interpretations of what liberal education means, but a favorite of mine is the idea that a liberal education liberates. You gain the ability to think critically and to know how to learn, which liberates you to learn other things, enabling you to act in line with your values. Generative AI (GenAI) tools have…

60-Second SoTL – Episode 74 How can learning contracts support more equitable undergraduate research mentoring? This episode features an open-access article that explores how learning contracts can operationalize equity in undergraduate research mentoring by centering shared expectations, partnership, and transparency: McSweeney,…

When we think of the heart of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), we often focus on the research itself like the insights into how people learn, the data that challenges old assumptions, and the new approaches to teaching. While these are…

Limed: Teaching with a Twist Season 4, Episode 6 In this episode, host Matt Wittstein joins fellow researchers Jenn Aumiller (University of Maryland School of Medicine), Sarah Burns Gilchrist (American University), and Alexis Hart (Allegheny College) to discuss their collaborative research on…

60-Second SoTL – Episode 73 How does time—including age, career stage, and historical moments—shape students-as-partners work in higher education? And what do we miss when we don’t explicitly account for it? This episode features a secondary qualitative analysis drawing on three…

Listen to The Harvard EdCast podcast episode Grading for Equity (32:00)  In my senior core capstone class for elementary education majors, we were recently asked to listen to The Harvard EdCast podcast titled “Grading for Equity”. The podcast featured Joe Feldman, who…

High-impact educational practices (HIPs) like capstone experiences, internships, study away, and undergraduate research are associated with substantial learning gains for post-secondary students. Nearly two decades of research demonstrates benefits for students’ college completion, deep learning, and engagement (Kuh 2008; Brownell and Swaner 2010; Kuh and O’Donnell…

60-Second SoTL – Episode 72 What do employers actually think about higher education’s role in preparing students for an uncertain future? This episode features the latest employer report from the American Association of Colleges and Universities: Finley, Ashley. 2025. The Agility…