January 23, 2024The Power of Peer Mentorship for Entering Freshmen Undergraduatesby Tiffanie GrantIn the nuanced progression of academia, the senior year of high school often sees students basking in the aura of impending graduation—confident top dogs, gazing down at the bewildered freshmen making the leap from middle school to high school. The…
January 22, 2024Learning, Space, and Place in Higher Educationby Jessie L. Moore and Nolan SchultheisMaking College “Worth It” – Season 1, Episode 8 In this episode, we visit with Susan Hrach, director of the Faculty Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning and professor of English at Columbus State University, and Ashley Holmes,…
January 16, 2024Mentoring Relationships That Go “Beneath the Surface”by Ryan W. ErckOver the past few decades, numerous scholars have conducted research on mentoring relationships in college (Crisp and Cruz 2009; Jacobi 1991). Although much has been explored and written about mentoring undergraduates, Vandermaas-Peeler and Moore (2022) recently articulated a summative and…
January 15, 2024Fostering Diverse Cultural Identities by Dhvani Toprani and Matt WittsteinLimed: Teaching with a TwistSeason 2, Episode 5 Tugçe Aldemir recently transitioned into an Assistant Professor position at Texas A&M University in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture. As an international faculty member from Turkey, she is especially aware…
January 9, 2024CEL’s Book Series: Similarities and Differencesby Jennie GoforthSince 2019, CEL has been home to not one, but two, book series. We’re sometimes asked what the difference is between the two. Well, they are each unique (and each excellent in their own way), so this post will explain…
January 8, 2024ePortfolios as Capstone Experienceby Jessie L. Moore and Nolan SchultheisMaking College “Worth It” – Season 1, Episode 7 In this episode, we visit with Carol Van Zile-Tamsen, associate vice provost for curriculum, assessment, and teaching transformation at the University at Buffalo, about UB’s ePortfolio capstone requirement for general education….
January 4, 2024Measuring What Learners Do With Feedbackby Jessie L. Moore60-Second SoTL – Episode 47 This episode shares an open-access article from Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education and explores how to measure feedback literacy in higher education: Dawson, Phillip, Zi Yan, Anastasiya Lipnevich, Joanna Tai, David Boud, and Paige Mahoney. 2023. “Measuring What Learners Do in Feedback: The Feedback Literacy Behaviour Scale.” Assessment…
January 2, 2024Strategies to Improve Mentees’ Ability to Build Their Own Mentoring Constellationsby Sabrina ThurmanSuccessful students often attend class, get to know professors, ask for help, and utilize campus resources, among other adaptive strategies. Many of these strategies for success center on building meaningful interpersonal connections with peers, faculty, and staff, which may evolve…
December 19, 2023Writing Stylishly in SoTL: The Gospel According to Helen Swordby Jennie GoforthThere is endless advice out there on how to write well. Some of this advice seems universal, and some of it varies a great deal, depending on the audience, purpose, and context for your writing. Academic writing brings its own…
December 18, 2023PodCases: Using Podcasts to Enhance Case Study Pedagogyby Matt WittsteinLimed: Teaching with a TwistSeason 2, Episode 4 Justin Shaffer teaches Anatomy and Physiology, among other Biomedical and Chemical Engineering courses at Colorado School of Mines. He introduces the idea of PodCases, using popular podcasts to engage his students with…
