April 25, 2023Trading Engaged Learning Skills: What We Can Learn From Our Kids and Our Kids’ Learning Spacesby Caroline J. KetchamOn a Wednesday in mid-April, I decided to step away from work and go watch my oldest son Elliot compete in cabinetry at SkillsUSA NC state competition. I debated going for a moment—there are things to grade, a meeting or…
April 20, 2023Collaborative Projects & Assignments Outside the Classroomby Haley Turczynski60-Second SoTL – Episode 30 This week’s episode features an article from the Learning Environments Research and explores how study groups serve as a space for students to engage in peer facilitated collaborative learning: Micari, Marina, and Pilar Pazos. 2021. “Beyond…
April 18, 2023Delving Deep: Advice From an Elon Publishing Internby Caroline BunderWorking at the Center for Engaged Learning for two semesters has been life changing in many ways. In addition to giving me structure on Elon’s campus, my role as Senior Publishing Intern has allowed me to delve deeper into the…
April 17, 2023Demonstrating Knowledge Using Oral Assessmentsby Matt WittsteinLimed: Teaching with a Twist – Episode 8 Mark Burnham wants to help his students get more practice and feel psychologically more prepared for their oral graduation examinations in Emerson and Henry College’s biology program. He is already planning to…
April 13, 2023Team Dynamics and Challengesby Stephen Gyan60-Second SoTL – Episode 29 This week’s episode, hosted by Stephen Gyan, features an article from the Journal of Educational Psychology and explores contributing factors of social loafing as a challenge to students’ overall engagement in collaborative learning spaces: Gabelica, Catherine, Sven…
April 6, 2023What outcomes are associated with team-based learning?by Haley Turczynski60-Second SoTL – Episode 28 This week’s episode features an article from Accounting Education and explores students’ engagement with a team-based learning environment and their acquired skills: Ainsworth, Judith. 2021. “Team-Based Learning in Professional Writing Courses for Accounting Graduates: Positive Impacts…
March 30, 2023What are the Features of Group-Based Collaborative Learning?by Stephen Gyan60-Second SoTL – Episode 27 This week’s episode explores team behaviors and characteristics in a case-based collaborative learning course. The episode features a recent study published in the Medical Science Educator. Kochis, Michael, Daniel Kamin, Barbara Cockrill, and Henrike Besche. 2021….
March 28, 2023Art in Pedagogical Partnership Scholarship by Emily Pridgen, Kellie Keeling, J. Michael RifenburgIn a recent issue of the International Journal of Students as Partners (IJSaP), the editorial team argued that “valuing a wider range of genres” (Cook-Sather, Healey, and Matthews 2022) in IJSaP can draw more student authors to student-as-partners scholarship. They…
March 23, 2023What are Collaborative Assignments and Projects?by Marie-Clare Ofoegbu60-Second SoTL – Episode 26 This week’s episode defines collaborative projects and assignments, a high-impact practice (HIP), and explores its role in higher education. The episode features one foundational publication on HIPs from the Association of American Colleges and Universities and…
March 20, 2023Gamifying Multimedia Writingby Matt WittsteinLimed: Teaching with a Twist – Episode 7 Dr. Travis Maynard found a game called “Silicon Valley Startups” at a Goodwill store and turned it into the basis for introducing his professional writing and rhetoric students to the skills and…
