April 12, 2022Academic Book Publishing: Making a Case for Your Proposed Bookby Jessie L. MooreIn previous posts, I’ve outlined the general process for publishing a SoTL book and strategies for editing collections. Both posts note that part of the proposal process entails making a case for your proposed book. Why is your project worth…
April 6, 2022Mentoring for Learner Success: Defining Mentoring Relationshipsby Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler and Jessie L. MooreIn 2020, Elon University became one of ten institutions in the inaugural cohort of the American Council on Education (ACE) inclusive learning community called the Learner Success Lab (LSL), with an institutional focus on Mentoring for Learner Success. Elon’s 2030…
March 21, 2022Academic Book Publishing: Tracking Revisions of Your Writing Projectby Jennie GoforthWe’ve all done it. You know, you’re working on a writing project and you have every intention of staying organized. But then, all of a sudden, you have a folder with 43 documents in it—all named “helpful” things like draft2.docx,…
March 15, 2022Ableism in Academia: Ways to Build Habits of Action in Our Classroomsby Caroline J. KetchamAs I challenge us to think about our structures and systems in academia that promote ableism (NCCJ, n.d.) often under the guise of rigor (Ketcham 2022), perhaps introducing some ways to enact change would be helpful. I do know that…
March 1, 2022I’ve got it! What if they grade each other?by David BuckIn previous posts, I’ve discussed how collaborative assignments pose a challenge for valid assessment because the resulting product typically reflects pooled ability and effort (for a good review, see Webb et al. 1998). One way instructors have attempted to overcome…
February 15, 2022Academic Book Publishing: Editing Collectionsby Jessie L. MooreEdited collections showcase related work by multiple scholars and amplify shared themes among their projects. If the studies were published in journals, they might be scattered across issues, requiring readers to identify connections among them on their own. And even…
February 8, 2022Ableism in Academia: Universal Designby Caroline J. KetchamWhether you have heard about Universal Design (UD) before, or this is your introduction, I encourage you to note your first impression when looking at the unique space pictured to the left. To me, it is striking with the glass…
February 1, 2022Academic Book Publishing: Reviewing Page Proofsby Jennie GoforthOur blog series on academic book publishing is chronicling each stage in the book production process. In this post, I discuss a process that happens near the end of production: reviewing page proofs. After a manuscript has been copyedited and…
January 25, 2022Ableism in Academia: Is Rigor Code for Ableism?by Caroline J. KetchamI just attended the 11th IEP (individualized education plan; US Dept of Ed) meeting for my son, and it has me in the land of mixed feelings. As I sit with my experience, I think of the students in my…
January 18, 2022Academic Publishing: Diagrams, Photos, and Illustrationsby Jennie GoforthEveryone loves a good graphic, even (especially?) in academic writing. I’ve already written blog posts about creating effective data visualizations and tables, and in this post I’ll focus on other types of graphics that you might include in your publications on engaged learning. …