by Buffie Longmire-Avital There are numerous articles, studies, and discussion pieces outlining the benefits of the undergraduate research (UR) experience for students. For example, Madan and Teitge (2013) suggest that UR amplifies the knowledge gained by the student in the classroom. …
by Ketevan Kupatadze As I continue to think of the ways to implement Students as Partners (SaP) pedagogy at various institutional levels, I found the recently published study by Matthews, Dwyer, Russell & Enright (2018), “It is a complicated thing: …
The Center for Engaged Learning is hiring. The Managing Editor oversees the Center’s ongoing publishing operations, including two book series, to produce peer-reviewed publications on engaged learning that feature work from the Center’s research seminars and think tanks, along with other …
by Sophia Abbot Student involvement at ISSOTL is growing. As a newly elected member of the ISSOTL Board, I serve as a student representative in conversations about the society’s growth and strategic planning, as well as about SoTL more broadly. …
by Lucy Mercer-Mapstone Much of higher education is undeniably patriarchal, cis-gendered, heterosexual, and white. As a reader (and statistically speaking in academic circles, probably a straight, cis, white and/or male reader), this is probably an uncomfortable acknowledgement to make. I …
by Eric Hall This past fall I had the opportunity to attend and present with multiple colleagues at The Forum on Education Abroad European Conference and the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) Conference about undergraduate …
by Ketevan Kupatadze I want to start this blog post with a confession. Before reading the article I discuss in this post, I was quite skeptical of one particular partnership model championed by Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges — one that …
by Sophia Abbot This past October, the International Society of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) met in Bergen, Norway, to share SoTL projects, practices, and findings. On the Center for Engaged Learning’s “What is SoTL?” page, we define …
by Buffie Longmire-Avital Nineteen years ago I was in the middle of my first year serving as head resident advisor (HRA) to an almost entirely first year residence hall. As the HRA I was responsible for organizing and providing monthly professional …
by Sophia Abbot and Ketevan Kupatadze Students as Partners (SaP) had a major presence at the 2018 International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) conference in Bergen, Norway, this past October. Twenty of the 247 conference sessions, …