March 10, 2020Defining the Characteristics of Immersive Learningby Phillip MotleyAttempting to fully define the characteristics of immersive learning is a distinct challenge. What pedagogies count and which ones don’t? Is there a specific line in the sand that demarcates what is and isn’t immersive learning, and if so, where…
February 28, 2020Power of Partnership Origins: “Now you know the rest of the story”by Sophia AbbotThe Center for Engaged Learning recently released The Power of Partnership: Students, Staff, and Faculty Revolutionizing Higher Education. In our E-Origin Story, Lucy and I (the collection editors) explain the conception of the book itself. But I wanted to step…
February 20, 2020Supporting Integrative Learning Through Prompted ReflectionThe Center’s director, Jessie L. Moore, and Elon colleagues Paul C. Miller (Assistant Provost for Academic Operations and Communications) and Danielle Lake (Director of Design Thinking) presented “Supporting Integrative Learning Through Prompted Reflection: Developing a Mentoring Toolkit for HIPs” on…
February 19, 2020CEL Scholar Longmire-Avital Presents at HIPs in the StatesDr. Buffie Longmire-Avital presented her CEL Scholar work on historically underrepresented minority students and high-impact practices at HIPs in the States on February 19. Read her blog posts on the topic here. How to cite this post: CEL Scholar Longmire-Avital…
February 13, 2020Curricular Structures That Facilitate Immersive Learningby Phillip MotleyAs part of my exploration of pedagogies that constitute immersive learning, it is hard to ignore Elon University’s robust use of a specific curricular structure: our winter term. Every January at Elon, students can elect to enroll in a single,…
February 7, 2020Academic book publishing: What happens during copyediting?by Jennie GoforthThis post is the second installment of CEL’s series on the process of academic book publishing. We are demystifying the process of how your research becomes a final product. If you missed our first post, check out Jessie Moore on…
January 23, 2020High-Impact Undergraduate Experiences and How They Matter to College GraduatesJessie L. Moore and Peter Felten will present at AAC&U 2020 on Thursday, January 23rd, 5:15-6:15 PM, to share results from the Center’s 2019 national survey of college graduates, conducted in partnership with the Elon Poll. Download their presentation slides…
January 9, 2020How do researchers access employers for their studies of workplace writing? by Julia BleakneyIn this blog post, I discuss the methods and documents researchers have used to capture employers’ expectations for the communication skills and abilities of college graduates in technical and engineering fields. These studies take as a “given” previous studies’ claims…
December 17, 2019Establishing Equity in Study Abroad Experiences: Three Recommendationsby Buffie Longmire-AvitalStudy abroad is still a high impact practice (HIP) with massive racial and ethnic disparities in participation rates and destinations. According, to NAFSA data, nearly 71% of students who study abroad identify themselves as white and 54% of study abroad…
December 10, 2019Immersive Learning at ISSOTLby Phillip MotleyMy previous two blog posts on immersive learning have touched on experiences that I am directly involved with at Elon University. While I feel strongly that both approaches to teaching and learning are clear examples of immersive learning, I also…
