February 28, 2017SLCE Scholarship: Broadening the Who, the Where, and the Whatby Lori E. Kniffin & Patti H. ClaytonThroughout these blog posts we use the term “practitioner-scholar” to refer to anyone who partners in SLCE with a spirit of inquiry; connects their practice, learning, and curiosity with others; and thereby advances knowledge and practice. “Practice” in SLCE includes…
February 27, 2017Registration is OpenRegistration is now open for the Center for Engaged Learning Symposium on Integrating Global Learning with the University Experience: Higher-Impact Study Abroad and Off-Campus Domestic Study. The symposium, which will be held June 11-12, 2017, at Elon University features a keynote…
February 22, 2017Civic Learningby Stephanie T. Stokamer & Patti H. Clayton Perhaps most fundamentally, the raison d’etre for service-learning and community engagement (SLCE)—the upshot of the range of answers to the “why SLCE” question explored in the second blog post—is civic learning. Consensus…
February 14, 2017“And the work continues…”: Studying Study Awayby Nina Namaste Summer Two of the Center’s 2015-2017 research seminar on Integrating Global Learning with the University Experience: Higher-Impact Study Abroad and Off-Campus Domestic Study offered participants the time, place, and space to reconvene after a year of data collection….
January 31, 2017Why Service-Learning and Community Engagement?by Lori E. Kniffin & Patti H. ClaytonWhat is behind the not-uncommon question “Why service-learning and community engagement (SLCE)?” Are the questioners wondering “Why should the academy invest in this?” … “Why should I consider teaching in this unfamiliar way?” … “Why isn’t community service sufficient?” Are…
January 24, 2017An Introduction to Service-Learning and Community Engagement as Co-Inquiryby Patti H. Clayton & Lori E. KniffinIn the summer of 2016, I brought together (in beautiful southwest Virginia) several friends and colleagues who have been involved in service-learning and community engagement (SLCE) for some time to think and write about our work, including about the current…
January 23, 2017Emerging Research and Lingering Questions about Integrating Study Away as Global Learning with the University ExperienceAssociation of American Colleges and Universities 2017 Meeting | San Francisco, CA | January 28, 2017 | 7:45 – 9:00 AM Discussion Facilitators: Jessie L. Moore (jmoore28@elon.edu), Director, Center for Engaged Learning, Elon University Lynette Bikos (lhbikos@spu.edu), Associate Dean, School of…
January 19, 2017Dawn Whitehead to speak at Global Learning SymposiumWe are pleased to announce that Dawn Whitehead will be a keynote speaker for the Symposium on Integrating Global Learning with the University Experience: Higher-Impact Study Abroad and Off-Campus Domestic Study, June 11-12, 2017. Dawn Michele Whitehead is the Senior Director…
October 31, 2016Academic Development Towards High-Impact Undergraduate Research and InquiryCALL FOR SUBMISSIONS | Special Issue (early 2018) | International Journal for Academic Development Co-edited by Jessie L. Moore and Peter Felten, Center for Engaged Learning, Elon University Scholars around the globe have demonstrated that undergraduate research and inquiry (UR) significantly…
October 12, 2016Undergraduate Research in SoTL as a High-Impact Practiceby Jessie L. Moore The 2016 Pre-ISSOTL Council of Undergraduate Research Symposium challenged participants to consider the intersections between Undergraduate Research (UR) and Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). Although some might suggest that work at this intersection is underdeveloped and…