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…
December 4, 2019Pedagogical Partnerships Interview with Authorsby Sophia AbbotTo celebrate the release of Pedagogical Partnerships: A How-To Guide for Faculty, Students, and Academic Developers in Higher Education (Cook-Sather, Bahti, & Ntem 2019), I spoke to the authors about their experience practicing and writing about pedagogical partnerships. We started…
November 13, 2019(Re)Examining Conditions for Meaningful Learning Experiences2020-2022 Center for Engaged Learning Research Seminar Year 1: July 5-10, 2020 Year 2: June 27-July 2, 2021 Year 3: June 26-July 1, 2022 Deadline to Apply: January 6, 2020 Work by the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U),…
November 12, 2019Feminist Community Engagementby Sophia AbbotThe Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) lists service-learning or community-based learning among 11 high impact practices in education, and it’s not difficult to see why. The praxis (theory, practice, reflection) of service-learning promotes students’ deep and sustained learning…
October 30, 2019The Design Thinking Studio in Social Innovationby Phillip MotleyIn the spring semester of 2017, four faculty members and fourteen students at Elon University embarked on an immersive semester exploration of using design thinking tools and processes to address social challenges in the community surrounding the university. The Design…
October 7, 20192020 Conference on Engaged Learning – Call for ProposalsJune 21-22, 2020 | Elon University, North Carolina The annual Conference on Engaged Learning showcases cutting-edge research on engaged learning. Each annual conference features multi-institutional research from a specific Center for Engaged Learning research seminar, invites research updates from past seminar…
September 24, 2019Legitimating Reflective Writing in SoTLby Sophia AbbotWhen I first began working in higher education, I would ask students and faculty I worked with to reflect on transformative learning moments, how they felt about particular classroom experiences, or how they’d grown and changed over time. Both students…
September 17, 2019International Service-Learningby Phillip MotleyImagine a group of college students, under the guidance of a professor, working on a community-driven project where the lived experience of members of that community and the problems they would like to solve are the driving force behind the…
September 13, 2019What is Work-Integrated Learning?by Julia BleakneyWork-Integrated Learning (WIL) is a well-theorized pedagogical practice that facilitates students’ learning through connecting or integrating experiences across academic and workplace contexts (Billett, 2009). Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario’s 2016 Practical Guide for Work-Integrated Learning offers a helpful introduction and resources for…
