January 5, 2016Productive Disruptions in Engaged Learning Practicesby Jessie L. Moore In his 2013 book, Engaged Learning in the Academy: Challenges and Possibilities, David Thornton Moore writes that effective engaged learning pedagogies “induce the learner to look carefully at her experience, to question her own assumptions, to…
December 22, 2015Privilege and Study Abroadby Amanda Sturgill One of my most profound global learning moments came quite close to home. I was attending the WISE conference at Wake Forest. I was talking to a gentleman who provides international service-learning experiences in South America about…
December 8, 2015Global Learning and the University Experienceby Amanda Sturgill What does it mean to learn globally? The seminar had a presence at the AAC&U Conference on Global Learning in College: Defining, Developing and Assessing Institutional Roadmaps conference in October 2015. Co-leader Neal Sobania was part of a…
November 10, 2015Impact of Academic-Residential Partnerships on Student LearningIn July 2015, Elon’s Center for Engaged Learning hosted a three-day think tank on residential learning communities that brought together a dozen scholars and practitioners. To learn more about the think tank, our participants, and their recommendations about academic-residential partnerships,…
September 29, 2015Recommendations for practitioners and advocates of residential learning communities (part 1 of 2)by Peter Felten, Jessie L. Moore, and Jon Dooley In July 2015, Elon’s Center for Engaged Learning hosted a three-day think tank on residential learning communities that brought together a dozen scholars and practitioners. To learn more about the think…
September 22, 2015Mentoring Relationships in Undergraduate Researchby Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler and Caroline KetchamIn the second summer of the CEL seminar on Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduate Research (UR), participants worked to identify the key characteristics of mentoring relationships in the context of student, faculty and institutional development. We identified factors that contribute to…
June 12, 2015The Other Side of the Cultural Divideby Amanda Sturgill I just got back from working at an international event in Marrakesh, Morocco. The event has participants from 63 countries, the majority of whom travel a great distance to attend, and many of whom are college students….
December 30, 2014Year in Review: Videos – Part 5This month we’re taking a look back at some of the Center for Engaged Learning’s most watched videos in 2014 and pairing them with some you might have missed. Videos in our Introduction to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning…
December 23, 2014Year in Review: Videos – Part 4This month we’re taking a look back at some of the Center for Engaged Learning’s most watched videos in 2014 and pairing them with some you might have missed. 526 people watched Decoding the Disciplines and Threshold Concepts in 2014….
November 18, 2014Student Perspectives on Undergraduate Researchby Jessie L. Moore In the 2012 Council on Undergraduate Research publication on Characteristics of Excellence in Undergraduate Research (COEUR), Roger S. Rowlett, Linda Blockus, and Susan Larson summarize best practices for supporting undergraduate research. Based on “a compilation of the experiences…