February 29, 2024Incorporating Multiple Dimensions in the First-Year Experienceby Logan Morral60-Second SoTL – Episode 49 This episode features on open-access article on service-learning and leadership development in first-year seminars: Krsmanovic, Masha. 2022. “Fostering Service-Learning and Leadership Development through First-Year Seminar Courses.” Journal of Service-Learning in Higher Education 15: 54–70. View a…
February 22, 2024What is a First-Year Experience?by Stephanie Matte60-Second SoTL – Episode 48 This episode highlights two articles that explore first-year experiences and what makes them high-impact: Barefoot, Betsy O. 2000. “The First-Year Experience: Are We Making It Any Better?” About Campus 4 (6): 12–18. https://doi.org/10.1177/108648220000400604. Kuh, George, Ken…
February 19, 2024KAPOW! Comic Strip Conversations by Matt WittsteinLimed: Teaching with a TwistSeason 2, Episode 6 This month, we talk with Lynette Carlson, who has created comic strips to help her athletic training students discuss topics like identity and bias. Associate Professor of Human Service Studies, Vanessa Drew-Branch,…
February 12, 2024The Faculty Factor in Living-Learning Communitiesby Jessie L. Moore and Nolan SchultheisMaking College “Worth It” – Season 1, Episode 9 In this episode, we visit with Jennifer Eidum, Associate Professor of English at Elon University, and Laura Lomicka, Professor of French and Applied Linguistics at the University of South Carolina, who…
January 22, 2024Learning, Space, and Place in Higher Educationby Jessie L. Moore and Nolan SchultheisMaking College “Worth It” – Season 1, Episode 8 In this episode, we visit with Susan Hrach, director of the Faculty Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning and professor of English at Columbus State University, and Ashley Holmes,…
January 15, 2024Fostering Diverse Cultural Identities by Dhvani Toprani and Matt WittsteinLimed: Teaching with a TwistSeason 2, Episode 5 Tugçe Aldemir recently transitioned into an Assistant Professor position at Texas A&M University in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture. As an international faculty member from Turkey, she is especially aware…
January 8, 2024ePortfolios as Capstone Experienceby Jessie L. Moore and Nolan SchultheisMaking College “Worth It” – Season 1, Episode 7 In this episode, we visit with Carol Van Zile-Tamsen, associate vice provost for curriculum, assessment, and teaching transformation at the University at Buffalo, about UB’s ePortfolio capstone requirement for general education….
January 4, 2024Measuring What Learners Do With Feedbackby Jessie L. Moore60-Second SoTL – Episode 47 This episode shares an open-access article from Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education and explores how to measure feedback literacy in higher education: Dawson, Phillip, Zi Yan, Anastasiya Lipnevich, Joanna Tai, David Boud, and Paige Mahoney. 2023. “Measuring What Learners Do in Feedback: The Feedback Literacy Behaviour Scale.” Assessment…
December 18, 2023PodCases: Using Podcasts to Enhance Case Study Pedagogyby Matt WittsteinLimed: Teaching with a TwistSeason 2, Episode 4 Justin Shaffer teaches Anatomy and Physiology, among other Biomedical and Chemical Engineering courses at Colorado School of Mines. He introduces the idea of PodCases, using popular podcasts to engage his students with…
November 20, 2023Salient Practices of Mentoring Undergraduate Researchby Jessie L. Moore and Nolan SchultheisMaking College “Worth It” – Season 1, Episode 6 In this episode, we visit with Helen Walkington, Professor of Higher Education at Oxford Brookes University, UK, and Eric Hall, professor of exercise science at Elon University, about the salient practices…
