We, the CEL Student Scholars, were invited to attend CEL’s Conference on Engaged Learning. The conference was geared towards unpacking pedagogical approaches to engaged learning, specifically regarding capstone experiences and writing beyond the university. Many of the attendees had professional expertise…

We, the CEL Student Scholars, were given the opportunity to present at the Conference for Engaged Learning’s Ignite session. An Ignite Presentation is intended to initiate conversation following a brief introduction on a topic. With Ignite’s slogan being “enlighten us,…

To briefly recap our last post, we (the first team of CEL Student Scholars) detailed our experience navigating feelings of imposter syndrome within our first few days at the 2021 (Re)examining Conditions for Meaningful Learning Experiences Seminar. As the research…

In a recent blog post, the three inaugural Center for Engaged Learning (CEL) Student Scholars responded to an invitation to document their experiences engaging in CEL’s 2021-2023 research seminar, Re-Examining Conditions for Meaningful Learning Experiences. During their preparation for the…

As defined by the Center’s website, “the Center for Engaged Learning (CEL) Student Scholar program is a three-year, mentored opportunity for students to collaborate with Elon University faculty and staff on CEL’s international, multi-institutional research on specific engaged learning topics….

What inspired us to write Promoting Equity and Justice through Pedagogical Partnerships? Alise: I suppose it’s most honest to say I found my way to the book through loneliness as a Mad/disabled/queer graduate student, and that it was these experiences…

My experiences as a Mad/disabled/queer graduate student were incredibly lonely. It was these experiences of loneliness that led me to participate in pedagogical partnerships with faculty, staff, and fellow students, and that informed my contributions to the theoretical framework for…

As I have transitioned out of my undergraduate institution and into an elite graduate school, I have increasingly seen and experienced first-hand the confidence-building and harm-redressing potential of pedagogical partnership. When I was an undergraduate at Haverford College, I participated…

In this accessible and informative new text, Co-creating Learning and Teaching: Towards relational pedagogy in higher education, Catherine Bovill offers readers a useful framework and scholarly context for co-creation in learning and teaching (CCLT). Faculty and staff who are curious…

“One word I would use to describe this program is ‘healing.’” That’s how undergraduate student Alexis Giron describes her experience of pedagogical partnership in the foreword to Promoting Equity and Justice through Pedagogical Partnership. Alexis explains that she had “the…