July 6, 2020What even is a HIP?by David Buck(Understanding HIPs through a Theoretical Model – Part 2) In my previous post, I started deconstructing the idea of high impact practices (HIPs), with the goal of articulating a definition that would be useful to researchers and teachers. To do…
May 8, 2020Research on Immersive Learning: How to Know When Enough is Enough?by Phillip MotleyIn short order, I’ll have collected close to 25 interviews with colleagues who are involved in some way with immersive learning. Most of the interviews are with Elon faculty and staff, but a few are from colleagues at other institutions….
May 5, 2020Academic book publishing: What happens during developmental editing?by Jessie L. Moore“developmental editing. Editorial intervention, usually at an early stage, to help the author with structure, substance, or other fundamental elements of a manuscript. Compare with copyediting and line editing.” Peter Ginna, What Editors Do, p. 278 The Center for Engaged Learning produces two…
February 7, 2020Academic book publishing: What happens during copyediting?by Jennie GoforthThis post is the second installment of CEL’s series on the process of academic book publishing. We are demystifying the process of how your research becomes a final product. If you missed our first post, check out Jessie Moore on…
January 23, 2020High-Impact Undergraduate Experiences and How They Matter to College GraduatesJessie L. Moore and Peter Felten will present at AAC&U 2020 on Thursday, January 23rd, 5:15-6:15 PM, to share results from the Center’s 2019 national survey of college graduates, conducted in partnership with the Elon Poll. Download their presentation slides…
January 9, 2020How do researchers access employers for their studies of workplace writing? by Julia BleakneyIn this blog post, I discuss the methods and documents researchers have used to capture employers’ expectations for the communication skills and abilities of college graduates in technical and engineering fields. These studies take as a “given” previous studies’ claims…
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),…
October 25, 2019What’s the process for publishing a (SoTL) book?by Jessie L. MooreThe Center for Engaged Learning produces two book series on engaged learning and teaching – one in partnership with Stylus Publishing and one that’s open access and supports books that experiment with genre or medium in ways that take advantage…
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 Abbot When 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…
