August 27, 2019Communicating the Goals of Capstonesby Tony Weaver and Caroline J. KetchamGeorge Bernard Shaw once said, “The single biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” Over the next year, as 2018-2020 CEL research seminar participants continue to contemplate the future of the capstone experience, we cannot…
August 20, 2019Call for Applications for 2020-2022 CEL ScholarThe Center for Engaged Learning (CEL) is pleased to invite applications from Elon faculty for the 2020-2022 Center for Engaged Learning Scholar. During a two-year appointment, CEL Scholars will develop expertise in a specific aspect of engaged learning and will…
August 14, 2019Key Scholarship Identified by Writing Beyond the University Seminar ParticipantsWriting Beyond the University: Fostering Writers’ Lifelong Learning and Agency seminar leaders – Julia Bleakney, Paula Rosinski, and Jessie L. Moore – asked seminar participants each to share citations and brief annotations for two texts (e.g., articles, chapters, books, etc.)…
July 31, 2019Maturation of Intercultural Competence in Pedagogy and Assessmentby Michael Carignan There is a rare convergence between institutions of higher ed and employers of new graduates who are aligned in their perceptions that, among other things, a college education ought to contribute to students’ intercultural abilities (e.g., British…
July 26, 2019Writing Beyond the University: Future Directions for Writing Transfer Research and PracticeCouncil of Writing Program Administrators 2019 Conference | Baltimore, MD | July 26, 2019 | 9:20-10:20 AM Speakers: Julia Bleakney, Director of the Writing Center and Assistant Professor of English, Elon University Heather Lindenmann, Coordinator of ENG 110 and Assistant…
July 11, 2019Studying Alumni Writingby Paula Rosinski and Julia BleakneyIn this blog, one in a series on topics connected to the 2019-2021 research seminar on Writing Beyond the University: Fostering Writers’ Lifelong Learning and Agency, we review the motivations, questions, methods, and populations of four studies that examined alumni…
June 5, 2019New Research Methods to Study Writing Beyond the Universityby Julia Bleakney and Paula RosinskiIn this blog, one in a series on topics connected to the 2019-2021 research seminar on Writing Beyond the University: Fostering Writers’ Lifelong Learning and Agency, we explore new possibilities for research methods that can be used to study writing…
February 5, 2019What We Love: Student Motivations for Engaging in SoTLby Sophia Abbot Student involvement at ISSOTL is growing. As a newly elected member of the ISSOTL Board, I serve as a student representative in conversations about the society’s growth and strategic planning, as well as about SoTL more broadly….
January 10, 2019What Does SoTL Have to do with Students?by Sophia Abbot This past October, the International Society of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) met in Bergen, Norway, to share SoTL projects, practices, and findings. On the Center for Engaged Learning’s “What is SoTL?” page, we define…
October 22, 2018Writing Beyond the University in Self-Sponsored Writing Contextsby Paula RosinskiMy first blog post examined broadly the role rhetorical considerations—like audience, writer, genre/text, and context—might play in writing beyond the university research. In this second blog post, I focus on the kinds of writing that happen in the more narrowly…