quote: "researchers interested in the study of lifespan writing may find it useful to pursue projects with cross-disciplinary and multi-institutional longitudinal approaches."

Lifespan Writing and Writing Beyond the University

In this blog, one in a series of blogs on topics connected to the 2019-2021 research seminar on Writing Beyond the University: Fostering Writers’ Lifelong Learning and Agency, I explore the recently-developed research collaboration on “lifespan writing,” summarizing its development,…

Quote: "initial results emerging from Elon’s survey of alumni indicate that the kinds of writing they most often do beyond the university are much more concise, brief, and visually-oriented than the traditional academic writing asked of them within the university setting."

Rhetoric in Writing Beyond the University Research

by Paula Rosinski At the 2018 Conference on College Composition and Communication, I heard a few speakers wonder if the research on knowledge generalization and transfer had given enough attention to the role rhetoric might play in such learning situations….

Writing Beyond the University call for applications

Call for Applications: Writing Beyond the University

The Center for Engaged Learning at Elon University invites applications for the 2019-2021 research seminar on Writing Beyond the University: Fostering Writers’ Lifelong Learning and Agency. The deadline to apply is November 12, 2018. Led by Julia Bleakney, Jessie L. Moore, and Paula Rosinski,…

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The Writing Center as a Site of Transfer for Consultants

For researchers seeking to understand more about the transfer of learning about writing beyond the university, former writing center consultants are important alumni to study. In their work in the writing center, undergraduate peer consultants have opportunities not just to…

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Center Hosts Fall 2018 Reading Groups

The Center for Engaged Learning will host two reading groups this fall for Elon University faculty, staff, and graduate students. Students as Partners 2017-2019 CEL Scholar Ketevan Kupatadze and 2018-2020 CEL Graduate Apprentice Sophia Abbot will facilitate discussions about Engaging Students…

Lee Shulman at ISSOTL 2013

SoTL Data Archive

The Center for Engaged Learning invites scholars to contribute data sets to the new, curated Center for Engaged Learning Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Data Archive (CEL-SoTL). About the CEL-SoTL Data Archive The Center created the data archive to facilitate additional…

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The Art of the Capstone

My colleague Dr. Caroline Ketcham wrote in a recent blog post that the work of creating effective capstone experiences “does matter and will matter to students, faculty, and institutions that are developing and implementing capstone experiences aimed at transformation and…