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…

Association of American Colleges and Universities 2018 Meeting | Washington, D.C. | January 25, 2018 | 4:15 – 5:30 PM Speakers: Jessie L. Moore (jmoore28@elon.edu), Director, Center for Engaged Learning, Elon University Amanda Sturgill, Associate Professor of Communications, Elon University Katia…

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…

In my previous blog posts I have written about the potential of student-faculty partnership to challenge the hierarchies that still exist and perpetuate inequality, as well as non-democratic structure and practices of higher education. I have also written about some…

During our first summer seminar meeting of the 2017-2019 research seminar on Residential Learning Communities as a High-Impact Practice, the room was brimming with excitement and anticipation as scholars and practitioners from across the U.S. and Canada wondered who they…

A growing body of scholarship, particularly theories about student learning and development, helps us understand the rich potential for residential learning communities as a space for that integration – and helps us identify gaps for further study. As students transition…

Dr. Tine Wirenfeldt Jensen, a colleague of mine from Denmark, is an educational consultant and has a long-standing experience with partnering with students to design pedagogical tools that are simultaneously educational, intellectually engaging, and fun. Tine designed an educational board…

defining, characterizing, and assessing as a high impact practice in a multi-institutional research context Capstone experiences are used by institutions and departments across higher education. They are often identified as a high impact culminating experience for student outcomes. But what…

Dawn Whitehead (AAC&U) presented the closing keynote at the Center for Engaged Learning Symposium on Integrating Global Learning with the University Experience: Higher Impact Study Abroad and Off-Campus Domestic Study on June 12, 2017. Watch her talk here: How to…

by Matthew Buckmaster and Nina Namaste The 2016 AAC&U Global Learning Conference in Denver, Colorado, last October, provided multiple opportunities to see how the CEL Seminar on Integrating Global Learning with the University Experience is in conversation with broader global learning research….