When I signed up for a three-week January course in Australia on Ecotourism, I expected to learn about sustainability, wildlife, and Aboriginal culture. What I did not expect was how much the place itself would shape every part of my…

Since beginning at Elon University in 2017, I have been actively involved in the implementation and support of a teacher education assessment process called the edTPA. The edTPA is a three-part portfolio assessment required by law in North Carolina for…

Throughout this series, we’ve explored how content design shapes the way readers encounter scholarship:   This final post brings these ideas together by considering what they do for a work’s credibility. Readers begin forming impressions about a publication long before they…

My continued involvement with the Center of Engaged Learning at Elon University has led to my current role as a co-leader of the 2026-2028 Research Seminar on Rethinking Engaged Learning in the Age of GenAI. I am writing this blog…

Despite how the word “expert” is commonly used in society, by the media, by educators, and maybe by you, the term is not limited to an individual with years of education and practice. An expert can include individuals with an…

When I first picked my majors, I thought I had a pretty clear idea of what my future would look like. I knew I was interested in physical therapy, passionate about movement, and motivated by helping others improve their quality of life….

60-Second SoTL – Episode 90 How much has the field of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) grown over the past three decades? In this episode, Jessie explores Duane Knudson’s bibliometric study of SoTL publications, which documents the field’s growth…

This blog post shares our transcription project’s ethics statement and how we developed it by working with students as partners. The statement integrates the frameworks of digital slavery studies, library and information science and archives, as well as the ethics of work-integrated learning.  About…

If I were to introduce myself through the work of an ePortfolio, it might have artifacts from three big buckets, all shaping who I am as an educator and as an Elon University Center for Engaged Learning (CEL) scholar:  What Is…

60-Second SoTL – Episode 89 How can the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) grow when inquiry on teaching and learning isn’t recognized or valued within an institution? This episode features an open-access chapter on cultivating SoTL in institutional contexts…