CEL Initiatives

Three hands writing on notepads on dark wooden table and three cups of tea by each person writing. Quote reads: "One of the greatest joys of my career is collaborative writing with students and colleagues."
September 12, 2025

A Conversation on What Matters: Collaborative Writing  

by Kira Campagna and Caroline J. Ketcham 

This blog post was written as a conversation piece involving collaborators who started as a student (written by Kira Campagna) and professor (Caroline Ketcham) and became colleagues. The post focuses on work style and the different approaches and experiences we…

Glowing blue pen hovering above notebook. White quote text: "As educators, we need to be re-examining the borders between “learn” and “do” and how we might scaffold both in the age of generative AI.”
August 19, 2025

Blue Books and In-Class Writing Are Not a Panacea 

by Amanda Sturgill 

In comments sections and replies in both educator spaces and mass media articles, it’s common to see exhortations to simply return to an earlier time where students demonstrated knowledge in class. I myself recall needing to remember to stop by…

Orange brain with AI network and quote text: "...preliminary data suggested that initially relying on LLM help early on affected later performance, even if the LLM use stopped for the later task. That’s a powerful finding.”
August 12, 2025

When it Comes to AI in Education, Timing May Matter 

by Amanda Sturgill 

I’ve participated in several professional education opportunities this summer related to AI as a tool for higher education, and one of my biggest takeaways is that there is little agreement among faculty.   Even in a tiny academic unit of fewer…

Student using iPad with white text: "GenAI is a continuing evolution of inquiry and writing technologies, not something that’s entirely new.”
August 8, 2025

GenAI and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

by Jessie L. Moore

Each summer, the Center for Engaged Learning facilitates week-long meetings for three distinct international, multi-institutional, and multidisciplinary research seminars that foster collaborative scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) on focused engaged learning topics. During this summer’s research seminar meetings, generative…

Students can struggle to understand that who collects, who reports, and who disseminates information can all be different. These are questions students must learn to ask of their data, and answering those questions is a skill they must spend time practicing.”
August 5, 2025

Learning Your Data: Teaching with Data Biographies 

by Cora Wigger

“It’s not ethical to use a dataset without spending time getting a very good understanding of what the data means.”  Heather Kraus When I started teaching an applied statistics class for undergraduates, I resolved to give my students as much…