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Inspired by Scientific American’s “60-second” podcasts, 60-Second SoTL shares snapshots of recent scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL). Each brief, 1- to 4-minute episode offers a quick annotation of one or two recent SoTL publications selected by the Center’s director, Jessie L. Moore. Show notes link to the article or chapter and, when applicable, related scholarship.

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Do you have a recent SoTL publication, or have you read one that resonated with you? Propose a publication you’d like to hear us feature. 60-Second SoTL was created by Jessie L. Moore and is produced by the Center for Engaged Learning at Elon University.

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Re-thinking SoTL for the Age of GenAI

60-Second SoTL – Episode 64 How might the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning evolve when humans and generative AI are deeply entangled? This episode highlights an open-access article that offers five propositions, each paired with GenAI prompts, to help SoTL scholars…

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Show Credits

Jessie L. Moore, PhD, hosts and produces 60-Second SoTL. Jessie is director of the Center for Engaged Learning and professor of English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric. She is the author of Key Practices for Fostering Engaged Learning: A Guide for Faculty and Staff and co-editor of five edited collections on engaged learning topics. In addition to coordinating the Center’s research seminars, Jessie produces the Center’s videos and other web resources and co-edits two book series: the Stylus Publishing/Center for Engaged Learning Series on Engaged Learning and Teaching and the Center for Engaged Learning Open Access Book Series. Jessie’s professional service to the scholarship of teaching and learning was recognized with the 2019 International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) Distinguished Service Award. In 2021, Jessie received Elon University’s Distinguished Scholar Award.

Show art was created by Jennie Goforth, managing editor for the Center for Engaged Learning.

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Re-thinking SoTL for the Age of GenAI

60-Second SoTL – Episode 64 How might the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning evolve when humans and generative AI are deeply entangled? This episode highlights an open-access article that offers five propositions, each paired with GenAI prompts, to help SoTL scholars…

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Knowledge Surveys for Student Self-Assessment of Learning

60-Second SoTL – Episode 63 How can knowledge surveys strengthen students’ self-assessment and metacognition? This episode highlights a multi-semester study from the U.S. Air Force Academy on using knowledge surveys to help students better gauge their understanding and direct their learning….

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Professional Learning Needs of University Teachers

60-Second SoTL – Episode 62 What do university teachers say they need from professional development related to teaching and learning? This episode focuses on an open-access article on participants’ self-identified learning needs in professional development programs for professors, senior scientific staff,…

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Allocating Time for Multiple Choice Tests

60-Second SoTL – Episode 60 How much time should students have to take online, multiple-choice tests? That’s the focus of the open-access Teaching & Learning Inquiry article featured in this week’s 60-second SoTL: Kennette, Lynne N., and Dawn McGuckin. 2025. “Best…

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Building Trust through Feedback

60-Second SoTL – Episode 60 This episode features an open access article on building trust through feedback with relationship-building conditions and agency-promoting practices: Bayraktar, Breana, Kiruthika Ragupathi, and Katherine A. Troyer. 2025. “Building Trust Through Feedback: A Conceptual Framework for Educators.” Teaching…

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Class Size and Students’ Perceptions of Instructor Presence

60-Second SoTL – Episode 59 This episode features an open access article exploring how class size impacts university students’ perceptions of instructor presence in online courses: Carozza, Linda, and Hilary Davis. 2025. “Large Online Courses: A Constraint on Instructor Presence and…

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Classroom Architecture, Pedagogical Strategies, and Cell Phone Use 

60-Second SoTL – Episode 58 This episode features an open access article exploring how classroom architecture and instructor pedagogical strategies impact students’ cell phone use in class: Harris, Isabel, and Melinda Lanius. 2025. “The Impact of Classroom Architecture and Pedagogical Strategies…

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The Role of Trust in Peer Support Programs

60-Second SoTL – Episode 57 This episode features an open access article exploring how peer support initiatives can facilitate meaningful relationships and sense of belonging when they attend to social connection, shared experience and culture, and interpersonal trust: Hamshire, Claire, Mimi…

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Metacognitive Intervention and Student Success

60-Second SoTL – Episode 56 This week’s episode focuses on a metacognitive intervention for first-year students on academic probation and features an open access article from Teaching & Learning Inquiry: Swanson, Holly J., and Bryan Dewsbury. 2024. “The Impact of a Metacognitive…

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Online Students and the First-Year Experience

60-Second SoTL – Episode 55 This week’s episode focuses on the first-year experiences of college students studying online and features an article from Adult Learning: Korstange, Ryan, Jeff Hall, Jamie Holcomb, and Jasmeial Jackson. 2020. “The Online First-Year Experience: Defining and…