Aaron Trocki, Associate Professor of Mathematics, is the 2023-2025 CEL Scholar. His CEL Scholar work focuses on models of assessment and feedback outside of traditional grading assumptions and approaches.

Blog Posts by Aaron Trocki

Man writing objectives on a whiteboard. White quoted text reads: "For students to give, receive, and learn from feedback, they must understand exactly what they are asked to demonstrate.”

Implementing Effective Feedback Practices: Strategy 2

In part one of this two-part blog, I revisited results from my students who completed the feedback literacy behavior scale (Dawson et al. 2023). I identified two areas in which students demonstrated room for improvement: (1) seeking feedback information; and…

Graphic of a human figure standing between two yellow directional arrows pointing in opposite directions, symbolizing choice. Overlaid text features a quote comparing walking or biking to driving, emphasizing that slower, more direct experiences can enhance appreciation of technological shortcuts.

GenAI in Higher Education: Embrace, Deny, or Somewhere In Between 

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…