The Center for Engaged Learning at Elon University is pleased to announce the 2026 – 2028 Research Seminar on Rethinking Engaged Learning in the Age of GenAI. This three-summer research seminar facilitates multi-institutional and multi-disciplinary research on generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) as a tool for fostering engaged learning in higher education.

We invite interested scholars and practitioners, regardless of discipline, to apply to join a multi-institutional cohort of researchers collaborating to investigate:

• What higher education learning entails in the age of GenAI;
• GenAI’s (potential) role as a collaborator in teaching and learning;
• Decision processes for when and how to use GenAI as a collaboration partner;
• Assessing learning in an age of GenAI support; and
• Professional learning needs and strategies for students, faculty, and staff to support critical GenAI literacy.

Read the full call for applications to learn more.

Participants will produce significant, concrete outcomes. Past Center for Engaged Learning research seminars have generated edited volumes, journal articles and book chapters, white papers, and conference presentations – as well as local initiatives on participants’ home campuses. Participants will be well-positioned to use evidence-based frameworks to inform engaged learning in the age of GenAI at their institutions. 

Printer-Friendly Call for Applications (PDF) | Apply Online by February 16, 2026