July 30, 2024Lining It All Up: Creating Alignment Between Learning Objectives and Assignments in Internship Courseworkby CJ Eubanks FlemingI have been partnering recently with Elon’s Center for Advancement of Teaching and Learning (CATL) as well as the Student Professional Development Center (SPDC) to focus on the pedagogy of internships, and specifically best practices for writing and assessing learning…
June 26, 2024Internship as Research and Research as Career Readiness: Blurring the Linesby CJ Eubanks FlemingAs I come to the close of my work as the Faculty Fellow for Internships in Elon’s College of Arts and Sciences, I am transitioning into a role in our Undergraduate Research Program. In part due to fortuitous timing in…
July 18, 2023Qualitative Methods for the Quantitatively Inclinedby CJ Eubanks FlemingComing up in my graduate program, there was a major split between the researchers who used quantitative methods (i.e., surveys and experiments) vs. those who used qualitative methods (i.e., interviews and focus groups). In part, I think this reflected a…
May 9, 2023Remote Opportunities in Work-Integrated Learning: Considerations for Moving Forwardby CJ Eubanks FlemingThe concept and practice of the remote internship/placement were not new in 2020. Over the past several decades, more and more work has been done out of the office and out of the bounds of typical workday time constraints (Dean…
