60-Second SoTL

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This week’s episode focuses on the impact of first-year experiences on international students' retention and graduation:

Rust, Dylan, and Raghvendra Singh. 2022. “First-Year Experience Course Impact on Undergraduate International Student Retention and Graduation.” Journal of Educational Research and Practice 11 (1). https://doi.org/10.5590/JERAP.2021.11.1.32. 

This episode was hosted by Stephanie Matte, Graduate Apprentice for the Kernodle Center for Civic Life at Elon University. The episode was edited and produced by Jessie L. Moore, Director of the Center for Engaged Learning and Professor of Professional Writing & Rhetoric. 60-Second SoTL is produced by the Center for Engaged Learning at Elon University.

View extended episode notes at https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/historically-marginalized-students-and-the-first-year-experience/.

This week’s episode explores a recent article about sense of community in first-year seminars:

Metzger, Kelsey J., Jake Wright, Robert M. Erdmann, Bronson Lemer, and Rachel L. Olson. 2022. “Mileage May Vary: How Sense of Community in First-Year Seminars Varies Across Student Identities and Modes of Instruction.” Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition 34 (2): 27–46.

This episode was hosted by Emma Calhoun, Graduate Apprentice for the Odyssey Program in the Center for Access and Success at Elon University. The episode was edited and produced by Jessie L. Moore, Director of the Center for Engaged Learning and Professor of Professional Writing & Rhetoric. 60-Second SoTL is produced by the Center for Engaged Learning at Elon University.

See our extended episode notes at https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/mentoring-across-the-first-year-experience/

This week’s episode explores the value of peer-mentorship programs for first-year university students:

Tsang, Art. 2023. “The Value of a Semi-Formal Peer Mentorship Program for First-Year Students’ Studies, Socialization and Adaptation.” Active Learning in Higher Education 24 (2): 125–38. https://doi.org/10.1177/1469787420945212.

This episode was hosted by Emma Calhoun, Graduate Apprentice for the Odyssey Program in the Center for Access and Success at Elon University. The episode was edited and produced by Jessie L. Moore, Director of the Center for Engaged Learning and Professor of Professional Writing & Rhetoric. 60-Second SoTL is produced by the Center for Engaged Learning at Elon University.

See our extended episode notes at https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/defining-success-in-a-first-year-seminar/.

This week’s episode focuses on a study of first-year seminars' impact on common measures of student success in higher education:

Shi, Qingmin, John R Crooker, Christina R Drum, and Brent M Drake. 2021. “Investigation of the Effect of First-Year Seminars on Student Success.” Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition 33 (2): 65–95. 

This episode was hosted by Logan Morral, Graduate Apprentice for the Center for Race, Ethnicity, and Diversity Education at Elon University. The episode was edited and produced by Jessie L. Moore, Director of the Center for Engaged Learning and Professor of Professional Writing & Rhetoric. 60-Second SoTL is produced by the Center for Engaged Learning at Elon University.

View extended episode notes at https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/significant-benefits-of-the-first-year-experience/.

This week's episode focuses on an open-access article about beneficial outcomes of first-year seminars:

Das, Rajeeb, Erika Schmitt, and Michael T. Stephenson. 2024. “A Quasiexperimental Analysis of First-Year Seminar Outcomes at a Large University.” Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice 25 (4): 940–54. https://doi.org/10.1177/15210251211038591

This episode was hosted by Emma Calhoun, Graduate Apprentice for the Odyssey Program in the Center for Access and Success at Elon University. The episode was edited and produced by Jessie L. Moore, Director of the Center for Engaged Learning and Professor of Professional Writing & Rhetoric. 60-Second SoTL is produced by the Center for Engaged Learning at Elon University.

See our extended episode notes at https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/incorporating-multiple-dimensions-in-the-first-year-experience/.

This episode features on open-access article on service-learning and leadership development in first-year seminars:

Krsmanovic, Masha. 2022. “Fostering Service-Learning and Leadership Development through First-Year Seminar Courses.” Journal of Service-Learning in Higher Education 15: 54–70.

The episode was hosted by Logan Morral, Graduate Apprentice for the Center for Race, Ethnicity, and Diversity Education at Elon University. The episode was edited and produced by Jessie L. Moore, Director of the Center for Engaged Learning and Professor of Professional Writing & Rhetoric. 60-Second SoTL is produced by the Center for Engaged Learning at Elon University.

See our extended episode notes at https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/what-is-a-first-year-experience/.

This episode highlights two articles that explore first-year experiences and what makes them high-impact:

Barefoot, Betsy O. 2000. “The First-Year Experience: Are We Making It Any Better?” About Campus 4 (6): 12–18. https://doi.org/10.1177/108648220000400604. 

Kuh, George, Ken O’Donnell, and Carol Geary Schneider. 2017. “HIPs at Ten.” Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning 49 (5): 8–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/00091383.2017.1366805. 

This episode was hosted by Stephanie Matte, Graduate Apprentice for the Kernodle Center for Civic Life at Elon University. The episode was edited and produced by Jessie L. Moore, Director of the Center for Engaged Learning and Professor of Professional Writing & Rhetoric. 60-Second SoTL is produced by the Center for Engaged Learning at Elon University.

View our extended episode notes at https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/measuring-what-learners-do-with-feedback/.

This episode shares an open-access article from Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education and explores how to measure feedback literacy in higher education:

Dawson, Phillip, Zi Yan, Anastasiya Lipnevich, Joanna Tai, David Boud, and Paige Mahoney. 2023. "Measuring What Learners Do in Feedback: The Feedback Literacy Behaviour Scale." Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2023.2240983

The episode was hosted by Jessie L. Moore, Director of the Center for Engaged Learning and Professor of Professional Writing & Rhetoric. 60-Second SoTL is produced by the Center for Engaged Learning at Elon University.

View our extended episode notes at https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/using-scenarios-to-explore-student-faculty-partnership/.

This episode shares an article from the open-access journal, Teaching & Learning Inquiry, and explores how role-play scenarios facilitate reflection on the complexities of student-faculty partnership:

Woolmer, Cherie, Nattalia Godbold, Isabel Treanor, Natalie McCray, Ketevan Kupatadze, Peter Felten, and Catherine Bovill. 2023. “Using Scenarios to Explore the Complexity of Student-Faculty Partnership.” Teaching and Learning Inquiry 11. https://doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.11.26.

This episode was hosted by Jessie L. Moore, Director of the Center for Engaged Learning and Professor of Professional Writing & Rhetoric. 60-Second SoTL is produced by the Center for Engaged Learning at Elon University.

See our extended episode notes at Mentoring Undergraduate Research in Global Contexts - Center for Engaged Learning

This week’s episode shares an open-access article from New Directions in Teaching and Learning and examines how U.S.-based higher education institutions support mentoring of undergraduate research in global contexts:

Cruz, Laura, Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler, Eric E. Hall, Amy L. Allocco, Kate Patch, Jennifer Hamel, and Jacqueline McLaughlin. 2023. "Mentoring Undergraduate Research in Global Contexts (MUR-CG): An Integrated Model." New Directions for Teaching and Learning 2023: 29-39. https://doi.org/10.1002/tl.20556

This episode was hosted by Jessie L. Moore, Director of the Center for Engaged Learning and Professor of Professional Writing & Rhetoric. 60-Second SoTL is produced by the Center for Engaged Learning at Elon University.