See our full episode notes at https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/engineering-education-maintaining-rigor-fostering-empathy/

Matt Wittstein hosts Blake Hament from Elon University and Siobhan Oca from Duke University. Both are early career faculty teaching engineering courses and are considering ways to be empathetic while still maintaining the high expectations of engineering coursework. Our panel included Dr. Kay C. Dee, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology’s Associate Dean of Learning and Technology, Dr. Bryan Dewsbury, Associate Professor of Biology at Florida International University and Director of the STEM Transformational Institute, and Tiffanie Grant, a third-year Exercise Science student and Center for Engaged Learning Student Scholar at Elon University. They share their experiences and philosophies on rigor, difficulty, empathy, authenticity, and developing resilience, and they provide some strategies to help balance rigor and empathy.

This episode was hosted and edited by Matt Wittstein and produced by Matt Wittstein in collaboration with the Elon University Center for Engaged Learning.

See our full episode notes at https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/transferring-mindsets-from-design-based-environments/

Dhvani Toprani hosts this month’s episode with her longtime colleague, Saadeddine (Saad) Shehab from the University of Illinois’ Siebel Center for Design. As the Director of Assessment and Research for the Siebel Center, Saad wants to identify strategies for near- and far- term assessment of the transfer of learning and mindsets in participants in their center’s workshops. Our panel included Sarah Bunnell, Director of Elon University’s Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, Adam Kanowitz, a senior Entrepreneurship and Innovation student at Elon University, and Dawan Stanford, President and Founder of Fluid Hive, a consultancy for using human-centered design for innovation. The panel discusses the challenges associated with measuring transfer and offer some ways to align assessment with goals.

This episode was hosted by Dhvani Toprani, edited by Matt Wittstein, and produced by Matt Wittstein in collaboration with the Elon University Center for Engaged Learning.

See our full episode notes at https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/journey-to-the-professoriate/

Pierce Johnson, a graduate student at the University of Albany, finds himself knowing he wants to be teaching-centered as a professor in the future, but his graduate program, as many are, emphasizes research. Host, Matt Wittstein talks to Pierce and a panel that included Marcela Borge from Penn State University, Leo Lambert, president emeritus of Elon University, and Sophie Miller, a first-year graduate student at Purdue University. Together, we talk about building a resume that aligns with your goals, considering how research and mentoring experiences develop teaching related skills, and even touch a bit on imposter syndrome.

This episode was hosted by Matt Wittstein, edited by Matt Wittstein and Olivia Taylor, and produced by Olivia Taylor in collaboration with Elon University’s Center for Engaged Learning.

See our full episode notes at https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/intersection-of-civil-discourse-and-the-first-amendment/.

Host Matt Wittstein joins this month’s guest, Israel Balderas, to discuss civil discourse in what is a tense political climate on many college campuses. Israel wants to ensure his Media Law and Ethics course is taking advantage of the opportunity to practice student-led discourse with an eventful political calendar and dynamic news cycles. Panelists Miriam Glaser Lipsky from the University of Miami, Timothy McCarthy from Harvard University, and Natalie Peeples, an Elon University Psychology student, share their beliefs about dialogue and civic engagement in higher education, discuss how to invite others into discussion, and provide some practical advice for building trust and civility in the classroom.

This episode was hosted by Matt Wittstein, edited by Olivia Taylor, and co-produced by Olivia Taylor and Matt Wittstein in partnership with the Elon University Center for Engaged Learning.

See our full episode notes at https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/refresh-critical-service-learning-letters-with-incarcerated-people/

In this episode, Matt Wittstein interviews Lucy Arnold from Season 1, Episode 1 - “Critical Service Learning: Letters with Incarcerated People.” Dr. Arnold is the Director of Educational Partnerships the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and has been connecting students with incarcerated people in her courses. She discusses her experiences with this service-learning activity and highlights several student experiences as well as a few challenges along the way.

This episode was hosted by Matt Wittstein, edited by Olivia Taylor, and produced by Matt Wittstein in collaboration with Elon University’s Center for Engaged Learning.

See our full episode notes at: https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/refresh-preparing-students-to-be-literate-and-critical-ai-users/

This month, Matt Wittstein checks in with Dr. Jessica Gisclair from Season 2, Episode 1 “Preparing Students to Be Literate and Critical AI Users.” Jessica is an Associate Professor of Strategic Communication and was wrestling with strategies for preparing her students to use AI in her Media Law course at Elon University. In this episode, we learn about Jessica’s and her students’ experiences in her course, as well as a little about her research on artificial intelligence in legal and political spaces in China.

This episode was hosted by Matt Wittstein, edited by Olivia Taylor, and produced by Matt Wittstein in collaboration with Elon University’s Center for Engaged Learning.

Full episode notes are available at: https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/refresh-kapow-comic-strip-conversations/

On this episode of Limed: Teaching with a Twist, host Matt Wittstein checks in with Lynette Carlson from Season 2, Episode 6 “KAPOW! Comic Strip Conversations” and her colleague, Carolyn Padalino, from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Matt learns about how they are collaborating to engage students in interprofessional education (IPE) and how Carolyn adapted the activity to demonstrate their use to educators. Lynette and Carolyn look forward to continuing sharing, collaborating, and growing this pedagogy.

This episode was hosted, produced, and edited by Matt Wittstein in collaboration with Elon University’s Center for Engaged Learning.

See our extended episode notes at: https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/motivating-faculty-to-practice-self-reflection-for-dei/

How does understanding yourself improve your practice of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the classroom? This month, our guest Carla Fullwood talks to Dhvani Toprani about how to get faculty to engage in self-reflection before jumping to the tactics they should use in their courses when doing DEI work. Our panel of Tracie Addy, Ethan Lane-Blake, and Laura Pipe talk about different pedagogical approaches to inclusive teaching and how understanding our own identity can become a strength when practicing DEI in our classrooms.

This episode was hosted by Dhvani Toprani and produced and edited by Matt Wittstein in collaboration with Elon University’s Center for Engaged Learning.

Explore our extended episode notes at https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/designing-an-interdisciplinary-capstone-part-2-student-perspectives/.

In this episode of “Limed: Teaching with a Twist,” we finish our conversation about designing a capstone course for a new Global Film and Cultures minor at Elon University. Student panelists from Elon University, Gianna Smurro and Mia Kass share their viewpoints on interdisciplinary work and culminating experiences. Echoing some of the points from last month’s episode with faculty panelists, Gianna and Mia offer separate ideas of how to make sure students feel supported by both the professors and their classmates. Guests Lina Kuhn and Kai Swanson return to hear what the students think.

This episode was hosted, produced, and edited by Matt Wittstein in collaboration with Elon University’s Center for Engaged Learning.

See our extended episode notes at https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/designing-an-interdisciplinary-capstone-part-1-faculty-perspectives/

Designing a capstone course is a challenging task that presents an opportunity to innovate. Lina Kuhn and Kai Swanson from Elon University join the show to get some advice on how to build a Global Film and Cultures minor capstone that reflects the interdisciplinary nature of their program. Janet Bean from the University of Akron and Drew Pearl from the University of Alabama share their wisdom and experiences on how to make the most of an opportunity to create a capstone course. The panel discusses what a capstone is, how to co-create with students, and the tension between providing too much and too little structure for student assignments, among other topics. Next month, we will hear what our student panelists had to say.

This episode was hosted, produced, and edited by Matt Wittstein in collaboration with Elon University’s Center for Engaged Learning.