Episodes

  • Metacognitive Intervention and Student Success
    Dec 5 2024

    See our extended episode notes at https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/metacognitive-intervention-and-student-success/.

    This week’s episode focuses on a metacognitive intervention for first-year students on academic probation and features an open access article from Teaching & Learning Inquiry:

    Swanson, Holly J., and Bryan Dewsbury. 2024. "The Impact of a Metacognitive Intervention on Student Experiences and Success in an Academic Probation Program for First-Year Students." Teaching & Learning Inquiry 12. https://doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.12.26

    This episode was hosted, 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. The photo in the featured image for this episode is by Compare Fibre on Unsplash.

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    4 mins
  • Online Students and the First-Year Experience
    Apr 11 2024

    See extended episode notes at https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/online-students-and-the-first-year-experience/.

    This week’s episode, hosted by Stephanie Matte, focuses on the first-year experiences of college students studying online and features an article from Adult Learning:

    Korstange, Ryan, Jeff Hall, Jamie Holcomb, and Jasmeial Jackson. 2020. “The Online First-Year Experience: Defining and Illustrating a New Reality.” Adult Learning 31 (3): 95–108. https://doi.org/10.1177/1045159519892680.

    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.

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    4 mins
  • International Students and the First-Year Experience
    Apr 4 2024

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

    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.

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    2 mins
  • Historically Marginalized Students and the First-Year Experience
    Mar 28 2024

    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.

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    4 mins
  • Mentoring Across the First-Year Experience
    Mar 21 2024

    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.

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    4 mins
  • Defining Success in a First-Year Seminar
    Mar 14 2024

    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.

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    3 mins
  • Significant Benefits of the First-Year Experience
    Mar 7 2024

    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.

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    5 mins
  • Incorporating Multiple Dimensions in the First-Year Experience
    Feb 29 2024

    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.

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    3 mins