CEL facilitates multi-institutional research on engaged learning topics. Participants from institutions around the world collaborate over three years, producing scholarship that shapes research and practice globally.
CEL is home to two book series. In addition, CEL research seminars and other initiatives have produced 100+ publications (to date).
CEL’s concise guides offer research-informed practices for engaged learning.
CEL’s concise guides offer practical strategies for studying engaged learning.
CEL brings together international leaders in higher education to develop, synthesize, and share rigorous research on central questions about student learning.
The CEL Scholar role and CEL Student Scholars program enable Elon faculty and students to deepen their understanding of and professional development in scholarly activity on engaged learning.
60-Second SoTL – Episode 91 What can we learn from scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) project failures to improve programmatic support for future SoTL inquiry? In this episode, Jessie shares an open-access article by a team of educational developers…
CEL research seminars facilitate multi-institutional research on engaged learning topics. Participants from higher education institutions around the world collaborate over three years, producing scholarship that shapes research and practice globally.
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As CEL Scholars, Elon faculty develop expertise in a specific aspect of engaged learning and produce resources and other scholarly activity on that topic.
CEL invites scholars to join our conversations about research-informed practices for engaged learning.
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CEL is home to two book series: the CEL Open Access Book Series and the CEL/Routledge Series on Engaged Learning and Teaching. View all CEL books.
CEL regularly produces videos featuring contemporary research and theories on engaged learning pedagogies and the scholarship of teaching and learning. Explore additional videos throughout our website, or browse the entire collection.
Back during the pandemic, instructors were all sent home to teach online. Many had no training or experience with this modality. As I realized I needed to accommodate students who had spread to multiple time zones and home responsibilities, asynchronous…
The Routledge Handbook of English Language Teacher Education chapter on implementing ePortfolios in teacher education provides an overview on the why and how of ePortfolio usage in teacher education (Gulzar and Barrett 2019). As a teacher educator, it was a…
When I signed up for a three-week January course in Australia on Ecotourism, I expected to learn about sustainability, wildlife, and Aboriginal culture. What I did not expect was how much the place itself would shape every part of my…
Since beginning at Elon University in 2017, I have been actively involved in the implementation and support of a teacher education assessment process called the edTPA. The edTPA is a three-part portfolio assessment required by law in North Carolina for…
Throughout this series, we’ve explored how content design shapes the way readers encounter scholarship: This final post brings these ideas together by considering what they do for a work’s credibility. Readers begin forming impressions about a publication long before they…
My continued involvement with the Center of Engaged Learning at Elon University has led to my current role as a co-leader of the 2026-2028 Research Seminar on Rethinking Engaged Learning in the Age of GenAI. I am writing this blog…
Despite how the word “expert” is commonly used in society, by the media, by educators, and maybe by you, the term is not limited to an individual with years of education and practice. An expert can include individuals with an…
When I first picked my majors, I thought I had a pretty clear idea of what my future would look like. I knew I was interested in physical therapy, passionate about movement, and motivated by helping others improve their quality of life….
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