See our full episode notes at https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/students-experiences-with-the-syllabus/.

What if most syllabus “best practices” are built on limited evidence or studies with inauthentic contexts for how students experience these course documents? This episode features on open-access article that explores what students tell us about the syllabi they’re actually encountering in their courses. Read the full article:

Pliego, Diego, and Abby Kaplan. 2025. "Community College Students’ Experiences with the Syllabus: A Qualitative Study." International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 19 (2): Article 10.
https://doi.org/10.20429/ijsotl.2025.190210

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.

Music: “Cryptic” by AudioCoffee.

Image in episode art is by DC Studio on Freepik.

See our full episode notes at: https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/re-thinking-sotl-for-the-age-of-genai/

How might the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning evolve when humans and generative AI are deeply entangled? This episode highlights an open-access article that offers five propositions, each paired with GenAI prompts, to help SoTL scholars experiment with context-aware approaches to inquiry in AI-enhanced learning environments. Read the full article:

Mills, Jennie, Tina Beynen, Ivy Chia Sook May, Rachel Fitzgerald, Kimberly A. Hall, Evelyn Lai, Jon Mason, and Samantha Newell. 2025. “Re-Thinking SoTL for the Age of GenAI: Diffracted, Entangled, and Human.” Teaching and Learning Inquiry 13 (October): 1–19. https://doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.13.49.

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.

Music: “Cryptic” by AudioCoffee.

Image in episode art is by DC Studio on Freepik.

Access our full episode notes at https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/knowledge-surveys-for-student-self-assessment-of-learning/.

How can knowledge surveys strengthen students’ self-assessment and metacognition? This episode highlights a multi-semester study from the U.S. Air Force Academy on using knowledge surveys to help students better gauge their understanding and direct their learning. Read the full study in this open-access article:

Sloan, Joel, Timothy Frank, Lauren Scharff, and Karin Becker. 2025. “Knowledge Surveys: An Effective and Robust Student Self-Assessment and Learning Tool.” Teaching & Learning Inquiry 13: 1–20. https://doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.13.47

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.

Music: “Cryptic” by AudioCoffee.

Reflection image in episode art by Freepik.