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.

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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.

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See our extended episode notes at https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/professional-learning-needs-of-university-teachers/

What do university teachers say they need from professional development related to teaching and learning? This episode focuses on an open-access article on participants' self-identified learning needs in a professional development program for professors, senior scientific staff, and doctoral teaching assistants:

Brown, Karin, Sara Petchey, Katarina Mårtensson, and Kai Niebert. 2025. “Self-Identified Learning Needs of University Teachers: Recommendations for Generic and Role-Based Professional Development.” International Journal for Academic Development, September, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/1360144X.2025.2553193

The 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.

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Extended notes for this episode are available at https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/allocating-time-for-multiple-choice-tests/

How much time should students have to take online, multiple-choice tests? That’s the focus of the open-access Teaching & Learning Inquiry article featured in this week’s 60-second SoTL:

Kennette, Lynne N., and Dawn McGuckin. 2025. “Best Practice for Online Tests: How Long Do Students Actually Need?”. Teaching and Learning Inquiry 13 (July):1–11. https://doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.13.35.

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.

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See our full episode notes at https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/building-trust-through-feedback/.

This episode features an open access article on building trust through feedback with relationship-building conditions and agency-promoting practices:

Bayraktar, Breana, Kiruthika Ragupathi, and Katherine A. Troyer. 2025. “Building Trust Through Feedback: A Conceptual Framework for Educators.” Teaching and Learning Inquiry 13 (January): 1–19. https://doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.13.7

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.

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See the full episode notes at https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/class-size-and-students-perceptions-of-instructor-presence/.

This episode features an open access article exploring how class size impacts university students' perceptions of instructor presence in online courses:

Carozza, Linda, and Hilary Davis. 2025. “Large Online Courses: A Constraint on Instructor Presence and Higher-Level Thinking.” Teaching and Learning Inquiry 13 (August): 1–17. https://doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.13.38.

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.

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See our full episode notes at https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/classroom-architecture-pedagogical-strategies-and-cell-phone-use/

This episode features an open access article exploring how classroom architecture and instructor pedagogical strategies impact students' cell phone use in class:

Harris, Isabel, and Melinda Lanius. 2025. “The Impact of Classroom Architecture and Pedagogical Strategies on University Students’ Disruptive Phone Usage in Calculus.” Teaching and Learning Inquiry 13 (August):1–16. https://doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.13.39

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

60-Second SoTL is produced by the Center for Engaged Learning at Elon University.

Music: “Cryptic” by AudioCoffee.

Cell phone image in episode art by wayhomestudio on Freepik.