Key Practices for Fostering Engaged Learning

This book emerges from the author's ongoing work as director of Elon University's Center for Engaged Learning, where for the past decade, more than 200 scholars from over 120 post-secondary institutions across more than a dozen countries have participated in multi-institutional scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL).

Jessie L. Moore is Director of the Center for Engaged Learning and Associate Professor of English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric. She leads planning, implementation, and assessment of the Center's research seminars, which support multi-institutional inquiry on high-impact pedagogies and other focused engaged learning topics. Her recent research examines transfer of writing knowledge and practices, multi-institutional research and collaborative inquiry, writing residencies for faculty writers, the writing lives of university students, and high-impact pedagogies. She co-edited Critical Transitions: Writing and the Question of Transfer (2016). She currently serves as the elected Secretary of the Conference on College Composition and Communication

Chapter 1: Key Practices for Fostering High-Quality Engaged Learning in Higher Education Chapter 2: Acknowledging and Building on Students' Prior Knowledge and Experiences Chapter 3: Facilitating Relationships Chapter 4: Offering Feedback Chapter 5: Framing Connections to Broader Contexts Chapter 6: Fostering Reflection on Learning and Self Chapter 7: Promoting Integration and Transfer of Knowledge and Skills Chapter 8: Conclusion: Implementing High-Quality Engaged Learning