study away

See our extended episode notes at https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/crossing-borders-at-home/.

In this episode, we visit with Amanda Sturgill, Associate Professor of Journalism at Elon University, who co-edited Mind the Gap: Global Learning at Home and Abroad. She shares strategies for facilitating global engagement closer to campus and highlights research from the edited collection.

This episode is co-hosted by Jessie L. Moore, Director of Elon University’s Center for Engaged Learning, and Nolan Schultheis, a first-year student at Elon University, studying Psychology with an interest in law. Jessie L. Moore also edited the episode. Making College “Worth It” is produced by Elon University’s Center for Engaged Learning.

See our extended show notes at https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/breaking-barriers-and-advancing-hurms-study-abroad-engagement/.

This week’s episode, hosted by Aly Weaver, is a continuation of the Center's blog post, “Barriers to HURMS Study Abroad Engagement.” Specifically, this episode explores an example of a study abroad program that successfully promoted engagement by historically underrepresented minority students (HURMS) and how to utilize Universal Design to make study abroad more accessible. The episode highlights two publications:

• Johnstone, Christopher, and Paul Edwards. 2020. "Accommodations, Accessibility, and Culture: Increasing Access to Study Abroad for Students with Disabilities." Journal of Studies in International Education. 24 (4): 424-439. https://doi.org/10.1177/1028315319842344
• Smith, D. E., M. O. Smith, K. R. Robbins, N. S. Eash, and F. R. Walker. 2013. “Traditionally Under-Represented Students’ Perceptions of a Study Abroad Experience.” NACTA Journal 57 (3a): 15–20. http://www.jstor.org/stable/nactajournal.57.3a.15

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

See our extended show notes at: https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/alternatives-to-studying-abroad-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/

This week’s episode, hosted by Elana Gutmann, features an open-access proceedings article that explores three alternatives to studying abroad for students enrolled at Setsunan University in Japan during the global COVID pandemic:

Chu, Curtis, and Yusuke Torii. 2021. “Communicating Across Cultures Online: Introducing and Comparing the Implementation of Three Virtual Study Abroad Programs.” The JACET International Convention Proceedings: The JACET 60th Commemorative International Convention 2021: 57-58. https://www.jacet.org/wp-content/uploads/60th_proceedings_ver3.pdf

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

See our extended show notes at https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/comparing-impacts-of-long-term-versus-short-term-study-away/.

This episode, hosted by Howard Chi, is a continuation of the blog post “Lengths of Study Away Programs.” It features a longitudinal study that compared the educational impact of long-term versus short-term study away:

Coker, Jeffrey Scott, Evan Heiser, and Laura Taylor. 2018. "Student Outcomes Associated with Short-Term and Semester Study Abroad Programs." Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad 30 (2): 92–105. https://doi.org/10.36366/frontiers.v30i2.414

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

See our extended show notes for this episode at https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/incorporating-high-impact-practices-in-study-away/.

This episode, hosted by Vanessa Truelove, features two articles that study the effects of combining elements of high impact practices in order to enhance the study away experience for college students:

• Luxton, India, Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Mehmet Egemen Ozbek, and Laura Thornes. 2022. “High Impact Learning in a Short-Term Study Abroad Program.” Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad 34 (1): 97-130. https://doi.org/10.36366/frontiers.v34i1.541 [Open Access]
• Wallace, Craig. 2020. “Transformative Learning Abroad for Honors Students: Leveraging High-Impact Practices at Global Partner Institutions.” In Internationalizing Honors: National Collegiate Honors Council Monograph Series, edited by Kim Klein and Mary Kay Mulvaney, pp. 229- 249. Lincoln, NE: National Collegiate Honors Council.

The episode also references:

Moore, Jessie L. 2021. “Key Practices for Fostering Engaged Learning.” Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning 53 (6): 12-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/00091383.2021.1987787

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