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Eberly Center Scholarly Activity

The Eberly Center contributes significantly to scholarship on teaching, learning, and educational development.

From 2023 to present, our staff co-authored 41 peer-reviewed publications, including 13 resulting from the Generative AI Teaching as Research (GAITAR) Initiative! Publications appeared in Computers & Education, International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, Teaching & Learning Inquiry, Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, Advances in Engineering Education, International Journal for Academic Development, and more. Below, we invite you to explore these publications, as well as other scholarly contributions from the preceding decade.

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Scholarship in Press

2026

  • Cook, P., Connell Pensky, A. E., & Pincus, J. (in press). Using evidence to identify and respond to emerging needs in a graduate teaching certificate program. In M. Hatcher, K. Kearns, M. Phillipson, & L. von Hoene (Eds.), Graduate Teaching Certificates in Practice: Conditions, Realizations, and Growth. Routledge.
  • Fitzsimmons, R. & Eckstein, L. E. (in press). Disruptive but not destructive: Examining intentional and scaffolded genAI instruction in professional writing courses. Teaching and Learning Inquiry.
  • Haidar, D., & Melville, M. C. (in press). Can Homework Make Students More Confident? [Paper presentation]. 2026 ASEE ISAM Conference, Houston, Texas, United States.
  • Natasha, G., Agarwal, A., Eckstein, L., Melville, M., Ellington, H. E., Mineroff, Z., & McComb, C. (in press). See one, do one, teach AI: Supporting mastery and self-efficacy through AI-as-a-tutee. Proceedings of the ASME 2026 international design engineering technical conferences and computers and information in engineering conference IDETC/CIE2026.
  • Sooriamurthi, R., Tu, X., & Connell Pensky, A. (in press). WIP: A generative AI tool to foster and assess authentic learning: Evidence from an "Intelligent Assessor" in SQL pedagogy. 2026 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)
  • Tu, X., & Connell Pensky, A. (in press). Enhancing active learning through peer collaboration: Evidence-based lessons from a graduate database course. SIGCSE TS 2027
  • Tu, X., Connell Pensky, A., & le Blanc, S. (in press). Teaching SQL to non-technical graduate students: Lessons from an inclusive course redesign. 2026 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)
  • Zajdel, T., & Connell Pensky, A. (in press). WIP: The value of electronics to non-majors. 2026 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)

Published Scholarship

2027

  • Wlodarski, R., Eckstein, L. E., & Melville, M. C. (2027). AI-Supported feedback for software design artifacts: The role of feedback form and integration effort. In C. Berger & V. Klös, (Eds.), Software engineering and advanced applications. SEAA 2026. Lecture notes in computer science, vol 16864 (pp. 118-133). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-36587-3_9

2026

  • Bedillion, M., & Pottmeyer, L. O. (2026, June) Assessing student growth in systems thinking and systems engineering skills in an online learning environment [Paper presentation]. 2026 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Charlotte, North Caroline, United States. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--58946
  • Connell Pensky, A. E., Eckstein, L. E., Melville, M. C., Pottmeyer, L. O., Mineroff, Z., Chawla, A., Brooks, J., Hershock, C., & Lovett, M. C. (2026). Can asynchronous learning modules about generative AI increase students’ knowledge, skills, and self-efficacy for genAI?. Computers & Education, 250, 105640. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2026.105640
  • Hershock, C., Pottmeyer, L. O., Pincus, J., Ellington, H. E., & Mineroff, Z. (2026). Unpacking SoTL “failure”: Lessons from a fellowship program investigating generative AI’s impacts. Teaching and Learning Inquiry, 14, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.14.39
  • Moore, S., Eckstein, L., Kwon, C., & Stamper, J. (2026). Integrating generative AI into instructional design practice: Effects on graduate student learning and self-efficacy. In K. Tammets, S. Sosnovsky, R. Ferreira Mello, G. Pishtari, & T. Nazaretsky (Eds.), Two decades of TEL: From lessons learnt to challenges ahead (EC-TEL 2025): Lecture notes in computer science, vol 16063 (pp. 367-381). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-03870-8_25
  • Moussawi, S., Mertz, J., Heimann, L., Poepping, J., Pottmeyer, L., Melville, M., Tu, X., Quesenberry, J., Sooriamurthi, R., Liginlal, D., Barrett, M., Kowalsky, C., Gongora Svartzman, G. G., & Veliz, O. (2026). Assessing students' learning in an information systems service-learning course through two lenses: The students and the clients. International Journal of Innovation in Education, 9(3), 216-243. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJIIE.2026.154747
  • Orr, A. E., Breazeale, A., Melville, M., le Blanc, S., Perez Sriprasert, G., & Whiteman, E. A. (2026). Math, mindset, and growth: Building quantitative competencies in all. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 26(1). https://doi.org/10.14434/josotl.v26i1.37979
  • Ozis, F., & Pottmeyer, L. O. (2026, June). Cultivating Entrepreneurial Mindset in Net Zero Energy Building Instruction. 2026 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Charlotte, North Caroline, United States. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--59213
  • Pottmeyer, L. O., Hershock, C., Wetzel, D. Z., & Mineroff, Z. (2026). Impact of using generative AI as a “feedback partner” on students’ writing quality. Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 37, 74-94. https://celt.miamioh.edu/index.php/JECT/article/view/1305
  • Santiago-Cruz, H., Connell Pensky, A. E., Moore, J. D., & Sanchez, K. F. (2026, June). A PFAS water treatment lab incorporating scaffolded active learning to strengthen undergraduate learning [Paper presentation]. 2026 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--59076
  • Shindle, K., Allen, A. M., Eckstein, L., Griffin, D.K., & Cantwell, K. (2026, June). Undergraduate peer mentorship in a first year seminar [Paper presentation]. 2026 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--61203

2025

  • Bedillion, M. D., Pottmeyer, L. O., Muci-Kuchler, K. H., Kojtek, L., Emami, A., & Birrenkott, C. M. (2025, June). Assessing learning and self-efficacy in online modules on systems thinking and systems engineering [Paper presentation]. 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--55470
  • Connell Pensky, A. E., Usdan, J. H., & Chang, H. (2025). Generative AI’s impact on graduate student professional writing productivity and quality. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 35(6), 4057-4082. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40593-025-00528-z
  • DeJeu, E. B., Walter, B. A., & Melville, M. C. (2025). “Don’t ban, teach”: Two pilot studies on AI instruction in business communication. Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 00(0), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1177/23294906251336719
  • Lovett, M., Kara, L., Palchesko, R., Mineroff, Z., Brooks, J., Chawla, A., & Van Velsen, M. (2025, June). WIP: Delivering flexible, relevant, and demonstrably effective online education to working professionals [Paper presentation]. 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--57483
  • Moore, J. D., Francioni Rooney, A., & Connell Pensky, A. E. (2025, June). Enhancing perceived value of goal setting in engineering education through a simple metacognitive intervention [Paper presentation]. 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--56419
  • Moore, S., Eckstein, L., Kwon, C., & Stamper, J. (2025). Generative AI in instructional design education: Effects on novice microlesson quality. In A. I. Cristea, E. Walker, Y. Lu, O. C. Santos, & S. Isotani (Eds.), Artificial intelligence in education (AIED 2025): Lecture notes in computer science, vol 15880 (pp. 464-471). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-98459-4_35
  • Nock, D., Pottmeyer, L., & Cranmer, A. (2025). Investigating how social justice framing for assessments impacts technical learning. INFORMS Transactions on Education, 25(2), 136-151. https://doi.org/10.1287/ited.2022.0030
  • Oppenheimer, D. M., Cash, T. N., & Connell Pensky, A. E. (2025). You've got AI friend in me: LLMs as collaborative learning partners. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 35(6), 3896-3921. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40593-025-00521-6
  • Ozis, F., Melville, M. C., & Wu, Y. (2025). Shaping success in civil and environmental engineering classroom: A study of belonging and course performance. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1108/JARHE-01-2025-0042
  • Sooriamurthi, R., Tu, X., & Connell Pensky, A. E. (2025). A Generative AI tool to foster and assess authentic learning: A case study in teaching SQL. ITiCSE 2025: Proceedings of the 30th ACM conference on innovation and technology in computer science education V. 1 (pp. 465 - 471). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3724363.3729022
  • Takara, M., Ozis, F., & Connell Pensky, A. E. (2025, June). Harnessing the power of genAI: A new era for data science education for civil and environmental engineering [Paper presentation]. 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--56684
  • Zajdel, T. J. & Connell Pensky, A. E. (2025, June). Introducing circuits to non-majors for self-efficacy and technical literacy [Paper presentation]. 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--56874
  • Zalman, P., Bernazzoli, R., Pincus, J., Pottmeyer, L., & Hershock, C. (2025). Training postgraduates for inclusive and effective undergraduate research mentorship. Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 8(4), 56-63. https://doi.org/10.18833/spur/8/4/7

2024

  • Bedillion, M., Muci-Kúchler, K., Emami, A., Kojtek, L., Pottmeyer, L., & Birrenkott, C. (2024). Developing online learning modules on systems concepts for first year mechanical engineering students. Proceedings of the ASME 2014 international mechanical engineering congress and exposition, Volume 7: Engineering education. American Society of Mechanical Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2024-144881
  • Melville, M. C., Hershock, C., & Reeja-Jayan, B. (2024). Virtual engineering in Minecraft: Helping students visualize and manipulate the properties of materials. Advances in Engineering Education, 12(2), 11-26. https://doi.org/10.18260/3-1-1153-36059
  • Muci-Küchler, K., Pottmeyer, L., Bedillion, M., Birrenkott, C., & Melville, M. (2024) Assessment of sense of belonging and systems thinking skills in introduction to mechanical engineering courses at three academic institutions. Proceedings of the ASME 2024 international mechanical engineering congress and exposition, Volume 7: Engineering education. American Society of Mechanical Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2024-141518
  • Pincus, J., & Hershock, C. (2024). A narrative review of interdisciplinary teaching and learning scholarship: Closing the gap between theory and practice. International Journal for Academic Development, 30(4), 535-552. https://doi.org/10.1080/1360144X.2024.2389446
  • Rodriguez, M., le Roux, C., & Melville, M. (2024). Iteratively-designed exit tickets enhances student learning. College Teaching, 74(3), 214-222. https://doi.org/10.1080/87567555.2024.2355210

2023

  • Benassi, V. A., Overson, C. E., Kordonowy, L. L., Tappin, E. M., & Melville, M. C. (2023) Applying the science of learning: The cognition toolbox at 15 years and counting. In C. E. Overson, C. M. Hakala, L. L. Kordonowy, & V. A. Benassi (Eds.), In their own words: What scholars and teachers want you to know about why and how to apply the science of learning in your academic setting (pp. 352–363). Society for the Teaching of Psychology. PDF link
  • Lovett, M., Hershock, C., & Brooks, J. (2023). Cultivating and sustaining a faculty culture of data-informed teaching: How centers for teaching and learning can help. In C. E. Overson, C. M. Hakala, L. L. Kordonowy, & V. A. Benassi (Eds.), In their own words: What scholars and teachers want you to know about why and how to apply the science of learning in your academic setting (pp. 281–294). Society for the Teaching of Psychology. PDF link
  • Zajdel, T. J., & Connell Pensky, A. C. (2023, June). Board 88: work in progress: Impact of electronics design experience on non-majors’ self-efficacy and identity [Paper presentation]. 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland, United States. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--43243

2022

  • Hershock, C., Melville, M. C., Stimson, J., & Dwyer, H. (2022). How effective is asynchronous, online training for graduate and undergraduate student instructors?. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 15(5), 1440-1453. https://doi.org/10.1108/JARHE-05-2022-0149
  • Hershock, C., Pottmeyer, L.O., Harrell, J., le Blanc, S., Rodriguez, M., Stimson, J., Walsh, K. P., & Weiss, E.D. (2022). Data-driven iterative refinements to educational development services: directly measuring the impacts of consultations on course and syllabus design. To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development, 41(2), 212-246. https://doi.org/10.3998/tia.926
  • Hershock, C., Stimson, J., Pottmeyer, L. O., Melville, M. C., Harrell, J., Weiss, E. D., Rodriguez, M., le Blanc, S., & Adams, A. (2022). Thin-sliced embedded assessment (TSEDA): Measuring impacts of educational development workshops on participants’ learning gains. Journal on Centers for Teaching and Learning, 14, 58-89. PDF link
  • Walsh, K. P., Pottmeyer, L. O., Meizlish, D., & Hershock, C. (2022). How search committees assess teaching: Lessons for CTLs. To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development, 41(2), 46-77. https://doi.org/10.3998/tia.583

2021

  • Barrett, M., Hershock, C., McCarthy, M., Melville, M., & Mertz, J. (2021). What type of debrief is best for learning during think-pair-shares?. Teaching and Learning Inquiry, 9(1), 45-60. https://doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.9.1.5
  • Bedillion, M. D., Muci-Kuchler, K. H., Birrenkott, C. M., Lovett, M., & Pottmeyer, L. O. (2021, July). A combined online learning/in-class activity approach to teach systems thinking and systems engineering skills to freshman engineering students [Paper presentation]. 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Conference. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--36562
  • Birrenkott, C. M., Muci-Kuchler, K. H., Bedillion, M. D., Lovett, M., & Pottmeyer, L. O. (2021, July). Evaluation of targeted systems thinking and systems engineering assessments in a freshmen-level mechanical engineering course [Paper presentation]. 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Conference. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--37110
  • Lovett, M., Bedillion, M. D., Birrenkott, C. M., Muci-Kuchler, K. H., & Pottmeyer, L. O. (2021, July). Building and revising an assessment to measure students’ self-efficacy in systems thinking [Paper presentation]. 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Conference. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--36766

2020

  • Abbott, R. D., Zapanta, C. M., Melville, M. C., & Moore, S. (2020, June). WIP: Incorporating interactive modules related to cell culture and plasmid design into introduction to biomedical engineering [Paper presentation]. 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Online. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--35546
  • Lovett, M., & Hershock, C. (2020). Cultivating and sustaining a faculty culture of data-driven teaching and learning: A systems approach. To improve the academy: A journal of educational development, 39(1), 63-93. https://doi.org/10.3998/tia.17063888.0039.104
  • Moussawi, S., Quesenberry, J., Weinberg, R., Sanders, M., Lovett, M., Heimann, L., Sooriamurthi, R., & Taylor, D. (2020). Improving student-driven feedback and engagement in the classroom: Evaluating the effectiveness of the speed dating model. International Journal of Innovation in Education, 6(2), 95-112. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijiie.2020.108786

2019

  • Bedillion, M. D., Lovett, M., Muchi-Kellar, K. H., & Degen, C. M. (2019, June). Teaching systems thinking in a capstone mechatronic design course [Paper presentation]. 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Tampa, Florida, United States. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--33355
  • Brasier, D. J., Melville, M., Hershock, C., & Rule, G. (2019). Pairing practice and feedback with animations optimizes student learning in online module. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 35(6), 782-793. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcal.12388
  • Christian, S. J., Hershock, C., & Melville, M. C. (2019, June). Guided inquiry-based lab activities improve students’ recall and application of material properties compared with structured inquiry [Paper presentation]. 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Tampa, Florida, United States. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--32881
  • Erdogmus, H., Gadgil, S., & Péraire, C. (2019). Introducing low-stakes just-in-time assessments to a flipped software engineering course. Proceedings of the annual Hawaii international conference on system sciences (pp. 7632-7641). https://doi.org/10.24251/hicss.2019.920
  • Gadgil, S., Moore, S., & Stamper, J. (2019) How does performance in an online primer predict achievement in a future computer science course?. Companion proceedings 9​th​ international conference on learning analytics & knowledge (LAK19) (pp. 300-306). PDF link
  • Gainey, M., Bharti, N., Marsteller, M., Wang, H., Young, S., & Melville, M. C. (2019). The evolution of information literacy outcomes in interdisciplinary undergraduate science courses. Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, (93). https://doi.org/10.29173/istl21
  • Haidar, D., & Melville, M. C. (2019, June). Students’ self-assessment of modern making skills [Paper presentation]. 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Tampa, Florida, United States. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--33318
  • Muchi-Kellar, K. H, Degen, C. M., Bedillion, M. D., & Lovett, M. (2019, June). Extending systems thinking skills to an introductory mechanical engineering course [Paper presentation]. 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Tampa, Florida, United States. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--32826
  • Walsh, K. P., Sanders, M., & Gadgil, S. (2019). Equivalent but not the same: Teaching and learning in full semester and condensed summer courses. College Teaching, 67(2), 138-149. https://doi.org/10.1080/87567555.2019.1579702

2018

  • Gadgil, S., Braun, M., Harty, M., Hovis, K., & Lovett, M. (2018). Investigating the impact of an online collaboration course on students’ attitudes and learning. In J. Kay, and R. Luckin, (Eds.), Rethinking learning in the digital age: Making the learning sciences count, 13th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) Volume 1 (pp. 536-543). https://doi.dx.org/10.22318/cscl2018.536

2016

  • Karatsolis, A., Ishizaki, S., Lovett, M., Rohrbach, S., & Kaufer, M. (2016). Supporting technical professionals’ metacognitive development in technical communication through contrasting rhetorical problem solving. Technical Communication Quarterly, 25(4), 244–259. https://doi.org/10.1080/10572252.2016.1221141

2015

  • Ishizaki, S., Karatsolis, A., Rohrbach, S.L., Kaufer, M., & Lovett, M. (2015, July). Designing an online learning environment to support the development of rhetorical skills [Paper presentation]. 2015 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference (IPCC), Limerick, Ireland. https://doi.org/10.1109/ipcc.2015.7235845
  • Karatsolis, A., Ishizaki, S., Lovett, M.C., Kaufer, M., Rohrbach, S. L. (2015, June). Practikon: A mobile-first practice/feedback application to support the development of communication skills in technical subjects [Paper presentation]. 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington, United States. https://doi.org/10.18260/p.24574