Integrating your teaching and learning experiences with scholarship and research is at the heart of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), which is “evidenced through ongoing and cumulative intellectual inquiry, through systematic observations and ongoing investigations, by faculty into the nature of learning and the impact of teaching upon it” (Hutchings & Shulman, 1999).
The Stearns Center for Teaching and Learning is active in producing and promoting SoTL work. If you would like to discuss a SoTL project you are working on, please do not hesitate to contact us. Be sure to share your SoTL work at the annual Innovations in Teaching & Learning conference. Also, consider joining the SoTL Faculty Learning Community--see their webpage for meeting information and additional resources.
Below are several resources that will be helpful to faculty members wishing to know more about SoTL.
General SoTL ResourcesTeaching in the Disciplines – George Mason University Stearns Center for Teaching and Learning The Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (CASTL) The International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (ISSOTL) The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning – Vanderbilt Center for Teaching Promoting the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning – Michigan State University Office of Faculty & Organizational Development Teaching Strategies: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning – University of Michigan Center for Research on Learning and Teaching SoTL Project Design ResourcesLooking for a more structured, “how to design a SoTL project” experience? Audit (or take for credit) HE704 at Mason (offered every Spring, usually in the evening, starting at 4:30pm). **FREE with Faculty Tuition Waiver** This course explores the study and advancement of teaching and learning in post-secondary education. The class will investigate the current literature on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) as well as the diverse theories, varied methodologies, conceptual frameworks, and practical application of research into teaching and learning in higher education. The course will examine the practice of SoTL within various disciplines and as an interdisciplinary, institutional, and cross-insitutuaional endeavor. Students will learn about the history of SoTL, diversity in the classroom, current issues and debates, and changes in teaching and learning in light of emerging technologies. Students will gain hands-on practice designing SoTL research projects. Measuring Teaching Practices Guide from AAAS-provides some key considerations and tips for collecting evidence about teaching practices. |
Teaching BlogsTomorrow’s Professor Blog Teaching Professor Blog The Wired Campus Blog ProfHacker NspirD2, Kaneb Center, University of Notre Dame Vanderbilt Center for Teaching Blog SoTL JournalsThe Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (JoSoTL) Other: ConferencesInnovations in Teaching & Learning Held at Mason every September. See the conference proceedings. Lilly Conferences are held several times throughout the year in different locations. |