Teaching Strategies: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Investigation of student learning is becoming more common on campuses as part of a body of work known as the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). Links in this section provide an introduction to SoTL through articles, annotated websites, and an online multimedia tutorial with photos, graphics, and video clips.
The
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: What's the Problem? (Randy Bass, 1998)
http://www.doit.gmu.edu/archives/feb98/randybass.htm
Asking a colleague about a problem in his or her research is an invitation; asking about a problem in one’s teaching would probably seem like an accusation. Changing the status of the problem in teaching from terminal remediation to ongoing investigation is precisely what the movement for a scholarship of teaching is all about.
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2005/JA/Feat/bern.htm
Article about the scholarship of teaching and learning, focusing on the Peer Review Project (directed by Bernstein) and the Visible Knowledge Project (directed by Bass). They explore the consequences of the success of SoTL over the past ten years, the tensions created as a result of this success, and how we might deal with those tensions as a matter of institutional practice.
Navigating
the Web of discourse on the scholarship of teaching and learning: An annotated
Webliography
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/publications/crlnews/2002/jul/scholarshipteaching.cfm
Collection of resources and links related to the scholarship of teaching and learning compiled by the Association of College and Research Libraries.
A Tutorial on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
http://www.issotl.org/tutorial/sotltutorial/intro/intro1.html
This tutorial provides useful information for faculty members, including definitions, concrete examples, and research methods for the scholarship of teaching and learning.
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Strengthening Education through
Research and Collaboration
http://www.buffalostate.edu/pdf/scholarship.pdf
Profiles the ways in which six faculty members at the University of Buffalo carry out the scholarship of teaching and learning, and provides specific examples from a variety of disciplines including social work, biology, psychology, and criminal justice. Includes a bibliography on SoTL at the end of the publication.
Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
http://www.iupui.edu/~josotl/
Founded in 2001, the Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (JoSoTL) is a peer reviewed Journal for the dissemination of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in higher education for the community of teacher-scholars.
Annotated Bibliography of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher
Education
http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/sites/default/files/CASTL_bibliography.pdf
Resources related to SoTL compiled by the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (CASTL).
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Potential
Publishing Outlets
http://ilstu.libguides.com/sotl
Listing of academic journals interested in the scholarship of teaching and learning, organized by discipline; compiled by the Milner Library at Illinois State University.
Instructional Development Fund (IDF)
http://www.crlt.umich.edu/grants/idfgrant.php
The competition is open, on the Ann Arbor campus of the University, to members of the following groups: all tenured and tenure-track faculty; clinical instructional faculty; and Lecturers who have continuing appointments and course development responsibilities (i.e., an assignment from the dean, chair, or designee to develop a new course or significantly revise an existing course). Faculty members are invited to apply for small grants up to $500 from CRLT’s Instructional Development Fund to support innovative activities to improve teaching and learning. Expenses that can be covered by these grants include supplies and equipment, programming or research assistance, conference fees and expenses, and summer projects aimed at developing or enhancing courses. Each academic year, applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until funds are exhausted.
Investigating Student Learning Grant (ISL)
http://www.crlt.umich.edu/grants/islgrant.php
Open to faculty who wish to investigate aspects of student learning in their courses or programs. The competition is open, on the Ann Arbor campus of the University, to members of the following groups: all tenured and tenure-track faculty; clinical instructional faculty; and Lecturers who have continuing appointments and course development responsibilities (i.e., an assignment from the dean, chair, or designee to develop a new course or significantly revise an existing course). Grant awards of $3,000 are available to individual faculty members. Grant awards of $4,000 are available to faculty member-graduate student/postdoc teams. Proposal deadline: 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 24, 2012.