The International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, a growing international organization dedicated to the scholarship of teaching and learning, needs leaders who are original thinkers, hard workers, and esteemed colleagues in the profession. ISSOTL’s representatives establish new directions for this …
By Eleftheria Laios (Queen’s University), Lisa McKendrick-Calder (MacEwan University), Bryn Keogh (University of Calgary), Whitney Lucas Molitor (University of South Dakota), Lorelli Nowell (University of Calgary), Kerry Wilbur (University of British Columbia) Our five-membered group came together after each of …
By Lydia E. Eckstein, Amelia B. Finaret and Lisa B. Whitenack This paper began in 2018 with the realization that all three of us were thinking about productive failure and incorporating different pedagogical strategies in our classrooms around this idea. …
By Ashton Croft and Caroline Glover Our research highlights the importance of sharing and discussing identities in the classroom in order to build positive connections between faculty and college students. In fact, these types of practices brought our research team …
ISSOTL’s goal is to “foster inquiry and disseminate findings about what improves and articulates post-secondary learning and teaching.” We recognize the importance of engaging emerging scholars who are interested in the scholarship of teaching and learning. We are dedicated to supporting this …
By Lauren F. V. Scharff and Michelle A. Butler Samuels Michelle and I embarked on a journey of discovery scholarship more than a decade ago. Our areas of disciplinary expertise focus on brain science and perception, but we stretched our …
By Ella Anghel When the restrictions posed by the pandemic were slowly lifted in 2021, I was teaching an almost entirely online class at a private university in the U.S. This was my second semester teaching, and feedback from students …
By Mandy Frake-Mistak, Jennifer Friberg and Melanie Hamilton As a triad of educational developers who just happen to be beyond passionate about SoTL, we’ve engaged in numerous conversations over the years. These conversations are largely centred around framing what we …
By Rhia Moreno, Kate Hobgood Guthrie, Katie Strickland As three educators teaching in diverse spaces (an assistant professor from a public university, an assistant professor from a private university, and a public elementary school teacher), this reflective narrative highlights our …
Each year, the ISSOTL Board organizes a public call for nominations for the DSA. This award is aimed at ISSOTL members who have served the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in distinguished ways for a period spanning a significant part …