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By Karen Lander and Jen McBride University of Manchester, School of Health Sciences, Division of Psychology, Communication and Human Neuroscience Correspondence: Karen.lander@manchester.ac.uk During our recent work visit to Kenya, we discussed the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) during professional …
By Donna Jones, Kennesaw State University (Djones76@kennesaw.edu) As an artist and art educator, generating ideas feels natural to me. Creativity is the easy part of my work. I have quietly carried the belief that creativity is easy for years. I …
By Kerry Dobbins, University of Warwick, Kerry.Dobbins@warwick.ac.uk At the heart of SoTL Grand Challenge Five (GC5) is the building of cultures where SoTL can grow and flourish through its practice and use. As a central SoTL lead within our institution, …
By Earle Abrahamson After twenty-three years of reflecting and engaging SoTL, I no longer experience it as a destination or a project, but as movement. Looking back across the years, there were slowly building moments of soaring that took my …
By Claire Saunders and Holly Capocchiano ISSOTL’s Grand Challenge #2 (GC2) asks us to grapple with the thorny issue of “How to encourage students to be engaged in learning.” This is no mean feat—our landscape is ever-changing, reshaped by technologies, …
By Mian Salahuddin Attending ISSOTL25 in Christchurch was not a routine professional trip; it was a pilgrimage financed by sacrifice. To get there, I sold my Toyota Aqua. That car carried years of commuting, school runs, and village roads in …
By Professor Earle Abrahamson Designing SoTL inquiry can feel overwhelming to many educators. Questions emerge from the classroom, but translating curiosity into a meaningful study that improves learning can be challenging. The CLEAR model, developed by the author, provides a …
By Klaudja Caushi (Northeastern University, k.caushi@northeastern.edu) and Sophie Lefmann (University of South Australia, sophie.lefmann@unisa.edu.au) Disseminating insights gained from the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) publicly is imperative to the impact and growth of the field. Lee Shulman (1999) emphasizes …
By Danielle N. Gray-Singh, Ph.D., a neuroscientist and Alzheimer’s neuropathologist at Clark Atlanta University, specializing in AI applications in learning, critical thinking, and memory research. For correspondence about this post, contact: dsingh@cau.edu./ daniellengrayphd@gmail.com. The fairy tale of Goldilocks & the …
By Nancy L. Chick, Texas Woman’s University, Jennifer Friberg, Illinois State University, Diana Gregory, Kennesaw State University, Jennie Mills, University of Warwick, Lauren Scharff, U.S. Air Force Academy. Three times since late 2023 when the Grand Challenges for SoTL (GCs) …
