By Earle Abrahamson, Professor of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, University of Hertfordshire, UK Embarking on a journey of collaborative writing is not merely about producing scholarly articles—it’s about forging connections, fostering communities, and navigating the intricate landscapes of …
By Laura Facciolo This work is borne out of loss. When I started writing, I actually imagined it as a eulogy, of sorts. But perhaps I didn’t understand all that a eulogy can offer: not just a farewell to the …
Ingie Hovland is the recipient of the of the 2023 Gary Poole Distinguished Reviewer Award. Her anonymous review for Teaching & Learning Inquiry was one of four nominated reviews, and was finally selected as the recipient of this year’s award by a committee …
At ISSOTL22 in Kelowna, we shared the notion that, although many SoTL projects are designed to demonstrate “what works,” there is much to learn about what doesn’t work and other forms of failure in SoTL. Participants in the standing-room-only room …
SoTL’s Grand Challenges were determined following five years of global outreach, including three anonymous international surveys with thematic analyses, a Delphi process that provided feedback from twelve global SoTL experts on a group of eleven possible grand challenges, and a …
Post-secondary educators help students develop foundational skills needed for academicand career success. This includes fostering the information literacy (IL) skills, such ascritical reading, evidence gathering, and knowledge synthesis, needed for students toparticipate in scholarly and disciplinary conversations. Most post-secondary educators …
By Ekua Mensimah Thompson Kwaffo Partaking in SoTL-related research grants me the privilege to contribute to the collectiveknowledge of humanity. In this blog, I reflect on my journey into the world of Scholarship ofTeaching and Learning (SoTL) and what this …
As educators within Human Movement Sciences (HMS) at a South African tertiary institution, there’s a distinct set of challenges and opportunities as we shape the trajectory of this dynamic discipline. Our journey to craft an impactful poster, “SoTL in Human …
By Jennifer Löfgreen Like most of us in SoTL, I came to the field with research training from a discipline. Mydiscipline was chemistry. I was trained to produce new knowledge using controlled systems inwhich I could design and run experiments, …
By Irma Meijerman, Femke Kirschner and Frans Prins Many faculty members struggle with how to start with SoTL, especially at research-intensive universities. What challenges do they face? What hurdles are there to be taken?But mainly, how can we support those …