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Grand Challenges for SoTL in the News
There are several ongoing activities aligned with the Grand Challenges for SoTL. You can learn about them through recent blog posts and the Grand Challenges for SoTL Interest Group.
Blog Posts
Below are blog posts featuring activities involving the Grand Challenges for SoTL. If you have an activity, project, or event involving the Grand Challenges for SoTL, submit a blog post, and make sure to tag “Grand Challenges for SoTL”! For instructions on submitting to the ISSOTL blog, see the guidelines on this page.
Reading Deeply, Connecting Broadly: Reflections on Engaging Together with SoTL’s Grand Challenges
Interested in Tackling the Grand Challenges for SoTL? Join the New Interest Group
Promoting the Grand Challenges for SoTL through Your Institution or Organization
ISSOTL Grand Challenges for SoTL Interest Group (IG)
Members of ISSOTL are invited to join member-only interest groups, which help support exploration of specific topics and build collaborations.
Currently the Grand Challenges for SoTL IG has just over 100 members from around the globe who are assigned to 6 subgroups (one admin group and one for each of the 5 grand challenges). Ongoing efforts and activities include preparing a white paper summarizing the Grand Challenges for SoTL, identification and discussion of journal articles related to the grand challenges, initiation of collaborative projects, production of blog posts, and creation of infographics. The Grand Challenges for SoTL Interest Group subgroups and their facilitators are listed below.
Learn about the Grand Challenges for SoTL Interest Group, and ISSOTL members may join by following the instructions on this page.
SoTL practitioners study postsecondary teaching and learning to better understand and improve… |
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1. how to develop critical and creative thinkers.Co-facilitators: Jennifer Dalton and Susannah McGowan |
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2. how to encourage students to be engaged in learning.Co-facilitators: Holly Capocchiano and Claire Saunders |
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3. the complex processes of learning.Co-facilitators: Qi Gao and Sara Nasrollahian |
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4. how identities affect both teaching and learning.Co-facilitators: Carol Robinson, Stephanie Spong and Manuela Williams |
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5. the practice, use, and growth of SoTL.Co-facilitators: Caterina Presi and Alison Staudinger |
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Administrative Support GroupCo-facilitators: Co-facilitators: Jen Friberg and Lauren Scharff |