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Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) is an emerging field of original research and scholarship with a focus on teaching and learning practice in the context of higher education. Research is interdisciplinary in nature and SoTL scholars generally come from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines and employ a wide range of methods, but are united in their focus on understanding student learning, innovations in pedagogical practice and transformation of higher education.

For more information about SoTL and SoTL initiatives at MRU, please visit the Mokakiiks Centre for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning web page.

Getting Started

Dan Bernstein (University of Kansas), Mary Taylor Huber (Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching), Pat Hutchings (Gonzaga University), Gary Poole (University of British Columbia), and Joanna Renc-Roe (Central European University, Budapest) discuss the history of the scholarship of teaching and learning. Presented by the Center for Engaged Learning at Elon University and the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL), this video was produced for ISSOTL Online 2013, an online conference held in conjunction with the ISSOTL 2013 conference in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Doing the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Measuring Systematic Changes to Teaching and Improvements in Learning
This volume provides readers with challenges that will motivate them to engage in SoTL and take their pedagogical research further. Included are many key features aimed to help both the teacher new to research and SoTL and also researchers who may have a long list of scholarly publications in non-pedagogical areas and who have not conducted research.
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in and Across the Disciplines
This volume provides a state-of-the-field review of recent SoTL scholarship within a range of disciplines and offers a stimulating discussion of critical issues related to interdisciplinarity in teaching, learning, and SoTL research.
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
This book is designed for lecturers on a wide range of professional courses. It directly addresses questions that come up again and again in seminar discussions; questions that are fundamental to the values and perspectives of academics across the disciplines.
SoTL in Action
The aim is to support potential practitioners, inform educational developers who teach new SoTL practitioners, and inspire experienced SoTL scholars to reflect on their own practice. This is a compelling collection for anyone interested in practitioner reflection, intentional design, and advancing the field of SoTL and the quality of teaching and learning.

ISSOTL: International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
The goal of the Society is to foster inquiry and disseminate findings about what improves and articulates post-secondary learning and teaching.
POD: Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education
"POD supports a network of nearly 1,800 members - faculty and teaching assistant developers, faculty, administrators, consultants, and others who perform roles that value teaching and learning in higher education."
CASTL: The Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
The sites in this collection include hand-built faculty teaching portfolios and scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) projects that were created over a period of eight years.
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching is an independent policy and research center.

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning | About SoTL

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Getting Started