Supporting SoTL

SoTL is a multidisciplinary field that aims to enhance our understanding of and improve student learning in higher education.  SoTL inquiries take place in the classroom (F2F or virtual), in the lab, during office hours, in study groups, in the library, and in the many other contexts that make up students’ experiences of learning.  

SoTL projects involve collecting and analyzing evidence, artifacts, and/or data about students' learning experiences, and then going public with what you learn, typically through publication and presentation.

Scholarship Reimagined is a fully virtual program made up of four modules spread out over the  semester. Each module includes the following:

• short asynchronous components in Canvas:  brief readings followed by one very short written assignment
• a one-hour synchronous workshop in Zoom 

Module content will draw from key SoTL texts, as well as Nancy Chick’s books The SoTL Guide: (Re)Orienting the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (2025) and SoTL in Action: Illuminating Critical Moments of Practice (2018).  Participants will receive a copy of SoTL in Action.

You'll be asked to identify an area of interest you might explore in the SoTL project you develop through the program.  (Ideas evolve, but do a little pre-thinking, so I have a general sense of participant interests.) 

Program Completion

Participants who complete the program will have a detailed plan for implementing their SoTL project and plenty of resources and support for presenting and publishing their work when they're ready.  

Those who complete all assignments, attend each workshop, and submit their project plan will receive a $400 stipend.