The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) is eager to assist faculty in exploring the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). There are many ways the CTL can assist, which include:
- Discussing possible topics, which might include:
- active learning
- classroom assessment
- cooperative learning
- course design, including backward design
- critical thinking
- diversity engagement
- learning communities
- motivation
- undergraduate research
- the development and use of rubrics
- service-learning
- technology
- Creating a SoTL design project, which includes creating:
- Hypothesis and/or problem statements;
- Key words, the focus of a literature review;
- Methods category (pre/post quantitative/qualitative assessment; essays developing innovative methods; self-reflection; integration of larger frameworks within curriculum; qualitative studies designed to explore key issues; quantitative comparisons of different courses & meta-analyses);
- An experimental design, which clearly identify, minimize and account for potential variables; and
- Statistical analysis.
- Peer review
- Locating appropriate journals.
