1. The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL): What It Is and How To Get Started
Gsu Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
February 6, 2017
Mike Metzler
KH Department (ret.)

2. Purposes of this Workshop
Introduction and brief history of SoTL
The What, Why and How of SoTL
Available resources, including SoTL journals
Getting started on SoTL; Asking your own SoTL questions
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3. It started with Ernest Boyer’s Scholarship Reconsidered in 1990

4. First SoT…Then SoTL

5. Slow recognition at first
Slow recognition at first. Now widely recognized and increasingly valued, and supported at GSU.

6. So, What is SoTL? Illinois State University SoTL page:
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(Handout page)
Many different (but mostly similar) definitions of SoTL:
And conceptualizations:

7. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Good Teaching
Scholarly Teaching
Teaching that
promotes student
learning and other desired student outcomes
Teaching which is
supported by a
body of research
to increase effectiveness
Combination of reflection and
knowledge which yields questions
about teaching for study
(+ review and dissemination)
McKinney, K. (2007). Enhancing learning though the scholarship of teaching and learning: The challenges and joys of juggling. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

8. Why Do SoTL? To improve teaching and learning:
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To disseminate best practice to others:
Tips for publishing SoTL
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9. What Does SoTL Look Like?
Several genres/types of SoTL:
Many methods for doing SoTL:

10. How Do I get Started with SoTL?
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11. Issues for SoTL Ethical Issues in SoTL:
Institutional Review Board (IRB) Approval:
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12. Resources for SoTL
Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (CASTL):
Some SoTL web pages:
SoTL journals:

13. SoTL Resources at GSU Support for SoTL at GSU
-- CETL
-- SoTL Mini-grants (projects, travel)
-- GSU Faculty Teaching Fellowships
-- CETL Annual Conference on Scholarly Teaching: May 12

14. Some Guiding Questions for SoTL
Contextualize within one course you teach (past, now, future)
(Informally) What might be a question you have about T&L in that course?
What evidence (data) will you need to answer that question?
How could you get that data?
What might be some impediments along the way?
Who might be interested in your findings?

15. Any Parting Questions about SoTL?
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